What's Your Favorite Nikkor Z Mount Zoom Lens?

[Nasos Kosmas]

Happy owner   of 24-70 f4 z lens also considering the 24-120 f4
I use to shoot at f4 and 24-70 has a limited separation at 50 or 70 compared to my 40 f2,  so I think 24-120 will have a more prime like separation for portraits on 85, 105 or 120 f4
Of coarse I do have  50 and 85 1.8G for that mater but I never cary them

24-120 will be a good company to the new to me 180-600 as a only two lens walk around (birding) set

[Bernard Delley]

the Z 24-120 f/4 convinced me to go Z with FX. Lots of IQ for the 24-120 Z7II combo at just 90 grams more than the very good AFS 16-80 f/2.8-4 G D7200 combo. The same range of view angles, the 5x normal zoom range. The 24-120 adds closeup capability to 0.39x closeup magnification at 120mm, making it a very complete walk around combo.  I find it matches well with the Z 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 S lens  as a 2 lens travel combo. The 100-400 combines 4x zoom versatility with relatively light weight for a long lens. With a crop to 12 Mpix on the Z7II one gets close to 800mm FX equivalent view. It has 0.38x magnification capability with good working distance.The 77mm filter diameter is used by both lenses, a bonus when a pol or ND filter may be used.

[Michael Erlewine]

I have the Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S Lens and the Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S kit Lens


I continue to be impressed by the sharpness, lightness, and general useability of the kit Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S lens. The f/2.8 version is often just too heavy for me to take with me.

[Macro_Cosmos]

The 24-120 also has a reproduction ratio of about 1:3.  If Canon labels their 1:3 as "macro", then Nikon can get away with calling this a micro-nikkor too.
(Sarcasm of course).

I cannot emphasise how useful 1:3 is for travel.  You can go from that nice building to close-ups of your food.  If anyone wants just one lens, the 24-120 is it.

[Birna Rørslett]

I'm no longer a heavy user of zoom lenses, in particular with the Z system. Thus the "kit" lens 24-70/4 S is on permanent leave to a friend. However, the Nikkor 70-180/2.8, whilst no S-Line design, has a lot going for it. It also combines well with the TC 14Z and in this case goes nearly to life-size. Putting a tripod collar on it helps for close-up work, too. And did I mention it works very well for IR?

[Frank Fremerey]

I only got one 24-70 f/4 and it is a good lens, if you have enough light or you are ready to throw away a lot of files and crank up ISO (Z6 ISO 32.000) like here:

[Ian Watson]

I only got one 24-70 f/4 and it is a good lens, if you have enough light or you are ready to throw away a lot of files and crank up ISO (Z6 ISO 32.000) like here:

I recently acquired one too. Adobe's Denoise AI helps considerably to make up for higher ISOs when needed.

[Fons Baerken]

Have the zfc kit that came with the 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 thats the only z zoomer i currently have

[pluton]

I started out with the Z24-70/4, which is very high performing, optically speaking.  But it felt weird to have an f/4 maximum aperture in the normal focal length range, so I returned it and got a Z24-70/2.8, which is very nice.  The Z14-24 is also very good, but the Z24-70 is very, very good (for my purposes).