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subidiom wrote:
Not familiar at all with the Tamron. The 24-85 is a nice, inexpensive lens, light weight and the VR works very well. That said, it is a little out-classed by the D800 until stopped down to f/8-11. OK for snapshots or vacation pics, but no so great for critical work. It is cheap and light, so you have that.
Sanpshots and vacations are mostly the intended usage. But I hear you on stopping way down to get good results. Same is true for the tamron I have too. I use it like a f4 lens for decent quality.
elkhornsun wrote:
I am interested in the new Sigma 24-105mm f4 OS full frame lens. I will wait for lens reviews before trying a copy but it may have less of a IQ problem at the wide end than the Nikon 24-120mm VR zoom.
Two23 wrote:
I agree with waiting for the Sigma 24-105mm. Otherwise, get the Nikon 24-120mm f4 VR. Why put big bucks into a camera and then go way cheap on the lens--the important thing? You might be better off dumping the D800 and replacing with D610, put the difference on a good lens.
Kent in SD
Was just checking my LR library and less than 3% of my images are shot with the midrange zoom. While I understand that I can't cheap out on lenses without compromising on quality, the intended application does not warrant an expensive lens in my case. I am invested in a bunch of primes and those live on the body most of the time. I love my D800. I moved from Canon not so long ago, just because they didn't have a similar option. So no question of getting rid of it. I am going to be using this for a long time to come 
Sigma 24-105 is an interesting option. It will all come down to how they price it. Looks like it'll be more expensive than the Canon 24-105 at launch!
Now I have not used either the 24-85 nor 24-120. But from what I've read from the mixed reviews and user comparisons, they both are very close in performance apart from the obvious little difference in the FL and aperture.
I am also interested to hear from folks who have used both the tamron 28-75 and 24-85 VR on how they compare.
RRRoger wrote:
I've heard that the 24-120 is a great lens,
but I prefer the zoom range of the 28-300 so much that I have two of them.
That is a good suggestion. But I am looking to change to something that starts at 24 in the wide end and reasonably compact.
Thank you all for taking your time to respond! I really appreciate your inputs.
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