The best 24-70mm lens for Nikon?

8 years 6 months ago #457130 by James F
Morning all.  I was wondering who has the best 24 - 70mm lens for a Nikon mount? Is it Nikon themselves?  Or Tamron or Sigma?


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8 years 6 months ago #457163 by John Landolfi
difficult to improve on the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8


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8 years 6 months ago #457472 by effron
John is correct, the Nikon is among the best zoom lenses of all time...but the absolute best is the one you have at the time you need it......:whistle:

Why so serious?
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8 years 6 months ago #457538 by garyrhook
You will find, through some research, that the Nikon is regarded the most highly. And now there's a VRII version (for even more money).

That said, I own a Tamron 28-75 (early version, non-stabilized) and I consider it to be an outstanding lens. Very little CA at every aperture, very sharp, very responsive AF performance on my D5100.  And, it's inexpensive.

IMO, of course.


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8 years 5 months ago #458616 by W Cage

John Landolfi wrote: difficult to improve on the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8



You said it best.  I have this lens and it's on my camera easily 85% of the time.  


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8 years 5 months ago #458881 by foxX
:goodpost:


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