mark liddell Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_brown4 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>70-200/4 AF-S VR-II.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_wall6 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>24-120 f/4, as sharp at the 28-105 f/3.5-4.5, or sharper, with VR.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>80-400 AFS VR</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Javkin Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acbeddoe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p><strong>FX</strong>: 24-120 f/4 VR or no VR.<br><strong>DX</strong>: 17-70 f/4 VR or no VR.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_sirota1 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>I still yearn for a 50-135/2.8 AF-S VR for FX.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bms Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>I agree with<br> 80-400 or maybe 200-500VR<br />85 1.4 AF-S<br> 300 f/4 VR</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_durnford Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>Something equivalent to the MP-E65, the only lens I would buy into Canon for.<br /> 70-300 f/2.8<br /> 400 f/4<br /> 500 f/2.8<br /> And, like Hector, a 50-150 for FX, although Sigma already make one, never actually tried one on Fx to see how it works.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_i_h Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_chiu2 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>50mm f1.0<br> 85mm f1.2<br> 24-135mm f4 N VR would be a nice travel lens. I think Canon's 24-105mm, 105 still little short for travel. Their 28-300mm is just little too crazily big for carry.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nina_myers Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>Good job Eric.</p> <p>Yeah, i would love an AF-S 50mm 1.2<br> or an 85mm 1.2</p> <p>I think i would buy one right away.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymondC Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>Now there is the 24/1.4 and I am happy :D</p> <p>AF gear just get too big, actually gonna hunt for some MF gears. Fast and small and pretend to be a 60yr man like my bro says, lol. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshloeser Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>No one has mentioned the 180/2.8? Surely not. It's a great lens that does need an update, and an AF-S version would be terrific. Same goes for the 135/2, which should just be a plain lens like the magnificent Canon 135/2. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureted Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>I'd be happy with a 100-500/4.5-5.6 VRII. Same optical quality as the latest 70-200/2.8.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crowe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol young Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>85mm 1.8 VR</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymondC Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>Seems to be the trend is make everything AFS, VR f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6 for the longers and f/1,4 for the shortest, haha ..</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliogtz Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 <p>A normal Noct Nikkor, 1.0.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourboncowboy Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 <p>Yeah, I'd love it if Nikon would create a 180 2.8VR AF-S.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamv Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 <p>AF-S 180/2.8 ED G</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holger Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 <p>DX 16mm f/2.0 AF-S prime<br> FX 85mm f/1.8 AF-S VR<br> FX 24-120mm f/4 AF-S VR<br> FX 80-400mm f/4 AF-S VR</p> <p>All perfectly sharp, all (except the 80-400 maybe) at a reasonable cost.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john schroeder Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 The following need to be updated to AF-S G lenses:20mm f2.824mm f2.828mm f2.835mm f2.085mm f1.8/1.480-400mm VR Nikon needs AF-S, DX format:18mm f3.540mm f2.8 Macro60mm f1.8The DX lenses should be consumer grade and not cost more than $250.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Willemse Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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