Nikon's 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S lens is a fast, ultra-wideangle zoom designed for full-frame cameras like the D3 and D700.

Excellent optical design; build; chromatic aberration control

Filters can't be used; though this is somewhat to be expected

A well built and presented optic that breaks new ground on the camera it is designed for. Excellent image quality only slightly let down by the distortion at the wide end, something that can be easily sorted in post processing.

Good optical performance; Extreme wide angle capability; Excellent Build quality

Some distortion at the wide end; An expensive optic; Lacking ability to attach filters

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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S The fastest and widest of Nikon's full-frame zooms, this pro lens ($1,800, street) scales up to 21-36mm on the Nikon D300. Introduced with the full-frame D3 and unofficially matched to Nikon's 24-70mm and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses, this superfast, constant-aperture,...

Lets face it, wide angle zooms have their problems and have never been able to produce images as well as straight, fixed focal length, wide angles. Well, now Nikon has re-written the book on how wide angle zooms perform with its new AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

The Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED N is a phenomenal lens. It is the sharpest ultra-wide angle lens tested to date. The resolution figures are simply stunning and unprecedented specifically at 14mm and that's straight from the maximum aperture setting.

This beast of a lens from Nikon costs �1296 and is currently the widest f/2.8 zoom to cover the full 35mm format, plus it sports useful features such as Nano-Crystal coating and Internal Focusing.

Optical performance; Fast maximum aperture; Handling

Price; Weight

Once a groundbreaking ultrawide, this workhorse is now a little old and faces serious rivalries from third party makers such as Tamron 15-30. Still the optic quality is fully comparable even against the newest competitors and the build quality is nothing but exceptional.

Decent optics; very handy focal range and excellent build quality

Expensive (compared with third party rivals); huge; hard to use filters and very prone to flares

Aug 23rd. Nikon has today announced the AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED Nikkor zoom lens, offering a full range of professional features. In addition to a fast f/2.8 maximum aperture at all focal lengths, the AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED features a short close-focusing distance of 0.28 m/0.9 ft.

Amazing zoom lens. The image quality has a superb clarity that is hard to describe. It takes quite a good lens to impress me, but this one does. Unfortunately, the corners are not tack sharp until you get down to f 5.6 or f8.

Amazing clarity and IQ

Corners not acceptable till you get to f5.6 or f8.