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Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S : Specifications and Opinions



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avatarjunior
sent on 22 Gennaio 2026

Pros: Everything! Top sharpness, zero distortion, bright... Very useful display!

Cons: Honestly, I haven't found any so far.

Opinion: It seems to me a very good lens, for me the best zoom lens I have ever tried. The display allows me to be precise in the focal length and have the parameters at a glance. Excellent lens, even at 2.8 flawless shots. I honestly don't feel the weight particularly and the price in my opinion is worth the quality. For me it is a super optics that I fell in love with immediately. I was a bit skeptical because I don't particularly like zooms and I'm used to fixed lenses, but this lens amazed me.

avatarjunior
sent on 06 Settembre 2024

Pros: Hard to say, it's all a PRO

Cons: Nothing. Some would say the cost, but for those who have a fine palate and can use it to the fullest, the value for money is even advantageous

Opinion: Everything has been written about this lens, especially by those who - not wanting to bear the outlay - try to convince themselves. And so we read about some users who prefer the poor cousin f/4 or other stuff from tamron, or others who complain about its excessive weight although it weighs 250 grams less than the previous 24-70 VR Nikon F mount. Not to mention the many who complain about the price. Yet objectively Nikon has explained well from the beginning the trend of the Z lenses: there are the cheap, the tamron-derived and finally the S, and the latter play in a league of their own, no one in their right mind and with a fine palate would ever compare them to the other two series. And our Z 24-70 f/2.8 is no exception, it was designed to be first in class and it does just fine! Although more compact and lighter than the 24-70 that preceded it, it manages to unleash performance that other brands can only dream of. Extremely sharp from edge to edge but its sharpness is "lively", not sterile and cold and the bokeh (for what the aperture allows...) is mellow and very pleasant, the colors vivid and bright. It solves the sensor of my Z9 but when I feel like it, in light releases, it also ennobles that of the ZF. The three-dimensionality here is really high-level, the subject portrayed "comes out" of the photo and to appreciate what I say just a double-blind comparison with the 24-70 f/4 or with the various tamron-nikons. An added bonus, it doesn't have VR. And I say advantage because Nikon is certainly not famous for the longevity of its VRs (and someone would also add that of the AF motors of the lenses just barely heavy). Never mind, the stabilizers on the Z sensors still do their dirty work, and they do it really well, with Z9 I often use it up to 1/15 of a second. In conclusion: do you like beautiful pieces of optics and mechanics, the eternal ones that every time you view a file produced by them you find yourself with an idiotic smile on your face? Well, then the Z f/2.8 is the 24-70 for you (indeed, for us!), spend that money light-heartedly and you won't regret it. After all, coffins with pockets have not yet started to make them...

avatarjunior
sent on 15 Maggio 2023

Pros: Well built

Cons: The weight

Opinion: Optics of excellent workmanship has a nice yield even at full aperture, bright and balanced colors, the only flaw perhaps the attack of the 82mm filter, for those who have triad a little is penalized, but objectively it is not a great defect, the weight a little there is but it is worth paying the price of the weight but having a robust and quality product in hand.

avatarjunior
sent on 12 Agosto 2022

Pros: All!

Cons: Nobody!

Opinion: Someone says that the price is exaggerated but if you are not looking for the maximum there is the 28-75 which is an f/2.8 , it is a very good optics and costs half. If you don't need an f/2.8 there is the yummy 24-70 f4 that has a crazy optical quality and weighs only 500g! Many call the 24-70mm f/2.8 Z heavy, but it weighs 100g less than its older brother Nikon AF-S 24-70 f/2.8. It's not little eh... For me this lens is a masterpiece! Fast, extremely sharp at all apertures and focal lengths, focusing distance of only 35cm, colors, three-dimensionality, not to forget the tropicalization etc.etc. Yes, it costs, but it will help you to always bring home a good job ;)

avatarjunior
sent on 08 Gennaio 2022

Pros: All.

Cons: I would have preferred the 77 filters, but that's it.

Opinion: An extraordinary lens: for sharpness, colors, three-dimensionality, bokeh, general rendering of the images it returns. For me one of the best lenses from Nikon. I also had the F4 version... sharp, for heaven's sake, but also extremely "flat". The 2.8 plays another championship. As I see it, it counts as an entrance ticket to the Z system.

avatarjunior
sent on 29 Giugno 2021

Pros: Quality of the files, it can almost very well replace the fixed s except the 50 mm, made in japan.

Cons: For now nothing

Opinion: Taken for two days, I reserve the right to test it even before judging it definitively. It is a bit big and heavy but in the well-balanced context with the z7ll, the plastics are of good quality even if the barrel that protrudes could work it better, for the rest the "pro" feeling is felt. L I took it after buying the z7ll in kit with 24/70 f4 , l f4 unfortunately L I found it expensive for what it offers, compact but too sharp, flat, and unusable in close portraits if not post-produced heavily to eliminate all the imperfections even non-existent skin etc., try to make a portrait and look at the hair, they look like wire, too sharp, dry, without volume, it looks more like a scan than a photo ? The 2.8 unlike what is said, has nothing to do with the f4, it is not only brighter and more expensive of course, but returns sharp files but not for reproduction. The realism, three-dimensionality and general rendering are of an excellent level even if lower than some of my zeiss. Compared with 24,35,50 and 85 s I can say that it manages to replace them all except for the brightness' obviously and the only one that I consider superior is the 50 mm S, they could certainly do better but as long as we want lenses without any defect will continue to add lenses with all the pros and cons, for now vote 9.

