I chose the 24mm f/1.4G ED as my first serious lens when I upgraded and bought a new camera even though it was the pricier of the other f/1.4s which I would eventually get. i ran into some auto-focus issues that turned out to be just me not knowing how to use my new camera which the people at the...

"I just picked this lens up today, and I'm still blown away how sharp it is @ 1.4. Although there is noticeable fringing, it's nothing that can't corrected in PP. Otherwise, it focuses quicker and quieter than any lens I've ever used.

Pros: Nice Bokeh Cons: Slow Focus Other thoughts: finally decided to spend on this great lens. glad i did, the pictures are perfect!

I am a wide angle fanatic. I love to layer my photos and frame subjects through busy foreground elements. So when I was looking for a new wide lens, it was between this one or the 14-24mm 2.8.

Im Unsinn this Lens for architetural and Industrial Photography. Its in use on a d800 and d600. This Lens delivers sharpness even at wide open and a very creamy shallow depth of field for a wide angle lens

Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

Love the lens. It is a perfect compliment to my D800E. I do recomment stopping it down to 2.0 for better color corner to corner (some vignetting at 1.4). Really becomes sharp from f/4.0 to f/16. This is a great landscape and interior focal length. Resolution is a good match for the D800E.

My lust for this lens began last spring, when I tested it at Nikon's Ginza showroom in Japan. I promised myself I would own this beauty in the not too distant future. Fast forward five months and I finally got the lens in hand. Honestly, I did run into some focus issues.

The Nikon 24mm F1.4 is a dream lens to use. Its centre sharpness is extraordinary with great edge sharpness from about F4 onwards. The build quality is typical Nikon pro level and the focus is swift and quiet.

This lens is a little overhyped. I've used the Canon 24mm f/1.4L II, and the Nikon is really only slightly better in some aspects as seen in the post below. I wouldn't switch systems for this lens. The reason you buy this lens is for the f/1.4.

f/1.4; sharp*; gorgeous bokeh; unusually thick lens hood; solid build; great feeling MF ring

*sharpness at f/1.4 is a little overhyped; AF sometimes is slightly inconsistent; CA regardless of aperture

The AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED ($1,999.95) is a fast wide-angle lens for Nikon SLRs . It's the widest f/1.4 prime in the Nikkor lens family, and can focus close so you can capture images with a shallow depth of field.

Wide f/1.4 maximum aperture; Captures crisp images; 9.8-inch close focus; Full-frame coverage

Dim corners at wide aperture; Edge softness at f/1.4; Shows some barrel distortion; Not stabilized; Pricey