I have a Nikon Z7 camera 24-70 f/4 (Page 4): Chillax. I was simply having a little fun with it. It was a joke.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

SuperflyTNT wrote:

You’re the only one making a big deal about the designation. The point everyone else was making was just that the 24-200 is full frame. The fact is that the full frame Z mount lenses are just called Z. The APS-C specific lenses are called Z DX.

Chillax. I was simply having a little fun with it. It was a joke.

TonyBrown

I recently bought a 24-70 f2.8 and I am so pleased with the quality. Image quality is fantastic. You get what you pay for.

Bill_de Loc: US

JD750 wrote:

But the Legacy DX lenses are F mount. They mount to the Z camera using the F2Z adaptor, correct? So the upcoming Z mount APS-C Lenses need a different designator.

The Z mount APS-C lenses are designated DX just like the F mount DX lenses.

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Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

JD750 wrote:

Be nice he’s just confusing the letters Z and X. After all, they look A bit similar and they are both toward the end of the alphabet.

And what of Nikon’s new Z50? Are the lenses for that going to be called ZX lenses? 😂

Good idea.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

JD750 wrote:

But the Legacy DX lenses are F mount. They mount to the Z camera using the F2Z adaptor, correct? So the upcoming Z mount APS-C Lenses need a different designator.

Right. Actually they are AF-P I suspect but that doesn’t matter.

One thing to note is that unlike my D800 the Z cameras lock in the DX image area. You cannot choose alternate image areas like the 5 on the D800. They were useful on some of my DX lenses.

kufengler Loc: Meridian, Idaho 83646

I'm just checking to see what the original question was:

"I have a Nikon Z7 camera 24-70 f/4
Would the 24-70 f/2.8 be a better choice for this camera? Strickly a vacation lens."

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Beauty is everywhere when you have the best equipment.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

IDguy wrote:

Right. Actually they are AF-P I suspect but that doesn’t matter.

One thing to note is that unlike my D800 the Z cameras lock in the DX image area. You cannot choose alternate image areas like the 5 on the D800. They were useful on some of my DX lenses.

That is one thing I hope they eventually release a firmware update for.

baron_silverton Loc: Los Angeles, CA

howardg wrote:

Would the 24-70 f/2.8 be a better choice for this camera? Strickly a vacation lens.

The short answer is - the f/2.8 is probably not better as a vacation lens.

The long answer:

The f/4 S line lens is lighter and smaller and optically similar to the 2.8 with respect to IQ. I have the f/2.8 S line version and it is an exceptional 24-70mm lens - some have said it is the best 24-70 lens for full frame from any manufacturer and that may be true, which is saying a lot considering how good Canon lenses have become with the RF mount.

As a portrait/fashion/lifestyle photographer the f/2.8 is unquestionably superior to the f/4 as shallow depth of field is an important element of this type of photography and weight and size don't make any difference to me on my shoots.

For landscape photography, where one typically uses smaller apertures (f/11, f/16) and where one typically has to lug their equipment into the wilderness it seems to me that the f/4 is a much better choice as actual sharpness and IQ are virtually identical (see the Ricci Talks video comparing these lenses on YouTube).

I would think for travel photography, which was the basis of the question, the advantages mentioned above of the f/4 for landscape photography would apply more than the advantages of the f/2.8 for portraiture and event shooting.

Unless your personal vacation use case somehow requires extra shallow DOF then the f/4 should serve nicely.

Thus, I would say that for a vacation lens stick with the f/4 if the choice is strictly between these two lenses. There are probably better choices than either for vacation - potentially the new 24-200 but I do not have this lens personally so I cannot say (see the Ricci Talks review on this).

Hope this helps.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

IDguy wrote:

Right. Actually they are AF-P I suspect but that doesn’t matter.

One thing to note is that unlike my D800 the Z cameras lock in the DX image area. You cannot choose alternate image areas like the 5 on the D800. They were useful on some of my DX lenses.

I did not know that I don't know why they would do that. But honestly in all the years I have had a FF camera I think only once I mounted DX lens to it.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

SuperflyTNT wrote:

That is one thing I hope they eventually release a firmware update for.

Me too. It was a shocking feature removal. They have been doing a lot of that lately.

I have a suspicion they might have had an issue with the EVF programming. But no word from Nikon on it.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

JD750 wrote:

I did not know that I don't know why they would do that. But honestly in all the years I have had a FF camera I think only once I mounted DX lens to it.

Several of my DX lenses worked great on my D800, particularly with the alternate image areas. Most worked fine over a limited zoom range.

I have since then upgraded to FX lenses but it was great as a transition.