Nikon lens question

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Can anyone advise me on this please

Formely a Canon user and the glass to have was the L series , what is the Nikon equivalent ,
I want some quality glass to use with my D700

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Nikon has gold ring lenses but some really good lenses don’t have them, such as the 85/1.4D. Personally, I wouldn’t really worry about getting only Nikon branded glass these days. Tamron’s 24-70/2.8 G1 and G2 are excellent all rounders as are the 70-200s at a fraction of the the equivalent Nikon glass. Sigma, as well, has really upped their lens quality.
 
The lens mainly on my camera is the Nikon 24-70mm G lens. It is a good all round lens and you won't go far wrong having one. Mine is in for repair after it was dropped, and I really miss not having it
 
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If it’s a prime or a fast zoom, it will be quality. Nikon don’t make bad quality “fast glass”. Never saw the point in L lenses. Why bother making inferior products, just make them all L quality.
 
What sort of lenses are you looking for in terms of focal length and prime vs zoom etc? There's a bit of abundance out there. The 2.8 zooms are pretty popular for good reason, 14-24, 24-70 and and 70-200. But the 1.8g primes are brilliant too if you want something a bit lighter and friendlier on the wallet. Some superb 1.4 primes as well if you have deep pockets... Depends what you fancy.
 
TCR4x4 said:
If it’s a prime or a fast zoom, it will be quality. Nikon don’t make bad quality “fast glass”. Never saw the point in L lenses. Why bother making inferior products, just make them all L quality.
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Since the consumer grade DX stuff won't work then you should generally be OK with what does.

*edit* just to say that coming from Minolta/Sony crop, older & non-top end lenses seemed unimpressive for CA and sharpness, but with FX and a low resolution sensor on a D700 those things should be much less critical. In practice on the D610 I don't find that a decent older lens lacks for performance compared with my Zeiss & sony stuff.
 
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ancient_mariner said:
Since the consumer grade DX stuff won't work then you should generally be OK with what does.]/QUOTE]

Not wishing to take issue with the intended meaning of this sentence but it could be somewhat misleading to a novice as a DX lens will function perfectly on the D700 - zoom, auto-focus, aperture, VR, etc., all work as intended. Just like other Nikon FX bodies the D700 will detect the lens is DX and switch to DX mode - your image will just occupy half of the sensor and be 6Mp instead of 12Mp in size.
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Formely a Canon user and the glass to have was the L series , what is the Nikon equivalent
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There basically isn't one. At various times it's been suggested that Nikon's use of gold rings on the barrel, or ED glass, has been indicative of the 'high end' lenses; but neither of those are definitive. At the end of the day you just need to look at the specifications, the test results, and the price.
 
Bristolian said:
Just like other Nikon FX bodies the D700 will detect the lens is DX and switch to DX mode - your image will just occupy half of the sensor and be 6Mp instead of 12Mp in size.
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Actually it's a bit smaller than that. The Nikon DX crop factor is 1.5, so the FX frame is 1.5 x 1.5 = 2.25 times bigger than the DX frame. That means the DX images delivered by the D7200 are 12 / 2.25 = 5.33 megapixels.
 
Bristolian said:
Not wishing to take issue with the intended meaning of this sentence but it could be somewhat misleading to a novice as a DX lens will function perfectly on the D700 - zoom, auto-focus, aperture, VR, etc., all work as intended. Just like other Nikon FX bodies the D700 will detect the lens is DX and switch to DX mode - your image will just occupy half of the sensor and be 6Mp instead of 12Mp in size.
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It's more from the perspective that someone buying a D700 and asking about L equivalent lenses is unlikely to want to use consumer grade DX lenses, which are the less ideal end of Nikon's range. :)
 
I would comment that when I used to be into Nikon DX, the 35mm f1.8 Nikon was one of the sharpest lenses I have ever had.
 
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