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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/14/2006 08:44:51 PM · #1

It has a high rating on resellerratings.com both for last 6 months and overall. I am going wide angle Sigma 10-20 mm baby :).Just curious if anyone had any firsthand experience with this website, the lens is about 25 dollars cheaper than B&h. All reviews are positive, even with replacements for the most part. Anything you can add would be much appreciated. Is it worth getting a CP for this lens, or would it be better to invest in some sort of graduated ND filter. It seems like it will cover so much area that it would be hard to have everything well balanced as far as exposure.
Thanks
Joe

alfresco

Nikon D700

11/14/2006 08:51:00 PM · #2

I purchased the tokina 12-24 and the sigma 105/2.8 from sigma4less, no worries, no problems, no gripes from me. :)

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Minolta

11/14/2006 09:00:29 PM · #3

Originally posted by alfresco:

I purchased the tokina 12-24 and the sigma 105/2.8 from sigma4less, no worries, no problems, no gripes from me. :)

What kind of filters do you have? Lens mount or the Cokin Type?

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

11/14/2006 09:15:51 PM · #4

I ordered from them 3 times so far. The 3rd time (I ordered 2 things) they took my order (and payment) even though the item wasn't in stock. Got my package with 1 item, when I called, they apologized, got the item from another store and upgraded my shipping so I can have it before I went on vacation. I highly recommend them. 9/10 times they are less expensive then others too.

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Tim

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

11/14/2006 09:28:19 PM · #5

I haven't purchased from them simply because of their insane shipping costs to Australia. I haven't looked at their costs to other places but I would be interested to see how they compare. The cost to Australia was more than double anybody else and more than made up for the cheaper price.

alfresco

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/14/2006 10:38:41 PM · #6

Originally posted by jdannels:

Originally posted by alfresco:
I purchased the tokina 12-24 and the sigma 105/2.8 from sigma4less, no worries, no problems, no gripes from me. :)

What kind of filters do you have? Lens mount or the Cokin Type?

I went Cokin Z Pro. I also use a lens mount 77mm CP on the 12-24.

This shot has the screw-in CP then the ZPro with 2 filters (Grad ND and duo-tone sunset) - there was some vignetting but I expected and took that into account. The image has a link to the unprocessed image, you can see the lack of vignetting. I'll have to check exif to see where I was at on the lens, it probably wasn't down to 12.

11/14/2006 10:48:14 PM · #7

Thanks everyone for your responses, very appreciated. I looked at your shot alfresco and wonder about the CP. Looks like if I get one I'll have a 52, 55, 72, and a 77. Holy Crap is that right?!! Yeah it is, I got to do some organizing of this stuff, LOL. Time to invest in some more step up and downs and consolidate. Yikes, that was quite a revelation.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/15/2006 04:11:37 AM · #8

I order my Sigma 10-20!!!!! It should be here by Monday at the latest!!

LoveSpuds

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

11/15/2006 04:43:33 AM · #9

Congrats on the new purchase, it is a fab piece of kit. I love mine to bits. Here's the last shot I took with it:

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