For me I like the overlap of the 120mm with the 70-200. There are many times when I do event photography that I don't have time to swap lenses, and that extra reach can grab something that I would miss. To me, overlap is wonderful and when I didn't have it, I always felt stuck.

sevencrossing said:
+1

life is the wrong way round , buy the time you can afford all the gear, you are too old to carry it

Yes but buy the time you can afford it you can afford to pay someone to carry it for you.

park 1953 said:
You must be young. ......do it while you can and enjoy.

+1

life is the wrong way round , buy the time you can afford all the gear, you are too old to carry it

aquarian_light said:
Well thanks for the input! Weight isn't much of an issue, certainly won't be taking all my lenses everywhere for everything, but even if I had to I've got a very nice backpack bag that I frequently carry bottles of water in on my hikes. Sooooo I'm not too worried about that aspect.

You must be young. Weight is not a problem. Wish I could say that. It's not only the camera gear I have to carry but my own butt too. aquarian_light do it while you can and enjoy.

sevencrossing said:
a nice set of lenses, if you do not mind carrying a fairly heavy bag
but if you only want to travel light and still get stunning hi res shots, the 24 -120 is hard ( impossible) to beat

Well thanks for the input! Weight isn't much of an issue, certainly won't be taking all my lenses everywhere for everything, but even if I had to I've got a very nice backpack bag that I frequently carry bottles of water in on my hikes. Sooooo I'm not too worried about that aspect.

aquarium light said:
....a lens set up of a 50, and a 16-35 and in the future a 70-200.

a nice set of lenses, if you do not mind carrying a fairly heavy bag
but if you only want to travel light and still get stunning hi res shots, the 24 -120 is hard ( impossible) to beat

sevencrossing said:
another vote for Nikon 24 -120 very useful range.

vignettes and distortion can be easily and automatically corrected in lightroom

what other lenses do you have ?

70mm is a big short for portraiture; so if you do not have something like a 70 -200; I would go for the Nikon

The one or the other of the lenses in question will be complimenting a lens set up of a 50, and a 16-35 and in the future a 70-200. Basically a gap filler between the 16-35 and the future ownership of a 70-200. So I'm not entirely worried about the extra length of the nikon, because it will eventually get covered in my lens set up. But in the time between now and the glorious day i become a 70-200 owner the 120mm will be nice, but not entirely necessary.

TaoTeJared said:
I'm not sure if either lens would take advantage of the "E" below F/8 so I'm not sure it would make much difference between the two.

This lens is not intended to be taking full advantage of the resolution power here, for a portrait lens I intend to use higher apertures to make it just a hair softer. For my work where I want absolute sharpness, I have the 50mm 1.8g for stuff like architecture and still lifes, and the 16-35 for landscapes.

another vote for Nikon 24 -120 very useful range.

vignettes and distortion can be easily and automatically corrected in lightroom

what other lenses do you have ?

70mm is a big short for portraiture; so if you do not have something like a 70 -200; I would go for the Nikon

I love the 24-120 f/4, AF is quick, good range, sharp wide open, can easily get 3 stops of VR.

I have not used the Tamron 24-70 but the other Tamron lenses I have tried the VC takes a second to start/work which I found slow enough to miss shots. They may have updated it though but I haven't researched it enough.

I'm not sure if either lens would take advantage of the "E" below F/8 so I'm not sure it would make much difference between the two.

Wish I could give you feedback on the Tamron, but have never used. I do have the 24-120/4.0 though, and use it on my D800. It's a nice lens. Pretty sharp I'd say, and VERY USEFUL range! There are a few drawback: it vignettes at widest setting and distortion is, well, bad at widest FL. I never shoot at either end of any zoom for these reasons.

I think I paid $950 used, and have never looked back. It's very good and problems I mentioned can easily be fixed in post. Check out my flickr pages...almost all of the beach shots were taken with it. You can check the EXIF info. good luck

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45249503@N02/

Stabilized standard zoom... tamron is faster @ 2.8, nikon is longer @ 120mm, both have the image stabilization, both are pretty darn sharp according to online reviews, both are exactly the same price on amazon.

Thoughts?

