Recently bought a Nikon 24-70mm f / 2.8G IF-ED AF-S. Took off at home, tested and passed back to the store. Heavy enough for a small range of focal lengths. No stabilizer, poor mechanics. Most chromatics and poor bokeh for the declared class lenses.

Film format; Beautiful rich color; Large focal range with acceptable quality; Good sharpness, small curvature of the image field for zoom; Diaphragm 9 rounded petals, good bokeh for zoom; Easy, fast and accurate focusing; Excellent mechanical quality

Traditional disadvantages to such a range zoom: - A slight drop on the field at the corners extreme focal lengths at the aperture (disappears when you close diaframy per division); - Noticeable distortion at wide angle

Ever since I purchased my FX camera, I have been looking for a lens with this focal length and speed. I'm putting it through its paces and enjoying the experience. I own several specialty lenses, but I' m finding that this lens stays on the camera more than any of the others.

Have not shipped my order. No explanation. Have not replied to my request to cancel order. I don't even know if they really exist.

Nikon's upgraded 24-120mm now has a constant f/4 aperture. Along with its 5x zoom range and vibration reduction, it should be a very interesting all-purpose lens.

Very good sharpness throughout the zoom range; Vibration reduction; Build quality; Constant f/4 aperture; Useful zoom range

Harsh vignetting at 24mm; Distortion at either end of the zoom range

Wedding, event, travel, portrait and landscape photographers in need of a do-everything-well, all-purpose zoom lens that can fit in the palm of your hand should run to their nearest Nikon dealer and gobble up the new AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR.

While I hope to create a full Nikon 24-120mm f/4G AF-S VR Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information and...

very good image quality; autofocus is quick; VRII is excellent making it possible to shoot in low light conditions; fixed f4 aperture

distortion when shooting wide specially at 24mm although correctible

I only hope this lens lasts the distance for being compromised with too much plastic but that is no to say I am not impressed with its image quality which is sharp from corner to corner at every aperture at every focal length.

VR II; sharpness; great walk around lens

Too much plastic

The Nikon 24-120/4.0G VR delivers good overall performance, but unfortunately the FX-corners look like the lens has been designed with only a 12MP FX-sensor in mind: On a 36MP full-frame sensor you need to stop down to f8 to lift FX-corner performance to good levels.

Good to very good quality in the DX image-circle; Image stabilization; Weather sealing; Quiet AF operation

Needs stopping down to f8 for good FX-corners; Flare and ghosting not well controlled; A bit pricey for the performance

Nikon's produced a nice kit lens for full-frame bodies, though it's not without its caveats. The lens fared quite well in our tests, for the most part - the big problem is the wide open performance at 70 and 85mm, where it's quite soft indeed when used at ƒ/4.