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Nikon 24-70 f2.8
      #672008 - 28/06/2008 12:19

Hi all was looking to by a 24-70mmf2.8 but i see its not listed on Nikon uk web site. Is there a new one comeing out. or have i missed something

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: Tacker]
      #672012 - 28/06/2008 12:29

It is listed - you must be looking in the wrong place.

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: huwevans]
      #672013 - 28/06/2008 12:34

Hmmm i cant find it under wide angle zoom lenses .
never mind im still ordering one. Many thaanks


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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: Tacker]
      #672020 - 28/06/2008 12:59

That's because it's not a wideangle zoom - it's a 'Normal Zoom'. (Or 'standard zoom', in British parlance - don't know why the Nikon UK site uses the American terminology.)

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: huwevans]
      #672030 - 28/06/2008 13:30

Thanks allways thought if a lens was less then 50mm at its widest it came under wideangle zoom. lol thanks any way

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: Tacker]
      #672036 - 28/06/2008 14:00

Well, to be fair Nikon themselves aren't terribly consistent about which page they put lenses on. But a zoom lens that goes from modest wideangle to modest telephoto has long be known as a 'standard zoom', or as per the American usage, 'normal zoom', so the 24-70mm is at least in the right place.

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: huwevans]
      #672063 - 28/06/2008 17:27

..... and a lens with stellar performance.

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Re: Nikon 24-70 f2.8 [Re: TarquinBiscuit]
      #672157 - 28/06/2008 22:14

Quote:

..... and a lens with stellar performance.




Wide aperture for star shooting then

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