AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5!!!

[richardHaw]

https://richardhaw.com/2021/01/29/repair-af-zoom-nikkor-24-50mm-f-3-3-4-5/

best value

[David H. Hartman]

There are too many drawbacks to the AF 24-50/3.3-4.5 for me.

I find the AF-D 28-70/3.5-4.5 a much better choice. The AF-D 28-70/3.5-4.5 has an 8 elements in 7 groups design with a single aspherical element so image quality is quite good and flare and ghost is generally not a problem. As expected it's best stopped down one stop. The AF-D 28-70/3.5-4.5 holds up quite nicely on the D850.

Dave

[David H. Hartman]

Richard,

Have you ever opened a 25-50/4.0 AIS? How difficult might it be to add a millet size spot of heavy grease to stiffen the focus ring a little?

Dave

[Paolo Navarrete]

i sold a sigma 18-50mm 2.8 and got this along with a Lowepro Flipside Sport 15L AW.

the sigma was ok. i think it was optically better too. what i could not stand about it was that it extended so much and the extension's build was toy like. I had it for a year or two and when i itched to replace it, i got the 24-50mm. i favor internal focus and internal zoom lenses, the affordable ones at least, and lot of those are by tokina (i have the 11-16 and 50-135.)

the 24-50, i didn't mind the 3.3-4.5 opening and told myself to use a speedlight (that's why i have several) when needed. the change in overall length was not so much and at its smallest, it would fit in my trouser pocket. the min focus distance was a joke but i had a nikon 5t which was a 62mm and fit its filter thread perfectly. distortion at 24mm is evident but nothing that post processing can't fix. same goes for the colors and contrast, i can set them in camera or tweak afterwards.