Nikon officially announces the 85/1.4G, 28-300VR (FX), 24-120 f/4 VR, and....

One more! ; The 55-300 DX VR lens.

And also a new entry level D3100 with 1080HD video.


http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10054-10866


Amazon pre-order prices:

85/1.4G: ; $1649
55-300 DX VR: $399
24-120 f/4 VR: $1299
28-300 VR (FX): $1049

And since the last one is the most anticipated (although the 24-120 was needed to match Canon's 24-105):

Weight: 800g
Dimensions: 83x114.5mm


For comparison:

Nikon 18-200 DX VR weighs 560g, and is 77x96.5mm. ; So it's about 1 inch longer, weighs about 50% more, and only slightly more wide.

Canon 28-300L IS weighs 1670g, and is 92x184mm. ;
Canon's out of production 28-200 with no IS weighed 500g, and was 78.4x89.6mm - which is very close to the current Nikon 18-200DX VR.

 

Congrats Scott. ; The last two lenses on the list are probably the most wanted from Nikon. ; I know the 85/1.4 was wanted as well, but everything was pointing towards their patent for one with VR onboard.....but now it only leaves the 35/1.4 and 50/1.2 refreshes to complete the lens lineup.

 

An Amazon.com site that reviews cameras, has their own forums, and is based in the UK states that it will be available 9/2.


And okay, I forgot about the 80-400. ; Probably because it actually exists, just not with a USM/AFS/SSM motor. ; Nikon never had a lens like Canon's 28-105 F/4 IS until now. ; And they had stopped production on their old FX superzoom years ago.

I really don't see Nikon being able to go past 400 and stay at 5.6. ; All the third party lenses that zoom to 500mm end up at f/6.3, which is a problem as many of the new cameras will refuse to autofocus beyond 5.6. ; So the third party lenses have to fake something in the camera connection to trick the camera so it will AF.

 

While I'd love, love, love to have the VR at the 300 end, I still use the widest end of my 18-200VR a lot so that new lens wouldn't serve me as a walking around lens since it would start at 28mm (not taking into account the DX sensor crop factor).

Now with kids, I'm finding my lens isn't wide enough...haha

 

or long enough. ; If that had been an 18-300VR lens instead of 28-300, I might've been looking in the seat cushions for $1000 to snatch it up

 

Bigma 50-500 OS's for everyone!

 

28-300 vr lens sounds awesome!
nice step in the right direction to make full frame mainstream.

 

Soon as TMIP goes public and the IPO goes thru the roof. ; Yup.

 

Bob Krist used the 28-300. ; He loved it. ; Called it 'sharp' at 300. ; And he said his new travel bag was the 16-35 and the 28-300.