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Which lenses do you wish Nikon would make/update?


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Which lenses do you wish Nikon would make/update (be realistic, no 300mm f/1.4s)? I'll start:

 

24-105mm f/4 VR - a canon lens I'd love to have for nikon - very flexible

 

35-85 f/2.8 - most people won't go for this but since I don't shoot wider than 35mm I'd rather be able to gain a

short portrait length - 70mm is too short

 

85mm f/1.4 AF-S - we are long overdue for an update of this classic

 

70-200 f/4 VR - the 2.8 version is often too big and heavy to carry

 

35mm f/1.4 (not a DX version)

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<p>Off the top of my head:<br /> <strong>DX:</strong> 8-15/2.8 AF-S<br /> 16-70/2.8 AF-S VR<br /> 24/1.4<br /> 16/2 or 16-24/2<br /> 28/1.4<br /> 70-150/2.8<br /> <strong>FX:</strong><br>

<br />24-105/4 AF-S VR<br>

24-85/2.8-4 AF-S VR<br>

300/4 AF-S VR<br /> 300-500/4 AF-S VR<br /> 150-300/2.8 AF-S VR<br /> 400/4 AF-S VR<br /> 400/5.6 AF-S VR<br /> 800/5.6 AF-S VR<br /> 100-300/4 AF-S VR<br /> 200-500/4-5.6 AF-S VR<br /> 70-200/4 AF-S VR Micro<br /> 85-135/2 AF-S VR</p>

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<p>1. A 50-150mm f/2.8 VR AF-S lens for cropped format (DX) format.<br>

2. Update the 80-400mm VR with AF-S and improved quality at the long end.<br>

3. Update the 300mm f/4 AF-S with VR.<br>

3. A 400mm f/5.6 VR lens.<br>

4. Update the 17-55mm f/2.8 AF-S with VR.</p>

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<p>Update 135mm f/2 DC!! (maybe 105mm, too)<br>

The AF is too front focus with D700 and the Nikon Service Center could not recalibrate, essentially telling me to suck it up. This focus length with fast apperture is kinda missing in the current line-up. I know D3 users have little problem with this lens, but unfortunately not with my D700.</p>

<p>I would be interested as well in:<br>

35mm f/1.4 AFS<br>

300mm f/4 AFS w/VR</p>

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<p>Nikon 100-300mm f4 ED AF-S. No, I don't use the expensive VR in long outdoor lenses.</p>

<p>Nikon 70-200/4 ED AF-S.</p>

<p>Nikon 17-40/4 ED AF-S.</p>

<p>All for full frame cameras. Oh, and a Nikon 8mm f2.8 AF-S, so the prices of the original AI and AIS ones will drop!</p>

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<p>At present, really not all that much, but I shoot DX. Nikon's DX line up seems more complete to me than the FX line.<br>

So for my own needs: 16mm DX prime (would probably end up being f/2.8 to keep it affordable) and a PC-E 16mm would also be very nice (does not have to be DX only).</p>

<p>The price of the AF-S 24 f/1.4 scares me a bit away from wishing for a AF-S 35 f/1.4. And I just bought an AiS one, so no need for now anyway.</p>

<p>Would I be shooting FX, then an updated allrounder (24-1xx something, f/3.5-4.5 or constant f/4) seems to be the largest gap.<br>

For the primes, I do not specifically see the need for quite some of them to be updated to AF-S lenses for the sake of being AF-S. Many are still quite excellent, regardless of age. So, in fact, I guess the 20 f/2.8 and 28 f/2.8 should probably go first, being the relatively weakest links in the chain.<br>

But the top priority: an update to the 80-400VR.</p>

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