avatarjunior
sent on 27 Giugno 2021

Pros: Photo Quality, fully solves the megapixels of the Z7

Cons: Maybe the price

Opinion: I had almost all 24/70 2.8 x system F(Nikon,Sigma Art,Tamron G2...] and I come from x last from 24/70F4. The 24/70 2.8 S far exceeds all the other 24/70,the image quality is super and manages to solve all the megapixels of the Z7, compared to the old ones there is no comparison... Already at full opening it is crisp and perfect from edge to edge, closing a stop is spectacular. The 24/70 F4 is an excellent lens and compact but logically it does not stand the comparison with the 2.8 and the price is "different" The only flaw I find perhaps I find it excessively expensive, but the quality is paid.

avatarmoderator
sent on 27 Giugno 2021

Pros: Sharpness, build quality, brightness

Cons: Quite expensive and heavy

Opinion: For those who want the highest quality, the Nikon Z 24-70 f/2.8 is the best standard zoom you can have in the Nikon Z system: very sharp and with excellent construction quality; robust and tropicalized. The image quality is excellent at all diaphragms, already at f/2.8 it is very sharp and the only significant improvement that can be seen by closing the diaphragm is the reduction of vignetting. Price and weight are quite high, but it is inevitable from such an perspective; for those who prefer a more compact alternative there is the excellent 24-70 f/4, equally sharp but much more compact and light (but of course you have to give up the brightness f/2.8). I recommend it especially to those who use cameras with high-resolution sensors, able to fully enhance the quality of the 24-70 f/2.8.

user207929
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sent on 22 Febbraio 2021

Pros: Professional lens with top-noted performance. It's like having a set of good quality fixes.

Cons: No one, not even the price.

Opinion:

avatarsenior
sent on 18 Agosto 2020

Pros: Excellent in every condition, one step ahead of the already excellent 24-70 f 2.8 VR.

Cons: High price.

Opinion: With the Z6 it achieves levels of sharpness at every point, it's fast and precise, and the colors have a magnificent yield. An optics that represents a step forward compared to the G series. Compared to the excellent 24-70 f 4.0 always for the Z has more weight but the advantage of the diaphragm in some situations allows you to capture so much excellent light. SUl price maybe you have exaggerated a little too much and a 500 euros less are there, however if you can spend it definitely worth the effort.

avatarsenior
sent on 09 Luglio 2020

Pros: Edge-to-edge sharpness,third dial,programmable button,oled screen

Cons: Missing focal excursion block,82mm filters,price

Opinion: I don't have much to add to previous reviews in terms of optical quality, if you shoot often at 2.8 this is the optics for you; otherwise the little brother f4 goes more than fine. I would have preferred size and weight a smaller thread but given the optical quality there can be. It seems very strange to me that they did not provide a button for the focal excursion block (present on the f4). In conclusion, once attached to the machine it remains difficult to detach it!

avatarjunior
sent on 17 Gennaio 2020

Pros: Outstanding in every sense

Cons: maybe the price

Opinion: Great lens very sharp and above all bright, better than the respective 2.8 24/70 that I mounted on my reflex ! The weight slightly lighter than the other, plus you can see the footage, diaphragm the focal and you can put the grid of the third parties etc. What bothered me a bit is the size of the 82 mm filters but you know you can't have it all ! Nice sharp from edge to edge, gorgeous colors, to do the meticulous to go for a walk is more comfortable on the 24/70 f4 however I highly recommend it!!

avatarsenior
sent on 24 Settembre 2019

Pros: sharpness, third die

Cons: cost and weight (compared to f4)

Opinion: I must say that I have long tried 24 70 f/2.8 together with the f4, both freehand shots and especially shots on the stand, especially at night. The first is undoubtedly better, but weighs more, costs three times and has less resistance to flare (important for my nights). As a result I have matured the decision to keep myself the cheapest model and "satisfy". I recommend it only to those who make extensive use of the focal at 2.8 or to those who for quality do not care about cost and weight. In these cases, it can undoubtedly arouse enthusiasm, but the fixed Zeiss still remain at a higher level, both for sharpness and for the opening of shadows, although certainly the difference compared to that of the 24 70 AFS is smaller,

avatarjunior
sent on 20 Luglio 2019

Pros: Outstanding edge-to-edge sharpness, small footprint, weight

Cons: Price

Opinion: Taken recently, I'm using it with the Z7. The very first impression is the yield that is exceptional as sharpness from edge to edge. The colors are faithful, the shadows are not closed and the contrast balanced; 24 mm linear distortion. focal length is very low. I have owned in my life both the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 G and the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 E ED Vr, but this if you literally eat them both for global yield and handling. The third dial near the bayonet that can be used as a diaphragm mode or as a change of under/overexposure along with the small Oled display are the icing on a cake that is worth a nice 10 and praise. Of course Nikon gets paid handsomely ... even too much ... but this lens will always be in the bag whatever themed output you make.

avatarjunior
sent on 09 Giugno 2019

Pros: Sharpness, compactness, AF speed, OLED display

Cons: For now no one

Opinion: After trying many professional Nikon zooms, from 14-24 F. 2.8 to 24-70 f/2.8, and never being satisfied with it, this zoom really surprised me. Sharpness to the edges exceptional, decidedly more compact and light comparison to its competitors F. Paired with the Z6 is really perfect. In the photos of natural landscape the colors are very "faithful" and unlike the series F the shadows are not closed and very contrastate. I'd say he's very close to the Zeiss mythic performance.








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