Which 24-70 for my D600....?

Gary Coyle said:
Get a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 and save a shed load of cash
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Dont underestimate this advise - at the price its hard to beat, I will be getting one as a backup to a Nikon offering - As I already bought the Nikon I will keep it But the Tammy is a worthy bit of glass:thumbs:
 
If the Tammy 17-50 [non VC] for DX is anything to go buy, they do good short zoom.

I wouldn't buy anything bar their newer 24-70 VC for FX though. It is their newest, and by all accounts best short FX zoom. It's also obviously got that VC as a bonus and it's about £450 less than the Nikon.
 
Andrew_S said:
The Nikon 28-70 definitely seems to be harder to find. Grays of Westminster has one, but it's £885....
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Have a look at ApertureUK they have one listed at £690 ... with 6 months warranty.
 
Yup, but be careful, there are 2 versions, one with a built in AF motor and one without, if your camera has a built in AF motor get the lens without the motor as it can cause silly things to happen otherwise.
Andrew_S said:
Wow, you leave the forum for a couple of days and look what happens. Thank you all for the input.

Is this the Tamron 28-75 that people are bringing up?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamron-SP-AF-28-75mm-f-2-8-f2-8-XR-Di-LD-for-Nikon-/220885086974?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item336dc6f2fe

The Nikon 28-70 definitely seems to be harder to find. Grays of Westminster has one, but it's £885....
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Gary Coyle said:
Yup, but be careful, there are 2 versions, one with a built in AF motor and one without, if your camera has a built in AF motor get the lens without the motor as it can cause silly things to happen otherwise.
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Iirc the one without built in motor is with an aperture ring. So if the image is of the actual lens it should be ok :)
 
Gary Coyle said:
does your body have an in built focus motor, if so does your tamron have the inbuilt focus motor, if so theres your problem, there are 2 different models, choose the wrong one and you have bought a dog
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I thought Gary was being a bit dramatic when I first read this , but having now owned and used both, he is absolutely spot on. In good light not too much of an issue but the bim on a body with a motor hunted a lot in low light. Optically the BIM seemed good for the price however.

non bim:


Tamron test by Sir SR, on Flickr

bim:


Sister in law Tamron test by Sir SR, on Flickr

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