Nikon 24mm F2.8 ?

[Steve Boykin]

Has anyone used the Nikon 24mm F2.8D? I'm really interested in that focal length but I sure can't afford the $2000 Nikon 24mm. I just don't like all those online reviewers. I trust people on this forum. Thanks!! Steve B.

 

[Hamish Gill]

What would you be looking to use it for Steve?

 

[Steve Boykin]

What would you be looking to use it for Steve?

It would be on D700. Knowing me I'll use it for getting really close to the dogs and probably for a photo thing I want to do driving around to small towns close to where I live. I have a 20mm F3.5 and a 28mm F2.8. Silly as it sounds I would like something in between. There are a couple of shots in this little town called Bartlett I could see using it for. Does that make any sense?

 

[Pete Askew]

Perfect sense. And 24mm is a great focal length. I use the old AIS versions but have no experience of the AFs except for the 24-70 and with that I use either 24 or 70 (I don't seem to have got the hang of these new fangled zoom things!).

 

[Hamish Gill]

Well, the reviews will probably tell you it vignettes wide open and is sharpest stopped down ... I remember similar, but not really to the extent I have read today.
id say for pictures of dogs shot wide open it will take nice photos!
Landscapes it does well ... Very small and light weight ... I thought it was a good lens!
I sold mine after I bought the 24-70 which to my mind at the time did a better job in the sharpness department wide open ... All be it with similar levels of vignetting ...

my advice, unless you have a stack of cash and don't mind the weight of the 24-70 ... Just buy one! You won't loose anything on it if you sell it again!

 

[Steve Boykin]

I have the 24-70 but it's just SOOOOOOOOO big. It does work nicely on the Fuji S5 though. It's a great lens. I just hate lugging it around. Most of the times when I go hiking with the dogs we go for at least 5 hours. So I would like to take the 24, 35, and 50. I think I'm going to get the 24 F2.8. I don't care if it vignettes, I kind of like vignetting (I guess that's strange). Anyway, I really appreciate both your thoughts. You guys are really good photographers and don't seem to have a bias.

Pete- That's the same way I use it most of the time, no kidding. 24 or 70.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Oddly, I almost never use it at its extremes ... Certainly not the 24 end ... The 70 sometimes ... It's my wedding lens ...
i don't even use it for non wedding events anymore, the 28 1.8 does a much better job. Too big, too heavy!

I like a bit of vignetting too

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Sigma 24mm f2.8 i once had, having read some pretty good reviews. Some saying it is on a par with Nikon 24mm F2.8 (which version i cant recall), or pretty close to it. Sigma AF on the 24 is slooow & grindy colours are a bit cool (i liked).
Considering the price difference (i think the Sigma is around £80, i got mine approx £40 manual focus version) i think it is some lens.

 

[Steve Boykin]

Sigma 24mm f2.8 i once had, having read some pretty good reviews. Some saying it is on a par with Nikon 24mm F2.8 (which version i cant recall), or pretty close to it. Sigma AF on the 24 is slooow & grindy colours are a bit cool (i liked).
Considering the price difference (i think the Sigma is around £80, i got mine approx £40 manual focus version) i think it is some lens.

When I shot Pentax I had a Sigma 24mm. The colors were very cool on it. There is one on Ebay for Nikon. I'm may give it some consideration since I got outbid on the Olympus XA I was bidding on. I had to be at my sister's house for some horrid ham and equally dangerous corn souffle when the bidding ended. Que sera.....

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Steve, I own a 24mm f2.8 Nikkor and have had this lens for a lot of years. It is a very good lens and should excel on a D700. I have seen pictures using this lens with a D800 and was very impressed. It is light and easy to carry. The picture is not the best but is one I took with the lens a couple of months back. I have put this in at a lower resolution, if you need more let me know.

Little did I realise that we would have our works Christmas party aboard her!

A chap on another forum has been using one on his D800 and I think the first shot (in B&W) is with the 24. Mark Littlejohn

As Hamish suggets you won't lose much if anything.