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Alternatives for nikkor 24-70 mm lens.?
I like to upgrade my nikkon D60 to D90.After doing some research i found out that Nikkor 24-70 mm is a good choice, but it pretty expensive for me.What are the good alternative for nikkor 24-70 mm lens?
Thanks in advance!
yea, well the thing is the 24-70 is a nice lens. It’s plenty fast and is worth the extra effort to get it.
Like most every photographer, its tough to afford good equipment, but buying a different lens that has those focal lengths is going to be tough — well kinda impossible. The thing is if you buy a lens that is’nt close to it, your probably going to find it to be a slow lens. Nikon makes a ton of lenses that approximate those lengths, but they are so slow.. I wouldn’t buy a slow lens if somebody paid me for it.
Photography is always expensive, buying cheap and slow glass is not the answer.
Come think of it, I might buy that lens.
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