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Want to Buy: Nikon D800

The new 24-120 F4 VR is quite good for a "walk around" lens. If money is not an issue the 24/35/50/85 1.4Gs are only second to Leica IMHO. The new 28 & 85mm f1.8Gs have been getting great reviews if you want to save some $.
Of coures the 14-24/24-70/70-200 if2.8 zooms are workhorses and superb, even better than the primes in some areas (CA control).
Or you could just go crazy like me and get them all:out:
 
I read some reviews on that 14-24mm. Everyone's just nuts about that lens. There was one guy who posted that he switched from Canon to Nikon after 18 years just because of that lens. Most of the reviews also mentioned how heavy the 14-24mm is. Maybe they should mount an RPP 25mm (I know, different things, but funny).

I'll check out the rest too. I was actually considering the fixes 1.4G's, but the prices are crazy.

Hope the Nikon Epic mount comes out. Is the only option the Optitek ProLock?
 
Evin,

Have you had a look at or heard anything about the 50mm f/1.8 G versus the f/1.4 G?
 
Evin Grant said:
The new 24-120 F4 VR is quite good for a "walk around" lens. If money is not an issue the 24/35/50/85 1.4Gs are only second to Leica IMHO. The new 28 & 85mm f1.8Gs have been getting great reviews if you want to save some $.
Of coures the 14-24/24-70/70-200 if2.8 zooms are workhorses and superb, even better than the primes in some areas (CA control).
Or you could just go crazy like me and get them all:out:
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Ha ha. I have those three zooms too. I work as a photography so it's easy to justify them.
 
Bob Gundu said:
Finally. Welcome to the club...
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=D

After doing some comparison shots between the D800 and my old 7D, I've decided to sell the 7D as I just can't shoot with it anymore. The images look like mush compared to the D800s resolution.


Evin Grant said:
The new 24-120 F4 VR is quite good for a "walk around" lens. If money is not an issue the 24/35/50/85 1.4Gs are only second to Leica IMHO. The new 28 & 85mm f1.8Gs have been getting great reviews if you want to save some $.
Of coures the 14-24/24-70/70-200 if2.8 zooms are workhorses and superb, even better than the primes in some areas (CA control).
Or you could just go crazy like me and get them all:out:
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Would you say that the f/1.4Gs are moderately or significantly sharper than the 24-70mm?

I just rented a 24-70mm and have been using it with the D800 for a few days. I have to say, there's quite a bit of barrel distortion and vignetting. Though, most of it disappears after running the image through Photoshop's Lens Corrections filter.


Also, for anyone who's considering getting some 64GB memory cards for their DSLRs, I'd highly recommend going with SanDisk's Extreme Pro SDXC cards rather than their CompactFlash ones. The SDXC cards have much faster write speeds and just marginally slower read speeds, though it's not noticeable when transferring data off.

Here are some benchmarks:

SDXC
sdxc_card_benchmark.jpg


CompactFlash
cf_card_benchmark.jpg
 
Just scored a D800E, time to do some side by side.

Brian, the 24-70 is very sharp, especially at f4+, the primes have better distortion control but more lateral CA, both are easy to fix.
I needed to calibrate my 24-70 AF to the D800 to really get everything out of it, or manual focus in live view. Corners will be better on the primes though.
 
I just bought a full set of Nikkor 'G' primes, 24 35 50 and 85 f/1.4 for Epic. I would love to see some shots with the D800E. I expect them to be nothing short of spectacular
 
Andrew Huse said:
I just bought a full set of Nikkor 'G' primes, 24 35 50 and 85 f/1.4 for Epic. I would love to see some shots with the D800E. I expect them to be nothing short of spectacular
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So why is the AF-S 35mm FX lens so darn expensive compared to the others?

Correction -- why is the 50mm so much cheaper than the 24, 35, and 85mm?
 
David Mullen ASC said:
So why is the AF-S 35mm FX lens so darn expensive compared to the others?

Correction -- why is the 50mm so much cheaper than the 24, 35, and 85mm?
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David, the 50mm is the only lens in the bunch that isn't Nano-Crystal Coated, which according to Nikon minimizes flare. I asked a rep at NAB about a future redesign of the 50mm with Nano-Crystal and he coulden't give me any info. It is still a fantastic lens. The Canon 50mm 1.4 dosen't even compare, even though they are in the same price range!
 
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