Nikon Nikkor AF-S 24-70 mm f/2.8E ED VR review - Introduction

Have you rated your lenses yet?

Nikon Nikkor AF-S 24-70 mm f/2.8E ED VR

3 March 2016

Arkadiusz Olech

1. Introduction

The history of fast, standard zoom lenses of the Nikon system aimed at advanced photojournalists can be dated from the Nikkor AF-S 28–70 mm f/2.8D IF-ED which appeared on the market in 1999 and was produced for eight years. The demands of digital full frame and the need to offer an even wider angle of view were the main arguments behind the launch of its successor in 2007, the Nikkor AF-S 24–70 mm f/2.8G ED. Eight years passed and in August 2015 fans of photography were presented another model, the Nikkor AF-S 24–70 mm f/2.8E ED VR. Compared to its predecessor it gets not only an image stabilization unit but also an electronic aperture (the E letter in its name indicates that much). That kind of aperture makes it incompatible with camera bodies produced before 2007.

After its official launch several months had to pass before the lens found its way to shops in Poland. Finally we managed to obtain one specimen of it and test it thoroughly – we would like to thank the Nikon Poland company for lending it to us.

Please Support Us

If you enjoy our reviews and articles, and you want us to continue our work please, support our website by donating through PayPal. The funds are going to be used for paying our editorial team, renting servers, and equipping our testing studio; only that way we will be able to continue providing you interesting content for free.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - advertisement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

You are also invited to get acquainted with our test procedure, described in the article "How do we test lenses?" If you feel it’s still not enough, please go to our FAQ section where you can find some further explanation.