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i had the 24-120vr for a while and thought that it was a good lens for the price that i purchased it at, $300. the only thing that i didn't like about it was that the bottom end wasn't wide enough. i don't pixel peep but i didn't notice any issues with sharpness or distortion while color and contrast looked great. if it's a range that works for you, i say get it. i enjoyed it when i had it.
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I have the real old version of the 70-300mm. I really love it, execpt that mine doesn't have VR and it has a fair amount of chromatic aberration. From what I gather, the 70-300VR has nicer optics. That plus the VR really makes it a nice budget telephoto.
Yup . I am freakin excited. Should be here any day now.
I went to check out the 70-300 VR yesterday. As I didn't have a camera with me, he let me play with it on his D200. It was a sweet little lens. I spent about a half hour playing around with it and really liked it. It's a lot bigger than I thought too... fully extended its a monster. I will probably be picking it up in a week, but he said I was the only one to contact him about it, so it should still be around whenever I can pay for it.
So, does anyone think Nikon is going to start moving away from DX and back to FF lenses with the D3? It'd be awesome if they made a FF 18-200mm.
They already did..........................
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the D3 came out they released 3-4 new FF lenses. I believe they may have also released a couple of more FF since then.
Yea, if anything, I would think they drop the DX line if they begin to make their budget DSLR's full frame as well.
They already did..........................
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the D3 came out they released 3-4 new FF lenses. I believe they may have also released a couple of more FF since then.
Yea, if anything, I would think they drop the DX line if they begin to make their budget DSLR's full frame as well.
Nah, an FF 18-200 VR Nikkor doesn't exist yet. It would be 28-300. Right now with the D3 being the only FF DSLR, it hardly seems worthwhile to release a consumer lens, which all superzooms are. If we ever see consumer digital full-frames (all current ones are pro or semi-pro regardless of brand), then maybe.. yeah.
I believe all these came out after the D3/D300. Yea, they wanted to make sure the D3 had a fresh new lineup of FF lenses.
If (and I would expect this may be the case in 2 years), all budget DSLR switch to FF, these DX lenses might be phased out in time, and thus having a DX camera would become a burden, because you have to find those darn DX lenses that are no longer made........ if that makes any sense.
If anyone wants a 24-120mm VR lens, there is one up on ebay for about $210 shipped, but no one has bit...Mainly because there isn't a description and the picture is a stock photo of the old, non-VR version. I did, however, PM the seller and he said that the glass was good, and the lens is a VR version.
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