1. Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
I bit the bullet and bought the expensive, and heavy, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S. It has been totally worth it so far. I would recommend this lens to any full-frame Nikon user. It is sharper and more contrasty than any of my primes. You can leave this on your camera for almost everything. The widest angle (24mm) is plenty wide for gorgous landscapes and the 70mm zoom is just enough to get a nice portrait. The only time it has come of my camera is to put on my other favorite lens…
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2. Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF
If you really want to isolate your subject and blur out the background, this is the lens to do it. The 1.4 aperture allows the background to really blur to a beautiful wash of color. It’s also a great lens for shooting in extremely low light. This shot shows this great lens shooting hot bokeh background action.
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Specialty Macro or zoom lenses are certainly a necessity for some styles of shooting, but armed with these two lenses and your new D700, you should be able to shoot just about everything.
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i want 50mm (L)
i’ve been trying to pare down the lens collection a bit, or at least what i carry often. i picked up canon’s 24-70 2.8 a couple months ago and it’s pretty much been glued to the 5D since. the 50 f/1.2 and 35 f/1.4 are really calling me though.
Im hoping Nikon will release a 50 1.2. That would be awesome.
I was hoping to see a list of like 10 lenses or something… but this is fine too ;)
These two are still awesome. I had the 17-55mm on the D300 so it’s pretty much just like the 24-70mm on the D700 as far as focal length.
I was looking at the 17-35mm f/2.8 for when my D700 arrives, any thoughts on that? I will be keeping my 50mm and and 70-200mm.
“Im hoping Nikon will release a 50 1.2. That would be awesome.”
Nikon already has a Nikkor 50/1.2 AIS. It’s not as widely regarded as the 1.4 however.
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