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Smousefam5 wrote:
I was looking for a walk-around lens for my newly acquired D600 and came across a Nikon 35-70 2.8D lens in excellent condition for cheap so I grabbed it thinking if I didn't like it I wouldn't have trouble getting rid of it for at least what I paid if not a little more.
I know this was a fairly premium lens in its day but do any of you still have one in your bag and use it regularly?
You bought it... now use it!
That is really half the fun of trying "new" lenses, to see different renditions and imaging characteristics, and to find out what one likes best (plus, Nikon lenses' rendition can be incredibly different from one another, so it's worth to try as many as possible).
The 35-70 is everything you read in this forum. Yes, it can be very sharp, yes, it has a mellow rendition nice on people, yes, all the defects people wrote are very accurately reported.
I sold my (mint) copy rather quickly (low contrast, flare, poligonaly highlights, 35mm at the widest...), but if you paid little for it, then it's a free rent.
Again: have fun!
Lory
P.s.
I seem to recall that the D600 was also sold in kit with the 24-85VR afs.
Should you grow tired of the 35-70, that seems like a very cheap lens to acquire. Modern, very sharp, and stabilized.
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