Nikon D750 & D780

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Ok - question time.
What are people's real world thoughts on the 24-120 on a D750?
I'm seriously considering chopping my D7200 and 24-70 in against one - I don't really need 2.8 so seems a logical thing to do.
Most of my lenses are FX anyway.
Or I could get rid of the 11-16 and 16-85 with the D7200, keep the 24-70 and just get a D750 body only.
Starting to sound like Rookies now;)
 
JulesP said:
Ok - question time.
What are people's real world thoughts on the 24-120 on a D750?
I'm seriously considering chopping my D7200 and 24-70 in against one - I don't really need 2.8 so seems a logical thing to do.
Most of my lenses are FX anyway.
Or I could get rid of the 11-16 and 16-85 with the D7200, keep the 24-70 and just get a D750 body only.
Starting to sound like Rookies now;)
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Just bought the 24-120mm f4 for my D750, pretty happy with it :) The 24-70mm is obviously better, but the reason I chose the 24-120mm instead (other than price) was down to the portability and versatility as I wanted a general walkabout lens. If you want the absolute best IQ from zooms then don't look any further than the 24-70mm and 70-200mm f2.8 VRII. Most tests will tell you that the 24-120mm f4 is almost on par with the 24-70mm in terms of sharpness though.
 
Here's a link to some of my test shots with the 24-120mm I did the other day, one at f4 one at f5.6, both at 120mm which is allegedly it's weakest FL.

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Ed Sutton said:
I keep thinking I'll get rid of my 24-70 - and then I use it and change my mind. :D
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Well you could loan it to me for a while to see if you can live without it, and I can use it to see if I made the right choice going for the 24-120mm ;)
 
24-120mm is really quite good, only issue is that the bokeh is a bit harsh (and it can't go bigger than f4)
 
JulesP said:
Ok - question time.
What are people's real world thoughts on the 24-120 on a D750?
I'm seriously considering chopping my D7200 and 24-70 in against one - I don't really need 2.8 so seems a logical thing to do.
Most of my lenses are FX anyway.
Or I could get rid of the 11-16 and 16-85 with the D7200, keep the 24-70 and just get a D750 body only.
Starting to sound like Rookies now;)
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:agree:
 
snerkler said:
Here's a link to some of my test shots with the 24-120mm I did the other day, one at f4 one at f5.6, both at 120mm which is allegedly it's weakest FL.

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Not sure if it's my pokies or the forum, but the Daff pics look softer to the photos of dog and cat in link. The animal pics look a lot sharper even with a significant ISO increase. Unless the softness was your intended outcome or the contrast between the two?
 
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Swanseajack said:
Not sure if it's my pokies or the forum, but the Daff pics look softer to the photos of dog and cat in link. The animal pics look a lot sharper even with a significant ISO increase. Unless the softness was your intended outcome or the contrast between the two?
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They are softer, combination of light and shallow DOF due to subject distance being around 50cm and shooting at 120mm. As I said they're miniature daffodils, the entire head of each daffodil is only about 1" or so ;) (If you had the benefit of the full file you'd just be able to see a zone of critical sharpness, but it's tiny)

Edit just calculated DOF would be about 2.1mm :eek:
 
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snerkler said:
Very nice :)

Maybe I should have kids after all just so I've got subjects to shoot :LOL:
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Not very often she keeps still or posed for me.. But today she was well up for it so did quite a few :clap:
 
Pack of hounds?

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snerkler said:
Might just be that the system's not updated on a weekend?
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It arrived in Liege at 21.33 last night and tonight at 20.51 it was still there awaiting the next departure. We are away this weekend for 3 nights and as long as i get it before then i will be happy enough.
 
JulesP said:
Ok - question time.
What are people's real world thoughts on the 24-120 on a D750?
I'm seriously considering chopping my D7200 and 24-70 in against one - I don't really need 2.8 so seems a logical thing to do.
Most of my lenses are FX anyway.
Or I could get rid of the 11-16 and 16-85 with the D7200, keep the 24-70 and just get a D750 body only.
Starting to sound like Rookies now;)
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You're right, no one needs F2.8, it's nowhere near wide enough.
 
I didn't take any pictures this weekend, other than for calibrating my lenses with the new body.

I did however, drink a lot of espresso martinis and started making some gin. mmmmm gin.
 
Paulie-W said:
All I did was go to get some A3 paper, and bumped into this lot :D I did try a 45 tammy and the infamous 58 Nikon though.

Storm Troopers by Paulie-W, on Flickr
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This is really great, wish I'd gone down now ;) Was there a specific backdrop, or just good timing to make it look as though they're walking through the death star?
 
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Just ordered my 24-120mm, but this will be the longest delivery time in history!! (friend is bringing it over for me)
 
Pretty dead in here these days.
 
Still the biggest thread in equipment by a long way!

Busy at work right now, hopefully will get out with the camera at Easter.
 
JYC said:
Still the biggest thread in equipment by a long way!

Busy at work right now, hopefully will get out with the camera at Easter.
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That be my fault with all questions and lens pmsl
 
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