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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 142813" data-attributes="member: 9240">I've not shot with the 24-120mm, but having owned the 28-300mm I will tell you that it's a really good travel lens, but like most zooms of that range it's going to have its good spots and bad spots (primarily CA and soft edges at extremes when wide open), which will be made more obvious by the D800.&nbsp; I sold mine to pump some funds into the D800 pool because the only time it did get used is on vacation.&nbsp; But since I'm not adverse to taking two cameras along, having one with a 24-85 and something else with say a 70-200 or 70-300 (or 150-500, but that's if it's a birding vacation) wouldn't bother me.&nbsp; Not sure what your thoughts on Scott Kelby's work are, but at his seminar he stated emphatically that when he's on vacation with his family he takes one body with the 28-300mm and that's it.&nbsp; He didn't say which body, but I'm assuming it's not the D800 because he stated emphatically that while it's a great camera, it can get to be too much dealing with image files that size all the time.&nbsp; He seems to like the D600 a lot, and had just returned from a family vacation after shooting with it (he'd only had it a month).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 142813, member: 9240"] I've not shot with the 24-120mm, but having owned the 28-300mm I will tell you that it's a really good travel lens, but like most zooms of that range it's going to have its good spots and bad spots (primarily CA and soft edges at extremes when wide open), which will be made more obvious by the D800. I sold mine to pump some funds into the D800 pool because the only time it did get used is on vacation. But since I'm not adverse to taking two cameras along, having one with a 24-85 and something else with say a 70-200 or 70-300 (or 150-500, but that's if it's a birding vacation) wouldn't bother me. Not sure what your thoughts on Scott Kelby's work are, but at his seminar he stated emphatically that when he's on vacation with his family he takes one body with the 28-300mm and that's it. He didn't say which body, but I'm assuming it's not the D800 because he stated emphatically that while it's a great camera, it can get to be too much dealing with image files that size all the time. He seems to like the D600 a lot, and had just returned from a family vacation after shooting with it (he'd only had it a month). [/QUOTE]

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