Woohoo! New $1100 camera toy on the way

[Lucky]

Nikon 12-24mm AFS F/4 lens

Yeah baby! Can't wait till this puppy arrives on Tuesday.

 

[edro]

Ouch! Oh well, if you love photography.... it is worth it to you.

 

[SaltBoy]

Good grief -- that's not even a camera! :Q

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Lucky
Nikon 12-24mm AFS F/4 lens

Yeah baby! Can't wait till this puppy arrives on Tuesday.

Any chance you accidently sent it to my address?

 

[Lucky]

Nope, sorry! This thing is sold out everywhere, I got it from some pro shop out of North Carolina. I can't wait, this should allow me get get some uber-wide photos on my D1. Currently my widest lens is a 24mm (36mm on the D1) so going from that to the 18-36mm on this new lens should be awesome!

 

[ElFenix]

nice!

 

[IBuyUFO]

I think I'll just stick to my nikon 17-35 afs lens 12 seems too wide for me. Might be useful for a digital camera

 

[KK]

You should trade that nikon for a real camera, canon.

KK

 

[Fausto]

I suddenly feel a lot less crazy for having recently dropped $2,000+ on a new bicycle.

 

[Buttzilla]

nice what kind of bike? mtn or road? i'm currently riding a cannondale but i haven't been riding in awhile.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Buttzilla
nice what kind of bike? mtn or road? i'm currently riding a cannondale but i haven't been riding in awhile.

<<Preemptive aplogies to Lucky for the hijack>>

A Steelman SR with Reynolds carbon fork and full Campy Record 10.

Pic of my new baby.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Lucky
Nikon 12-24mm AFS F/4 lens

Yeah baby! Can't wait till this puppy arrives on Tuesday.

Very Nice.

 

[Buttzilla]

nice...i remember you posted this when you bought it. i'm a mtn biker but i know a nice bike when i see one. and those rims rock.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

:Q

 

[DurocShark]

Hmmmm. Yummy lens, and I'm not even a Nikon guy..

 

[Josh]

damn...thats worth like 3x more than my computer :Q

 

[ragazzo]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Buttzilla
nice what kind of bike? mtn or road? i'm currently riding a cannondale but i haven't been riding in awhile.

<<Preemptive aplogies to Lucky for the hijack>>

A Steelman SR with Reynolds carbon fork and full Campy Record 10.

Pic of my new baby.

hey. where do you live again?

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
:Q

why so expensive?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: ragazzo

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Buttzilla
nice what kind of bike? mtn or road? i'm currently riding a cannondale but i haven't been riding in awhile.

<<Preemptive aplogies to Lucky for the hijack>>

A Steelman SR with Reynolds carbon fork and full Campy Record 10.

Pic of my new baby.

hey. where do you live again?

Atlanta. Just look for the house with the bike out front with the half-starved pit bull/wolf mix tied to it.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: IBuyUFO
I think I'll just stick to my nikon 17-35 afs lens 12 seems too wide for me. Might be useful for a digital camera

This lens wouldn't even work on a film camera anyway. It doesn't cover the full frame as I understand it. It's Nikon's new DX line which are digital specific.

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
:Q

why so expensive?

1. There's nothing like it in the market today
2. First reviews indicate steller sharpness and flare resistance. Optically, this lens appears to be superb. Quite a feat considering the optical range of the zoom and how wide it is. I've heard some bitching about it being so expensive for a f4 lens but I dont think it's possible for them to have made a (practical) lens in this range at 2.8. The front element is already 77mm, bumping it up to 2.8 would make the lens so big that it would look like supertelephotos you see on the sidelines at sports games.
3. It's Nikon. :/

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: DBL

Originally posted by: IBuyUFO
I think I'll just stick to my nikon 17-35 afs lens 12 seems too wide for me. Might be useful for a digital camera

This lens wouldn't even work on a film camera anyway. It doesn't cover the full frame as I understand it. It's Nikon's new DX line which are digital specific.

It works on film cameras...but with severe vignetting from the 12-18mm portion of the zoom. Beyond that it's OK I hear, but its optically designed for the D series of digicams.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: Lucky

It works on film cameras...but with severe vignetting from the 12-18mm portion of the zoom. Beyond that it's OK I hear, but its optically designed for the D series of digicams.

Thanks for clearing that up but you would have to be crazy to drop $1200 on a 12-24mm lens in order to use only the 19-24mm range. There are better options out there.

 

[IBuyUFO]

Originally posted by: DBL

Originally posted by: Lucky

It works on film cameras...but with severe vignetting from the 12-18mm portion of the zoom. Beyond that it's OK I hear, but its optically designed for the D series of digicams.

Thanks for clearing that up but you would have to be crazy to drop $1200 on a 12-24mm lens in order to use only the 19-24mm range. There are better options out there.

Like the sweet Canon 1Ds. Yeah I use nikon but that's one awesome beast of a camera. Where is nikon at with the big gazillion pixel camera??

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: IBuyUFO




Like the sweet Canon 1Ds. Yeah I use nikon but that's one awesome beast of a camera. Where is nikon at with the big gazillion pixel camera??

Actually, I meant better WA lenses to choose from for a film camera. But your right, the 1DS is the current king of the hill when it comes to digital cameras. Too bad it costs $8k. If Nikon would put up some competition, we could get the prices to come down to reality sooner rather than later.