Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 85737" data-attributes="member: 9521">The best zoom lenses made are the so-called &quot;trilogy&quot; zoom lens trio that consists of the 14-24mm f/2.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8. It covers the complete spectrum from ultra wide to telephoto. Then beyond that are the prime lenses which are less clean cut than the trilogy lenses are. Those require a little bit more planning and understanding of exactly what you're considering using them for and in several cases the lesser expensive lens turns out to be the better lens despite being a 1/3 of a stop slower. The best example of this is the 85mm lenses. The 85mm f/1.4G is ~$1600 and by nearly all measure is slightly inferior to the 85mm f/1.8G at ~$600. With all this said, I would aim for the trilogy zoom lenses. I particularly love the 24-70mm, it covers the &quot;normal&quot; range extremely well and is razor sharp. I use this lens far more than any of my other lenses.Here's a great link, it's like the Sears Christmas catalogue for photographers - <a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/list.htm" target="_blank">Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 85737, member: 9521"] The best zoom lenses made are the so-called "trilogy" zoom lens trio that consists of the 14-24mm f/2.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8. It covers the complete spectrum from ultra wide to telephoto. Then beyond that are the prime lenses which are less clean cut than the trilogy lenses are. Those require a little bit more planning and understanding of exactly what you're considering using them for and in several cases the lesser expensive lens turns out to be the better lens despite being a 1/3 of a stop slower. The best example of this is the 85mm lenses. The 85mm f/1.4G is ~$1600 and by nearly all measure is slightly inferior to the 85mm f/1.8G at ~$600. With all this said, I would aim for the trilogy zoom lenses. I particularly love the 24-70mm, it covers the "normal" range extremely well and is razor sharp. I use this lens far more than any of my other lenses. Here's a great link, it's like the Sears Christmas catalogue for photographers - [url=http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/list.htm]Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses[/url] [/QUOTE]

Verification