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F/8 starts at 200mm; but the lens is light & nimble, perfect for travel.Maximum aperture of f8 at long end - this is surprising. I guess they had to do it to make it small enough with such a wide range. Not the lens for me, but I am sure some people will love it for travel and others will love it as the only lens they own to cover everything.
It is not the lens I am after but in a range on lenses counts every cent in cost. Furthermore, theses are not really made for the serious photographer on assignment but as a pure consumer lens is that M/A switch irrelevant. The fact that Nikon is now also making lenses that are f/8 at the long end is once again showing price was everything when this lens was developed.I also just noticed (from linked video) that it does not have an AF/MF switch, which would make it a deal breaker for me even if I was interested. Nikon did the same thing with their inexpensive (Tamron based) trinity of f2.8 lenses and I did not buy any of those for same reason. I cannot for the life of me understand how any company can make an autofocus lens without a switch on the barrel to go from autofocus to manual focus.
No, as it is not a lens I need or want in my type of photography. One group only want the best of the best, others settle for the excellent, yet cheaper, “Tamron” Nikon lenses.This just flashed on my screen. Guess it’s here.
I’m sort of underwhelmed. Others?
As a happy 24-200 user, it’s on my short list. I just need to know two things:
1) What’s the IQ like? Does it have the corner softness/CA that forces my 24-200 to f/8 at 200mm anyway? Is it sharper or softer than the 24-200?
2) How does it perform in infrared? The lightest telephoto for Z that is IR-usable is the 70-180, which is a lot to carry for not much range. If the 28-400 were IR compatible, I could go from a 24-70/4 + 100-400 to 28-400.
This seems like a great all-in-one landscape lens, and I’m really interested to see if it’s even better than the 24-200 (which I hope) or can’t quite match the 24-200 (which I fear).
Agreed, but I looked at enough of these over the years to have an idea, and as you say, this is what's expected. On a smaller mp sensor, I wouldn't even look at the 30s, but on the z8 and 9, the sensor can resolve there. In this particular instance on a 45mp ff sensor, (insert obligatory "but it's cheap"), it's not just corners, it's probably 2/3 of the sensor.I wish we had MTF-like charts that showed us what corners would look like beyond simple lp/mm, because it’s not until someone sticks a tree in the extreme corner that we can see if we’re talking just a bit of resolution decrease, or a smeared, mushy mess of purple.
Thanks for the MTF chart, though. By the numbers it looks about like what you’d expect from this type of lens.
That's more or less my take. Interesting all-in-one lens for many folks but not something that I'd personally keep in my kit. Could be an interesting travel or casual sports photography lens for many.Nikon and I had talked about maybe doing a preview of this one, but I came to the same conclusion as many here - although I think it will be handy for some, F/8 really hurts it, at least for my core audience.
Nikon offers something for all kinds of photographers. As someone who’s deeply invested in Nikon gear, I’m glad they’re doing so!That's more or less my take. Interesting all-in-one lens for many folks but not something that I'd personally keep in my kit. Could be an interesting travel or casual sports photography lens for many.