First, the 24-120mm f/4 S is a bigger lens than the 24-70mm f/4 S. For casual walk-around use, that does tend to make a bit of difference. I found myself having to watch from bumping the front of the lens into things while walking about, particularly if I had left it in the telephoto extended position. Here is how the lens looks at 24mm: The Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E VR starts out very strong in the center, with visible drop in mid-frame and corner sharpness due to field curvature. Once stopped down to f/5.6, it shows excellent overall performance. At 35mm, there is a slight drop in sharpness at large apertures in the center, but the mid-frame and The Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S lens is seriously one of the best lenses in the Nikon mirrorless lineup and delivers top-tier ultra-wide-angle image quality in a lightweight body with a plethora of The Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 AF-S ED VR is a cracking lens. Whilst some report that it's not as sharp as its non-VR predecessor, That's not strictly true. Lens centre across the entire 24-70mm range is pin sharp, and out performs the earlier lens by a long way. At the edges there is slight, but negligible fall-off. It would only worry pixel-peepers. The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED is the lens for Nikon event shooters, but its not a perfect performer. Menu. See It Read Our Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 IF EX DG HSM Review The Nikkor Z 24-70mm F/2.8 S houses two autofocus drive motors as part of Nikon’s new Multi-Focus system. Nikon says the upgrade allows for faster, more accurate autofocusing. When the NIKKOR 17-55 f/2.8 came out, a lot of photographers I knew were a bit surprised that the new DX lens was larger and heavier than the full-frame AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED. However, in all fairness, it was smaller and lighter than the enormous AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8D ED-IF lens that it was designed to replicate on DX We paired the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f2.8 S with a Nikon Z7 running the latest version 2.0 firmware, and the lens acquired focus reasonably quickly. It is generally accurate throughout most of the Verdict. The Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4 S fills a small gap in Nikon’s line-up of Z-mount standard zoom lenses, slotting in between the more compact Z 24-70mm f/4 S and hefty Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S ‘trinity’ zoom. It’s sure to find favor with Nikon photographers shifting to mirrorless from a full-frame DSLR, who have long enjoyed the versatile 5x A fixed aperture zoom has to change the absolute aperture size as the focal length changes. At 70mm f/2.8 requires a 25mm aperture, at 24mm f/2.8 requires an 8.6mm aperture. The Nikon does this mechanically. As you can see in the images below, as you move the zoom back from 70mm, the secondary aperture closes. ylS6z.