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Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR : Specifications and Opinions

Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR

The Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2010. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1197 €;

233 users have given it an average vote of 9.2 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.

Specifications
Focal lenght	24-120 mm
Angle of view	84.1 - 20.5°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/4
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	17 elements in 13 groups
Min. focus distance	0.45 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.24x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	710 g
Dimensions	84 x 104 mm
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Saveriocz

sent on April 10, 2024

Pros: Versatility, VR, fast AF (not very fast..)

Cons: Distortion but, above all, painful, pe-no-so (!) in the flare resistance, exaggerated price.

Opinion: I bought it recently, new extract from kit with a three-year warranty at a reasonable price, slightly higher than that of the 24-85. I think I've already summarized the meaning of this lens. It offers good sharpness on almost the entire field, but not at F4, where, over the entire zoom range, it loses in this respect. The distortion is evident, at least up to 35 mm and you have to take it into account when composing the photo if you want to correct it in pp. VR very effective, the AF is quite fast but not like that of the 70/300 I already owned. The color rendering is beautiful and seems faithful to the reality of what you are shooting. The best thing about it is the versatility given by the wide focal range, which allows you to keep it mounted in at least 80% of situations. What's wrong, but really isn't right? The flare tightness! I have called it pitiful, and I am not exaggerating. If you take photos against the light towards the sun it is already very evident, but it is in night photos with a fixed camera and long exposure that it is simply impossible to use it. If you love to shoot city streets, with street lamps and illuminated signs, with even a single light point barely more intense than the others, and maybe with a little black sky in the background, well, it's better if you change the lens, forget about using this one! Full stop. Unless you like to find files flooded up to 65 (65!!! Sic..) between luminous globes and other artifacts of various shapes and colors. After the first few days of use, really demoralized, I wanted to take advantage of the right of withdrawal and return it, as I had done previously and for the same reason with two 24-85s (one used and one new); In the end I resigned myself and kept it, mostly because of the versatility of its focal range; and for the kind of night photos that I love to take so much, well, it means that, when I can use it, I will mount the 35 fixed 1.8ED which, despite being six years old, with a nice fall on the ground on its shoulders and dirt of dust to the limit inside, even in that area hardly disappoints me. What can I say, to sum up, the price of the new Nital (I've seen sites that give it even at 1,300 Euros....) I think it's disproportionate for what it offers, adequate if you find bulk like mine. I would give him a 9 final grade, but given how he behaves in the situations described, I go down to 7. He doesn't deserve more.

Alex_premoli_

sent on March 04, 2023

Pros: Decent all-rounder, price if bought nital out of the kit

Cons: Collapse from 70mm

Opinion: Love and hate (especially hate) for this lens. It is neither meat nor fish, in simple terms it is a "discreet" all-rounder that does not excel in anything. It is a perspective that does not make you make the leap in quality. I bought it the first time with European guarantee and resold after a very short time practically new losing 69 euros. It was really like new, used a few times. It is comfortable because it covers many focal lengths and has the stabilizer but the feeling has not blossomed. And so I took in its place the 24-70 that on the contrary makes you make the leap in quality. But since I like to err and so much in January 2023 thanks to the nital cash discount sold separately from the camera body I bought it back at 690 aware of all its limits. So when I have to take pictures of little importance I will carry around this one that covers more focal lengths and that on the back and neck weighs less than the 24-70 and 70-300 that I add to have more bands covered. Rating: 7-/7

Aval

sent on May 08, 2022

Pros: It covers the range of focal lengths most used, with a quality and brightness almost at the top. Ideal travel companion

Cons: The list price is exaggerated

Opinion: It is the real Nikon workhorse for the Fx format. I used it on the df, on the d800 and, for a couple of months, on the d850. Fully satisfied, but aware of its limitations. If necessary, for more specific needs, I replace it with an ultra-bright or macro fixed. As for the price, you will find new extract from kits around € 600, or used. Thanks to its detractors. Absolutely recommended.

Delio.vernacchia

sent on November 25, 2021

Pros: For the type of lens, despite the focal range, excellent in almost everything

Cons: Distortions, vignetting

Opinion: I have owned it for two years now, it has been a reliable travel companion, it still is. If known well this lens takes you home great shots. At 120mm the image is rather soft especially at TA, obvious vignetting, at 24 in addition to vignetting there is a little distortion, just stop at 100 and it's fine, at 24 just get to 35 already it's better. This lens takes home the photo of the moment without even too much work in post. It is an F4 on all focal lengths, although you have to diaphragm while using the zoom to have a greater depth of field and maintain sharpness. Lenses with this focal range may have this problem.

Davidtrt

sent on November 15, 2021

Pros: Very valid for general use, it prefers portraits and generally photos with separation of the planes to the landscapes and architecture, excellent blur, good colors, well-corrected aberrations, lens built to make pleasant photos.

Cons: Hard and not very fluid zoom, sharpness collapse and 70 and 90mm.

Opinion: Very short answer: up to 24Mpx with AA filter of the D750 goes from discreet to very good while on the 36Mpx without AA of the d810 fatigue at the level of resolution, so in reading the reviews keep this in mind. I use it on d750 and therefore my review is based on 24Mpx, not very much to tell the truth as I have a set of fixed 1.4 that I prefer more than anything else for philosophy, but when I do it rarely disappoints me and I wonder why I do not use it more often. Resolution more than valid already from the entire aperture up to about 70mm, beyond which it has a very important collapse (confirmed by online instrumental tests) and then recover well from 90mm upwards. Chromatic aberrations always well corrected for clean images (just a little at the edges at 24mm, solvable in post). So even if sometimes the images can be a soft hair, they are always pleasant as they are free from aberrations (and for this reason sharpening is particularly effective). Bright colors, the blurred is so beautiful in all its phases and at all the apertures that in most situations it does not fear comparisons with the fixed in terms of quality (very close to the creamy 85mm 1.4G and 180mm D, far better than the 50mm 1.8G). I consider him in general a surprising all-rounder for general use, portraits, flowers and all those situations in which you want to isolate the subject (yes, even at f4 you can do it well) while in the landscape push sometimes it seemed not very incisive. That cartoon and distorts a lot is known but in 2021 it is a lesser evil. Construction very well done except for the zoom mechanism, too hard and really not very fluid, in addition to the ridiculous focus ring that looks like that of the 18-105. Ultimately, a lens made not to split the instrumental tests but to make beautiful photos, and with the exception of the range between 70 and 90mm succeeds very well.

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