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May. 7th, 2008 01:39 amProblem solved.
Nearly all the ranges and speeds I'm liable to use have stiff competition lens-wise - such as 70-200 or 24-70 - for the wide angle work I want to do, however, my choice is Nikon, Nikon, or possibly Nikon.
Therefore, no choice is being made and I'm ordering both lenses. I don't want to sacrifice the PC-E lens that is part of the justification for buying a D3 in the first place, and the 14-24mm f2.8 has no competition. There are a number of 12-24 alternatives, but they're considerably slower.
Moving above 24mm the options are a: vastly cheaper, and b: numerous. David just emailed me this (probably to annoy me as I can't actually buy it from the US).
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VJVG1W?smid=A36DL6WLK2RE7O&tag=dealtime-ce-mpfeed-20&linkCode=asn
Which is a nice fast 24-60mm f2.8 for $199. Seriously. Not a DC, but EX DG, which usually translates as "good to excellent" without the caveat of "for the price".
Nearly all the ranges and speeds I'm liable to use have stiff competition lens-wise - such as 70-200 or 24-70 - for the wide angle work I want to do, however, my choice is Nikon, Nikon, or possibly Nikon.
Therefore, no choice is being made and I'm ordering both lenses. I don't want to sacrifice the PC-E lens that is part of the justification for buying a D3 in the first place, and the 14-24mm f2.8 has no competition. There are a number of 12-24 alternatives, but they're considerably slower.
Moving above 24mm the options are a: vastly cheaper, and b: numerous. David just emailed me this (probably to annoy me as I can't actually buy it from the US).
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VJVG1W?smid=A36DL6WLK2RE7O&tag=dealtime-ce-mpfeed-20&linkCode=asn
Which is a nice fast 24-60mm f2.8 for $199. Seriously. Not a DC, but EX DG, which usually translates as "good to excellent" without the caveat of "for the price".
