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[zollo]

that depends, one might prefer to play with the plethora of telephoto lenses and prime lenses and tilt-shift lenses of that other side, than just the 14-24

umm... nope

[Dave67]

Will be interested to see some images shot with the 16-35 especially on the D700

but if its around $1200 US will it be $1800 ish in Aus?

maybe a 2nd hand Nikon 17-35 or even a Tamron 17-35 would be better value for amateurs??

[dmdigital]

Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR

and

Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED

Both are "N" (Nano crystal coat) lenses.

I've been considering the 20 or 24mm f/2.8 prime for a while. I'm note sure if the f/1.4 would really offer anything apart from better optic coatings, so it will be interesting to see some reviews.

I couldn't see if this was already posted, so I hope I did repeat something.

Mod note: threads merged

[Gregg Bell]

A little late mate, it's all in the "latest rumors" thread.

[TEITZY]

If I was shooting FX I'd get the 16-35 for sure, despite the ridiculous price.

But what I'm really looking for is some new bodies. Just need to replenish the NAS account first

Cheers
Leigh

[dmdigital]

A little late mate, it's all in the "latest rumors" thread.

No wonder I couldn't find it. Not a rumour anymore!

[Wayne]

Is it written somewhere that the 16-35 is for FX?

I think the 17-35/f2.8 still has some life left in it, that extra stop of light can come in handy. Who would use VR at 35mm on FX?
The pricing for the 24mm is ridiculous...

[arthurking83]

......

I think the 17-35/f2.8 still has some life left in it, that extra stop of light can come in handy. Who would use VR at 35mm on FX?
The pricing for the 24mm is ridiculous...

who would use f/2.8 at 17mm? Who would use 19mm? ..

Who would use.... <insert any other feature here too

Live View was also frowned upon my the majority when it first made its mark in the DSLR world too.. but it has to be one of the handiest features available.

VR is a user selectable feature

You're right tho in that there's nothing wrong with the 17-35/2.8 and it's been a very well regarded lens from day one, but if it came to a choice between the two as a new purchase the newer lens looks more enticing.

The price for the new 24mm is approximately where you'd expect a new pro Nikon lens to be priced at.. approx 33% more than the equivalent Canon.

[campo]

who would use f/2.8 at 17mm?

I'll open my 17-55/f2.8 right up indoors if i want a wide shot or have limit room/light to work with and the subject isn't too close....but in reality the difference between f2.8 and f4 is not going to be huge.

[I @ M]

And Nikon Aus. still don't have any details of the new lenses on their website.

Talk about slack !!!!!!

[N*A*M]

yes they do. it was up yesterday. i checked but didn't like the lack of detail compared to the USA site.

http://www.nikon.com.au/pagearticle....227-fcb9210c83
http://www.nikon.com.au/productitem....372-f611f88dc8
http://www.nikon.com.au/productitem....370-5835c04823

[I @ M]

Hmm, strange, they do now here as well.
Musta been one of those cache thingys.

[swifty]

Mannnn... All the good stuff got announced when I was way.
Anyways...woohoo!! My sigma 10-20 is making way for the 16-35. But I think it'll be a top seller so probably better to wait 6 months for demand to settle. But then again, will the Aussie dollar be as strong then?? Decisions, decisions.
24mm 1.4= drool. Where's my lotto ticket again??

[Sar NOP]

who would use f/2.8 at 17mm?

99.9% of times, I use my 14-24 at f/2.8 !

[Sar NOP]

Considering the price of the 28mm f/1.4 AF-D on the second hand market (I saw one last year at ECS for sale at $3,850 !!! ), the new AF-S 24mm f/1.4 N is really cheap !

[Jeanick]

24/1.4 is a dead cert(one day, soon enough)

50/1.2 will most likely have to be a manual only lens(no room for the contact pins on account of the large real element) so that will be an engineering marvel to behold if they do one as an AF-S and with CPU'ed
F mount is much smaller than canons EF mount(that's the main reason Canon made the decision to change from their FD mount, wasn't it?

canon did released a 50mm f1.2? if i 'm not mistaken.... ;D
it would be very nice if Nikon did too...

[arthurking83]

Considering the price of the 28mm f/1.4 AF-D on the second hand market (I saw one last year at ECS for sale at $3,850 !!! ), the new AF-S 24mm f/1.4 N is really cheap !

And if you see the reviews on how ordinary this lens performs at wider than f/2.8 you wander what all the fuss is about? I think there's going to be a rash of 28/1.4's for sale on ebay soon, and in that mad scramble to offload them the price will have to come down to more level headed values(ie. less than the asking price of the 24/1.4)

canon did released a 50mm f1.2? if i 'm not mistaken.... ;D
it would be very nice if Nikon did too...

Nikon do make a 50/1.2, which can still be had new.
manual focus only, and Ais too, which means it will not meter with bodies lower in the range than a Dxxx, and the possibility of chipping it(adding a CPU) looks slim, or dodgey at best.
A fellow named Bjorn sells CPU sets for various Ais type lenses, which then allows you to modify your old manual lens to be fully compatible with all Nikon bodies for metering.
This lens doesn't leave a lot of room to add the CPU contacts behind the rear lens element.
not sure if Bjorn has a 50/1.2 CPU available.

New Nikon 50/1.2 is priced at approx $1K(or just over!).
Gives you an idea of just how expensive an Auto Focusing version would end up retailing for!... well over $2K I reckon.

ps. 50/1.2 is a nice lens, but not brilliant(the Canon version looks to be brilliant, and the raves it gets are justified)

[kiwi]

New rumour

24-105 F/4 VR FX

[arthurking83]

I reckon an 18-105mm f/4 VR Fx

If they're going to maintain their oneupmanship momentum, they have to do it better!

Otherwise a 35-150/4VR would be more likely, and maintain the same principle they have with their f/2.8 zoom lens lineup(a continuous focal length of 14-200mm @ f/2.8).
They could do it easily and have a 16-400mm @ f/4 lens lineup!
That'd give them a pretty good lens lineup relative to Canon, and suit 99% of user requirements.

They just need to work on their pricing!

[swifty]

$2695 for the 24 1.4 and $1725 for the 16-35 f4 VR.
The price of the 16-35's pretty close to a 14-24?? But I'd still expect the first batch to sell out though.