12-24mm or the 16-85mm for my D7000??

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Hi,
I can't seem to make up my mind between these two. The 12-24mm is on sale here at £350. I can pickup the 16-85mm mint cond at £275 locally. It would be used for holidays. I don't like the idea of carrying any primes. I may do few close up shots of kids. Would I miss the 16-85mm range?? Also, I have the Nikon 24-85mm f2.8/4 D Lens if anyone is interested which I will be putting in classifieds when I get round to it.
Thanks in advance to all........:shrug:
 
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Without knowing exactly your style of shooting or where you are going for holidays (or what other lenses you have), I'd suggest the 16-85mm is generally a more suitable range.
 
You could make an offer on the brand new 16-85 in the classifieds ;-)

Never used the 12-24, but think it would be a bit restrictive for holidays. The 16-85 is a great lens. Feels so well built compared to others too.
 
I have the fx equiv. on my d800 it's an awesome lens but not best suited for every day shooting, the 16-35 is better.

however, just spent 2 weeks in the arctic with my d7000 and a tamron 18-270, never swapped the lens for the whole holiday
 
I would think that the 12-24 on its own would be a bit too wide for taking on holiday. As mentioned above, I think the 16-85 would be a better choice and having owned this lens before I am sure you will be very pleased with it.

If on the other hand you are willing to take more than one lens with you on holiday then the 12-24 would go well with your 24-85 lens.
 
As a single, cover most things on holiday lens, Phil's suggestion of the 18-200 is a good one, but out of the two you mention, i'd go with the 16-85.

I took mine on holiday a couple of years ago (on the D7000) & also took the 70-300, but never used it.

This is a crop from maybe 5yds away. It's been in PS & sharpened a tad, but shows that you can crop in on shots that aren't ideal distance.

85mm @ F5.6

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Dragon on a wire. by Carl B.1, on Flickr
 
I certainly wouldn't use the 12-24 for "closeups" of the kids - you're going to get some weird distortions :D
 
architectfadi said:
I would think that the 12-24 on its own would be a bit too wide for taking on holiday. As mentioned above, I think the 16-85 would be a better choice and having owned this lens before I am sure you will be very pleased with it.

If on the other hand you are willing to take more than one lens with you on holiday then the 12-24 would go well with your 24-85 lens.
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On its own the 12-24 would probably be too wide, even on crop but as an additional lens, I love mine and that's on FF! My most used lens is still the 24-70 (on FF) though.

Bristolian said:
I certainly wouldn't use the 12-24 for "closeups" of the kids - you're going to get some weird distortions :D
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Not sure how much the 12-24 Nikkor (which I presume is the 12-24 under discussion here) distorts but I'm pretty certain that it'll exaggerate perspective hugely in closeups! (Can be fun but never flattering! [And an 8mm fisheye's even more so!!!])
 
I have the 16-85mm VR and think it is an excellent lens, :thumbs: the best DX zoom imho. :clap:

It is perfect for holidays for me. Very rarely do I feel I want anything wider or longer, at least not enough to be lugging another lens around. :shake: I have borrowed a wide angle lens for a holiday once in the past, but hardly used it, so went down in priority of lenses I wanted.

I have a 70-300mm lens which I do take on holidays, just in case, but end up using the 16-85mm 95% of the time. The extra 2mm at the wide end makes a bigger difference than you would expect, and is more useful to me than the extra reach of a 18-105mm or a 18-200mm. The latter of which you start to sacrifice quality for range imho.
 
If you're selling the 24-85, then another vote for the 16-85...

The Nikkor 12-24mm is highly recommended, but you'll need some reach. A perfect partner is of course the 24-120mm f/4
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+1 for the 16-85mm every time, I wish that I had seen the bargain you have as I paid £450 for mine with the £50 cashback. Ocassionaly I would like a little extra reach but for what I photograph it suits me perfectly. I look at other lenses almost daily but nothing really pops out and say's "buy me" with the exception of the 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II but at well over a £1000 I can't justify it.
 
The 16-85mm mint for £275? An absolute no brainer for that price if you ask me. Go for it, it's a much more suitable range for general use.
 
Me²;5547044 said:
The 16-85mm mint for £275? An absolute no brainer for that price if you ask me. Go for it, it's a much more suitable range for general use.
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Thanks to all for your kind input; settled for the 16-85 and I must say this is an exceptionally superb quality lens and I am very happy with it.:)
 
nikonf2 said:
Thanks to all for your kind input; settled for the 16-85 and I must say this is an exceptionally superb quality lens and I am very happy with it.:)
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:clap: You wont be dissapointed :thumbs:
 
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