For some years Nikon didn’t overly care about their full format lens lineup
but thanks to the new Nikon D3 they’re coming back here … with a vengeance. Besides the
recently reviewed AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED N Nikon did also release the Nikkor AF-S
14-24mm f/2.8G ED N. The Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX HSM (also a full format lens) may be
a tad wider but the Nikkor is quite a bit faster and, consequently, not exactly a
cheap item at around 1600US$/€. That said it is a professional grade lens and
price-wise it is roughly in-line with its brothers and sisters a la AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8
or AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. The FX era has not yet started here at Photozone so we’ll have
a look how the lens performs on an APS-C DSLR where the field-of-view is equivalent to 21-36mm.
This is naturally not quite as wide as on full format DSLRs but the Nikkor can
still be regarded as an ultra-wide angle zoom lens – just not an overly extreme one.

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