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#31
08-03-09, 22:28
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Congrats Lello. glad you got the lens you were after.
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Funnily enough, only the other day I was chatting to a fellow photographer whilst waiting for Kim Marsh to turn up, and got chatting about lenses. Was shown another 24-70mm Sigma for his Canon 1D....I said I was happy with mine in terms of glass, but not 100% happy with the slight resistance at the 28-30mm zoom mark approx. He then fished his out of his kitbag,happy with the glass (and price), looked identical BUT his had an extra MF/AF switch as well as the usual push/pull AF/MF focus ring which he was annoyed about!...and his zoom had some resistance around the 60mm mark!....the lenses looked identical with serial numbers not that far apart. Definately a weird one. I think similar happened with Saphire's Tokina wide angle zoom. The first example was a shocker, and got sent back to Warehouse express. The replacement though is a stunner, and very sharp
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primarily using Nikon film and digi kit, and some micro 4/3rds gear for experimenting with old lenses Last edited by Joe; 08-03-09 at 22:35. 
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#32
08-03-09, 22:38
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Thanks Joe
Been out today playing with it, so far so good, Will have to get used to not having VR. (We had a lovely sunny morning) so, no VR was not an issue today. will post some images as soon as I get some time. Lello
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#33
10-03-09, 10:12
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Congratulations Lello, I think it is a superb piece of glass - now a big question - is it's perfect companion the 14-24 Nikkor .............??
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"I take pictures of what I like - if someone else likes them - that's a bonus" Andy M. http://www.pbase.com/andy153 http://andy153.smugmug.com/ Equipment: Nikon - More than enough !!!
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#34
10-03-09, 12:07
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Andy, I got the Nikon 24-70mm at the show (I had previously rented it) and it's now my favorite lens - can't beleive just how fast it is to focus.
Your second point - the answer is YES!
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#35
10-03-09, 20:00
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 Hi Derek I can't see me ever taking the 24-70 off the D300, I love it Lello
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#36
10-03-09, 20:54
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Lello, Derek, I know you will enjoy it as I do - and yes I have the 14-24 as well. But I kept the 17-35 f2.8 purely because you cannot stick any filters on the 14-24 and it does not have a rear holder for gels. The 24-70 has become my main lens as well.
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#38
11-07-09, 11:06
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Hi. I have just acquired this lens and think it a superb piece of glass. These are first three images taken with it.
Bodnant_Hall_main_house http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...main_house.jpg House_round_pond http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...round_pond.jpg Pin_Mill http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...9_pin_mill.jpg on a D3 body. 
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