P.S. Will be putting the lens on an 800E and will be used for studio/portraits/random-walk-around-the-woods lens.

Has anybody experienced Nikon D90 with Nikon 24-120mm F3.5-5.6 AF-D Lens? Speed, picture clarity, softness, bokeh, low light demands, etc? Thanks!

thanks guys

@adamz: I saw few samples om net .Photography people with it seems fine ,but my purpose will be to use that lens for astrophotos .For that vignetting is not acceptable .

Congrats on the purchase, you got a good deal on it!

Somewhat like the time when I purchased the 105mm Macro, at that time it was $889, now it's hovering around $950.

@abhi - forget 35/2.0 and get 35/1.8 instead, got it two weeks ago for my FX and I'm more than happy with it. sure it works best wide open but certainly it delivers.

Congrats, Abhinav. I fixed your img tag, which should follow this format:
<img src="http://www.foo.com/image.jpg" />

Studio, it looks like the price went back up around March 2011. Someone here on the forum pointed me to the camelizer, which tracks amazon price histories and will plot them for you. I have it installed as an add-on to chrome. Here's a screenshot:

Took this using D90 :)

kanuck said:
Abhinav if you don't want to fix all your shots post processing when using the 35mm 1.8 DX how about simply picking up a cheap $100 50mm 1.8 D? Its excellent and very useful! The 28-80 and G 28-200mm G are also great. They are light, super cheap (under $100!) zoom lenses that work excellent on the D700 as well. This should hold you over until you save enough funds to get some serious glass ^_~

I already have 50mm AF-D, which I seldom used on my d90 because of effective focal length.I'm sure now it will be one of my most used lens.

@golf007 sd : thanks for the input .

@squamish: No,I Will keep it .

and thanks squamish,regulator,

Nice. Did you sell your D90 already?

Congrats buddy!

Abhinav if you don't want to fix all your shots post processing when using the 35mm 1.8 DX how about simply picking up a cheap $100 50mm 1.8 D? Its excellent and very useful! The 28-80 and G 28-200mm G are also great. They are light, super cheap (under $100!) zoom lenses that work excellent on the D700 as well. This should hold you over until you save enough funds to get some serious glass ^_~

Abhinav said:
How is 35mm 1.8[DX lens] with FX .'I've seen few pictures on net, and they seem fine to me . There wasn't a lot of vignetting .

The 35mm 1.8 DX will work on the D700 or any full body FX. The only issue is the vignetting you will see on all four corners. Cool effect on most shots, but it can be corrected in post.

crocodilo said:
In a reputable B&M establishment in Portugal, renown for their quality AND modest pricing, a D700 is running 2350 EUROS, and a D3X costs 6825! Elsewhere I've seen 18-200 lens go for 999 EUROS, 70-300VR go for 699 EUROS, and all sorts of ridiculous and inflated pricing.

WT..really for Euros 699 here or at most places you can easily buy new nikon 80-200mm F2.8.

In a reputable B&M establishment in Portugal, renown for their quality AND modest pricing, a D700 is running 2350 EUROS, and a D3X costs 6825! Elsewhere I've seen 18-200 lens go for 999 EUROS, 70-300VR go for 699 EUROS, and all sorts of ridiculous and inflated pricing.

thanks a lot guys :)

@Nikoner:Well,Price in US were adjusted after Tsunami ,but here in India they didn't .For the same reason Few Nikon products got cheaper in comparison to US right now .I'm sure D800 will cost a lot more here than in US due to Strong dollar against rupees.Smae is going to happen with new batch of D700 which they are expecting in February end .

Infact ,A friend of mine is helping me with CF cards from bhphoto. They are hell expensive here .32GB extreme 60mb here costs around $170 whereas it costs $74 in US :O

@kanuck:I know its an awesome lens ,but can't buy right now .How is 35mm 1.8[DX lens] with FX .'I've seen few pictures on net, and they seem fine to me . There wasn't a lot of vignetting .

Yes its a fantastic camera and you are going to love it! The 35mm is a lot of fun to use and works pretty well, but I preferred the much harder to find 35mm Ais lens because its sharper and I find it better for landscapes and people. Merry Christmas! Happy shooting :)