{"id":402,"date":"2015-05-01T23:57:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-05-06T20:18:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T12:18:39","slug":"canon-and-nikon-lenses-on-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/canon-and-nikon-lenses-on-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon and Nikon lenses on special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameraelectronic.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camera Electronic<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0some Canon and Nikon lenses (and one Nikon flashgun) on special at the moment. I&#8217;ve divided them into a few categories to make it easier to find items of interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canon consumer zoom lenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These lenses are for\u00a0Canon&#8217;s EF-S bodies (i.e., 1.6x cropped frame relative to 35 mm film; e.g., EOS 1200D, EOS 70D, EOS 7D Mk II).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Canon EF-S 18\u2013135 f\/3.5\u20135.6 IS \u2013 $50\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0If you have a recent Canon body, you probably already have this super-zoom lens or something similar. It would be suitable for general\u00a0photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Canon EF-S 55\u2013250 mm f\/4\u20135.6 IS \u2013 $100\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a short telephoto zoom lens for EF-S bodies. Currently at two thirds of the list price, this represents major savings. If you&#8217;ve been shopping for a Canon EF-S telephoto lens for shooting daylight sports, this could be it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nikon consumer zoom lenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are consumer-grade lenses in that their optical performance and build quality aren&#8217;t quite at the same standards as Nikon&#8217;s\u00a0professional lenses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 18\u2013300 mm f\/3.5\u20135.6 DX VR \u2013\u00a0$50 off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a super-zoom lens for Nikon&#8217;s DX bodies (i.e., 1.5x cropped frame relative to 35 mm film; e.g., D3300, D5500, D7200). If you have a recent Nikon body, you probably already have this lens or something similar. It has the biggest\u00a0zoom range, but would also be the biggest and heaviest in this class. From memory, Thom Hogan advocates its\u00a018\u2013200 mm sibling as the better overall lens (slightly better optically, weighs less, and with no significant\u00a0sacrifice in zoom range\u2014the visual difference between 200 mm and 300 mm is small). Interestingly, I note that the second version of this lens is also listed for sale, and slightly cheaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 24\u201385 mm f\/3.5\u20134.5 VR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0$75\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a standard zoom lens for Nikon&#8217;s FX bodies (i.e., full frame relative to 35 mm film; e.g., D610, D750, D810). On-line reviews differ regarding whether this is as good as\u00a0the 24\u2013120 mm (see below) or not, but all seem to agree that it&#8217;s a competent lens for general photography.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nikon professional zoom lenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These zoom lenses are all for Nikon&#8217;s FX bodies, but can be used on DX bodies, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 14\u201324 mm f\/2.8\u00a0\u2013\u00a0$150\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is an ultrawide-angle zoom lens for FX. It&#8217;s reputed to be one of the finest lenses of this class ever made, and only recently matched by Canon&#8217;s EF 11\u201324 mm f\/4. For most people, this would mainly\u00a0be a specialist lens for landscape photography.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nikkor AF-S 24\u201370 mm f\/2.8 \u2013 $150 off.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0This is a standard zoom lens for FX. It&#8217;s Nikon&#8217;s best lens optically in this class, but lacks VR. This would probably be the first preference for a professional photographer needing a Nikon zoom lens with this focal length range.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 24\u2013120 mm f\/4 VR \u2013 $100\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a standard zoom lens for FX. While Nikon would claim this is a professional lens, reviews suggest that the optical quality is more consumer-grade than professional. If I were a professional photographer needing a standard zoom lens, I&#8217;d probably take the f\/2.8 above instead (even with the absence\u00a0of VR), or just shoot with prime lenses.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 70\u2013200 mm f\/2.8 VR II \u2013\u00a0$150\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a short telephoto zoom lens for FX. It&#8217;s Nikon&#8217;s current flagship lens in this class, and you&#8217;d only really need this for low light sports or professional work.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 70\u2013200 mm f\/4 VR \u2013\u00a0$75\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a short telephoto zoom lens for FX. By all accounts, this is an excellent lens and much better value for money than the f\/2.8 (above). If you don&#8217;t need to shoot in low light, this would clearly be the better purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 80\u2013400 mm f\/4.5\u20135.6 VR\u00a0\u2013\u00a0$200\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a telephoto zoom lens for FX. We&#8217;re getting into super-telephoto range here, but with smaller apertures than you&#8217;ll find on the professional super-telephoto lenses (which\u00a0would\u00a0cost $5,000 or more), making this lens lighter and cheaper. This would be fine for daylight shooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nikon professional prime lenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These prime lenses are all for Nikon&#8217;s FX bodies, but can be used on DX bodies, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 35\u00a0mm f\/1.4 \u2013\u00a0$100\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a wide-angle prime lens for FX. If you have a DX body, you&#8217;d probably be sacrificing nothing optically by going with its f\/1.8 DX sibling instead, and saving a lot of money in the process (around $2,250).<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 58 mm f\/1.4 \u2013\u00a0$100\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a normal prime lens for FX. My impression is that the\u00a050 mm f\/1.8 has faster focusing and is more than $2,000 cheaper, while the\u00a050 mm f\/1.4 loses nothing optically and is also around $2,000 cheaper. I don&#8217;t believe this would be a sound\u00a0purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nikkor AF-S 85 mm f\/1.4\u00a0\u2013\u00a0$100\u00a0off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is a short telephoto prime lens for FX. It&#8217;s reputed to be an excellent lens, and optically better than the AF model it replaced, but possibly with marginally slower focusing. This is probably a good point at which to mention that, if you&#8217;re looking to save money and you have a Nikon body with a built-in autofocus motor, get the older AF lenses while you still can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nikon flashgun<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Nikon SB-700 flash \u2013 $59 off.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This is an upper mid-range flashgun, second only to the SB-900 in Nikon&#8217;s current range, if I remember correctly. At just under $400, I&#8217;d consider this a decent price for this unit, but wait for a bigger discount unless you want or need this right now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Nikon lens discounts are cashback offers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikon.com.au\/en_AU\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon Australia<\/a>, and in effect until the end of this month (May 2015). They aren&#8217;t big\u00a0savings, but if you&#8217;re keen on buying one of those lenses, any discount is worth at least a look.<\/p>\n<p>It would be well worth shopping around. The Nikon cashback offer should\u00a0apply regardless of the store you buy from, as long as the lens is &#8216;official&#8217; Australian stock and not &#8216;grey market&#8217; (i.e., privately imported by the retailer rather than through\u00a0Nikon Australia). Consider asking at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plazacameras.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plaza Cameras<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praimaging.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">PRA Imaging<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamdigital.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Team Digital<\/a>. Looking at their websites just now, I can see some prices lower than at Camera Electronic, but do check if the products are grey market items or not, if you have concerns about official Nikon warranties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camera Electronic\u00a0has\u00a0some Canon and Nikon lenses (and one Nikon flashgun) on special at the moment. I&#8217;ve divided them into a few categories to make it easier to find items of interest. 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