New Lens then! - (Nikon)
Discussion
Ah-ha!
The spiritual successor to the legendary (although perhaps somewhat over rated) 28mm f/1.4 is here at last.
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2010/0209_24mmf1.4...
I could - of course - trade in my little old 35mm f/2 - which is good, but not brilliant.
The I will have the "three kings" including the 50mm and 85mm
...except for the slight flaw in my cunning plan! The price tag - just short of £2k RRP - are they serious!?
The spiritual successor to the legendary (although perhaps somewhat over rated) 28mm f/1.4 is here at last.
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2010/0209_24mmf1.4...
I could - of course - trade in my little old 35mm f/2 - which is good, but not brilliant.
The I will have the "three kings" including the 50mm and 85mm
...except for the slight flaw in my cunning plan! The price tag - just short of £2k RRP - are they serious!?
beano500 said:
Ah-ha!
The spiritual successor to the legendary (although perhaps somewhat over rated) 28mm f/1.4 is here at last.
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2010/0209_24mmf1.4...
I could - of course - trade in my little old 35mm f/2 - which is good, but not brilliant.
The I will have the "three kings" including the 50mm and 85mm
...except for the slight flaw in my cunning plan! The price tag - just short of £2k RRP - are they serious!?
Ridiculous money against the 50mm f/1.4The spiritual successor to the legendary (although perhaps somewhat over rated) 28mm f/1.4 is here at last.
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2010/0209_24mmf1.4...
I could - of course - trade in my little old 35mm f/2 - which is good, but not brilliant.
The I will have the "three kings" including the 50mm and 85mm
...except for the slight flaw in my cunning plan! The price tag - just short of £2k RRP - are they serious!?
My 35mm f/2 is my new fave lens, not getting on with my 50mm f/1.4 G yet
d in PS and save the loot 
I would have paid £1400 for the 24mm f1.4 but not nearly £2k, no chance. For that I could but a 135mm F2 DC, 85mm f1.4 & 35mm f2 just about.
Same goes for the 16-35mm, It's a lens that would be useful to me as i'm after something wider than 24mm and I never require anything below f4 at that focal length so it would have been perfect at approx £850ish.
I'll buy neither now. We're getting a really raw deal here in the UK. I may save and go to America to purchase instead. I'd still have change from the flights!
Bitter, me?!
Same goes for the 16-35mm, It's a lens that would be useful to me as i'm after something wider than 24mm and I never require anything below f4 at that focal length so it would have been perfect at approx £850ish.
I'll buy neither now. We're getting a really raw deal here in the UK. I may save and go to America to purchase instead. I'd still have change from the flights!
Bitter, me?!
Muska said:
I would have paid £1400 for the 24mm f1.4 but not nearly £2k, no chance. For that I could but a 135mm F2 DC, 85mm f1.4 & 35mm f2 just about.
Same goes for the 16-35mm, It's a lens that would be useful to me as i'm after something wider than 24mm and I never require anything below f4 at that focal length so it would have been perfect at approx £850ish.
I'll buy neither now. We're getting a really raw deal here in the UK. I may save and go to America to purchase instead. I'd still have change from the flights!
Bitter, me?!
As I mentioned above they'll come down from RRP after a few months. Just look at the RRP of any other lens, then look how much it actually costs in a shop.Same goes for the 16-35mm, It's a lens that would be useful to me as i'm after something wider than 24mm and I never require anything below f4 at that focal length so it would have been perfect at approx £850ish.
I'll buy neither now. We're getting a really raw deal here in the UK. I may save and go to America to purchase instead. I'd still have change from the flights!
Bitter, me?!
Edited by SamHH on Saturday 13th February 18:31
Muska said:
I'll buy neither now. We're getting a really raw deal here in the UK. I may save and go to America to purchase instead. I'd still have change from the flights!
Bitter, me?!
I'd check carefully first... I bought the Nikon 18-200mm VRII in the states a while back, only saved £20 on a £500 lens and lost the UK warranty in the process. I didn't pay over the odds either.Bitter, me?!
Thanks, if I purchased on release I'd save £600 on the 24mm alone! I don't worry much about the warrenty, I have a friendly Nikon technition I can call on.
I feel for canon users also, their new 70-200 f2.8 IS is £2700! I know what the poster above means about rrp but ours in the UK is still a raw deal. It will take some time for the 24mm to reduce by £600. The only reason the 70-200 came down about £400 so fast was because of the Internet hype of a non issue.
I feel for canon users also, their new 70-200 f2.8 IS is £2700! I know what the poster above means about rrp but ours in the UK is still a raw deal. It will take some time for the 24mm to reduce by £600. The only reason the 70-200 came down about £400 so fast was because of the Internet hype of a non issue.
Muska said:
I feel for canon users also, their new 70-200 f2.8 IS is £2700!
'Fraid the new Canon 70-200 mk2 is a similar price :/
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