Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

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p.2 #1 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

Thanks for all the inputs and personal accounts everyone. Good to get some various point of views before buying (or selling) any high dollar items.

I think I'm going to go ahead and list it for sale though, $1525 shipped should hopefully make it go quickly before I change my mind

Realistically its just too much money tied up into something that sees limited use for me with some other things I'm trying to do with my money right now.

I've got a 15mm fisheye and a 17mm f3.5 Tokina prime so hopefully those can continue to fill in the gap.

I find the 17mm works great for the money (only $250, such a deal) and when you need WIDE the fisheye on FX is a tough act to beat

Oct 27, 2009 at 05:23 PM

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p.2 #2 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

If it weren't for the fact I NEEDED to sell it in order to finance the D700 I would not have let it go. However since then I've found the 35mm-200mm range is what I've used most on the FX. So my 24-70 f2.8 and 70-300vr do very nicely as does my fav travel lens the Tamron 28-300vc. I'd love to have one again, but I would not sacrifice anything to get it as it would not see as much action in my bag. If you can hang onto it I would, but otherwise do what you must.........

Oct 27, 2009 at 07:06 PM

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p.2 #3 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

I greatly regret having to sell mine, but I couldn't justify holding onto such an expensive lens when I am unemployed and bleeding money. I took a pretty big loss on it because I bought it new, but then again I never expected to ever sell it, it is a lens that I dearly loved. Once I get a job again, its 100% at the top of my list to purchase again.

Oct 27, 2009 at 09:22 PM

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p.2 #4 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

I don't mean to get off topic but if you can't put filters on the front why didn't they make it so you could put them on the back? or is that just stupid? I don't have the lens so just curious.

Oct 27, 2009 at 10:08 PM

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p.2 #5 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

My most used lens with 24-70

Oct 28, 2009 at 01:38 AM

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p.2 #6 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

I have the D3 and the 24-70 lives on it with an occasional detour for the 70-200 (useful even when I need 70mm Fl for it's IS). I used the last member of "The Holy Trinity" so infrequently that I bought the 16:9 converter to mount it on my Canon 5D Mk II (21 Mp for the super IQ this UWA delivers.

The 16:9 converter wants to stay on (not a twist on/off it needs a careful set screw). I actually find the Canon 15mm FE more useful (three looks with 2 kinds of defishing software and it's tiny enough to always have it around). That said no way I am selling both the world's best 14mm prime and UWA zoom that fits two DSLR camera systems.

Oct 28, 2009 at 04:45 PM

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p.2 #7 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

It will go the same route as the 28/1.4 pricewise .... I wont ever sell it. It's the insane sharpness at the wide end that does it for me.

Nov 07, 2009 at 03:28 PM

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p.2 #8 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

You'd have to pry mine from my cold, dead fingers. No way I'd sell it!! I'm more likely to buy another one for backup or speculation - my guess is if Nikon ever stopped selling the 14-24 its resale value would about double, much like the 58mm Noct.

Nov 08, 2009 at 04:11 PM

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p.2 #9 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

Any idea how much this lens would cost to rent for say a week ?

Andy

Nov 08, 2009 at 11:16 PM

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p.2 #10 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

I have the trio (14-24-70-200). All 3 of them are fabulous. But the 14-24 is the real king. Its microcontrast is amazing. This will stay with me for many many years. I could sell the 24-70 any day, It just doesnt have the pop of the 14-24 for the landscapes and it doesnt isolate my portraits like the 70-200 does. And it is not the definition of the walkaround lens. Still its is a fine lens for those who live in this length.

Nikos

Nov 09, 2009 at 12:40 AM

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p.2 #11 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

I sold my first copy (needed the money and was not doing a lot of work that needed it) but bought another copy less than a year later. I now have the 24 PC-E, and still won't sell the 14-24: the 24 end is distortion free, and the 14 end is cleaned up perfectly by PTLens. You need 14mm inside, often. If a stitched and tilted or shifted stitch is not wide enough, or if working quickly, you have to have the 14-24.

But for millsart, a PJ, I think the 17-35 paired with the 24-70 on a second body makes perfect sense, even with the overlap. The stretching he refers to occurs with all WAs and UWAs wider than 35mm, in my experience (that how 'rectilinear' happens). Shoot a bit wider then the scene you are seeing, and cropping a bit later can help. cheers, kl

Nov 09, 2009 at 03:40 AM

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p.2 #12 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

Having walked around in a strange city (Melbourne) with the 24 f2.8 ais and not been happy with edge sharpness I have now rashly bought a 14-24 used off FM !

I did get to try one in the camera shop here though and it seems real nice

Andy

Nov 10, 2009 at 05:57 AM

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p.2 #13 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

The 14-24 is a tough lens unless you have a specific need for it. Other than that, it's not a lens that "most" people use a lot, but when then do - it's pretty fantastic and nothing else really compares. What I've learned is for those lenses that you really don't use all that often - stick them on your body for a few weeks and force yourself to shoot nothing but that lens. You'll find that you start shooing in entirely different ways and will often love the outcome.

I contemplated selling my 14-24 f/2.8 as well as my 85 f/1.4 - neither get used really all than much for what I shoot. In the end I decided to just sell my Triumph Spitfire Convertable (in the spring) - I use it much less than my Nikon gear

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Michael

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:28 PM

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p.2 #14 · Anyone regret selling the 14-24 28 ?

The basic problem with the 14-24 is one of value. You only have 10 mm of zoom range for (new) $1800. That's 180 per mm. If this lens went out to 35, it would be much more useful. But at 14-24, it's just too darn wide, too darn limited and too expensive.

But there is no arguing that what it does, it does very well. Spectacular. I especially liked it on my D300 because it was a 21-36, much more useful range than on the D700.

I just wish Nikon had a 16-35 f/4 with the nano coat. That would be great. As well as a 24-105 f/4.

Nov 10, 2009 at 11:37 PM


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