I think that you summarized both lens very well. Most of the time, we miss the positive attributes of a lens after you sold it but focus the negative part of its performance when you own the lens. But in this case, I agree with Charles, the 28/1.4E is very special. I have not used my 24/1.4G after I got the 28/1.4E (but I am keeping my 24/1.4G).
If 24 POV is what you prefer or use more ofter, then you may want to think about upgrading your body to an D850 as D800/D810 focus system may not be up to task at f1.4 for the 24G. But D850's focus system is much better and I have no problems to obtain accurate focus for almost all my f1.4 Nikon AF lenses.
Dec 26, 2018 at 05:45 PM
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