stuuke wrote:
If someone has the financial means and some photographic ability I don't see how they can avoid purchasing this lens after reading this thread
Well, I followed your thoughts and went and got one. Spent the day with it and could not stand how slow it is to focus. It's going back.
Got one on the way for my D300s it will be a 35mm
Soon I will get the D700s
should be here the end of next week
i hate the thoughts of it been slow to focus
I have to chase all these grand-kids with it
im really having a hard time deciding as i have a budget only for one lens and i have a d700 and a d300 . i already have a sigma 24mm 1.8 and a nikon 35mm 1.4ais
cant decide between the 24mm 1.4 and the 35mm 1.4 to be announced .
35mm is the most used focal lenght for me , but having the 24mm i can do fx and dx (24 and 36mm)
Jammy Straub wrote:
If the lens can track a moving subject, then what does it matter how 'fast' it focuses? I mean are you missing shots because of the focus speed?
Knowing my style, yes, probably. I am still debating about keeping this one.
I'll just throw in here that I've had the 24 1.4 for about 2 weeks now. It's been practically perma-mounted to my D3S.
This lens has IT - whatever IT is. I'm really in love with this lens; it's definitely the most beautifully rendering (whatever that means) lens that I've used. I'm no expert, but I would definitely say that this is, to me, Nikon's "beauty" lens - it makes everything beautiful.
If anyone's debating getting this, don't debate - just do. I can't believe you'll regret it. In fact, my only regret is that I didn't buy it earlier so I could have used it at my sister's wedding.
Thundermug an old Canadian Band from the seventies and still going
1972 hit "Africa" reaching the Canadian Top40
They were nominated into the London Music Hall of Fame in 2006
D300s 24 1.4 @ 1.4 iso 800 .. 1/125" sec. Handheld
