03-27-2012, 01:57 PM
[quote name='AAC7man' timestamp='1332855098' post='17097']
Please take this as constructive.....
Don't buy an expensive car and put cheap fuel in it!
The camera is designed for AFS Nikkors
That is what you'll buy - (if you're serious enough to have 36MP) - after you've lost money on the lenses you are thinking about.
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I don't think it's always necessary to spend tons of money to fully take advantage of the 36MP. For instance the Nikkor 50mm 1.8G that can be had for ~200 USD seems to deliver. The same is true of the 85 1.8G. Both of these lenses are "cheap". For a trans-standard zoom, things seem a bit different and it seems only the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 seems to be up to the task (the 24-120 is already not fantastic on the D3X). I suppose the old 28-70 and even 35-70 may be okay even (?).
From what I've read, it still seems the Nikkor 80-200 is a very good lens optically. The optical design before and after the AFS version doesn't seem to have changed (correct me if I'm wrong).
Please take this as constructive.....
Don't buy an expensive car and put cheap fuel in it!
The camera is designed for AFS Nikkors
That is what you'll buy - (if you're serious enough to have 36MP) - after you've lost money on the lenses you are thinking about.
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I don't think it's always necessary to spend tons of money to fully take advantage of the 36MP. For instance the Nikkor 50mm 1.8G that can be had for ~200 USD seems to deliver. The same is true of the 85 1.8G. Both of these lenses are "cheap". For a trans-standard zoom, things seem a bit different and it seems only the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 seems to be up to the task (the 24-120 is already not fantastic on the D3X). I suppose the old 28-70 and even 35-70 may be okay even (?).
From what I've read, it still seems the Nikkor 80-200 is a very good lens optically. The optical design before and after the AFS version doesn't seem to have changed (correct me if I'm wrong).