Nikon Nikkor AF-S 24-70 mm f/2.8G ED review - Summary

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

2 April 2011

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

great quality of casing,
outstanding image quality in the frame centre at all combinations of focal lengths and apertures,
good image quality on the edge of the frame from f/4.0 upwards,
chromatic aberration quite well corrected,
moderate distortion,
low astigmatism,
practical lack of vignetting on the DX sensor,
silent, as quick as lightning and accurate autofocus.

Cons:

image quality on the edge of the frame at the maximum aperture should have been better,
transmission worse than that of competitors,
huge coma in the full frame corners,
average work against bright light for this class of equipment.

It will be one of shorter summaries. Nikon undoubtedly offered a splendid instrument to the professionals. If you want to be nasty, though, you might add that the Zeiss gave a better one to the Sony system and Sigma didn’t lag behind with its new 24–70 mm f/2.8 model either – it can put the Nikkor to shame especially with the quality of its anti-reflection coatings. Ending the nastiness you can also write that most of people who will buy the tested Nikkor, won’t have still the slightest reasons to complain about anything.

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Sample shots:


Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 24 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/4000 s, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.4 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 24 mm, f/5.0, exp. 1/2500 s, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.4 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 35 mm, f/5.0, exp. 1/1000 s, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.3 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/5.0, exp. 1/800 s, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.6 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.8 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 50 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/180 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.7 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/3.5, exp. 1/180 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.1 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 36 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.9 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 28 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/80 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.7 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 320 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.2 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/4.5, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 320 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.6 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.5, exp. 1/180 s, ISO 320 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 5.2 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 50 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/60 s, ISO 400 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 4.0 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 40 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/125 s, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 6.7 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 48 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.6 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.7 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 36 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.4 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 70 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.8 MB

Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 35 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.6 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 48 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.6 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 28 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872×2592 pix, 3.6 MB

Sample shots taken with the tested lens on the Nikon D300 are presented below.

Camera: Nikon D300 Lens: Nikkor AF-S 24-70 mm f/2.8G ED

Parameters: 24 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/125 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 7.0 MB	Parameters: 70 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/100 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 6.9 MB	Parameters: 50 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.0 MB

Parameters: 31 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/400 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 8.8 MB	Parameters: 36 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 6.0 MB	Parameters: 31 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.2 MB

Parameters: 42 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.6 MB	Parameters: 24 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 6.9 MB	Parameters: 50 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.6 MB

Parameters: 70 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/160 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 6.2 MB	Parameters: 36 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 640 4288 x 2848 pix, 6.5 MB	Parameters: 70 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/320 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.9 MB

Parameters: 55 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/100 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 7.1 MB	Parameters: 29 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/80 s, ISO 400 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.9 MB	Parameters: 24 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/400 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 4.8 MB

Parameters: 32 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/1600 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 5.7 MB	Parameters: 24 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/50 s, ISO 200 4288 x 2848 pix, 7.0 MB	Parameters: 35 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/50 s, ISO 800 4288 x 2848 pix, 4.9 MB