Nikon 24-105mm f/4-7.1 lens

Are you thinking about buying the Nikon 24-105mm f/4-7.1 lens?

Maybe think again about it. In this video I’m going to show you lots of reasons why you should save up a little bit more money or spend a little bit more money on a better lens than the Nikon 24-105mm.

The Nikon 24-105mm F2.8 might sound like a great lens, but in reality, it’s a 7.1 lens when you’re hitting the 105 zoom range. The Nikkor 24-105mm lens has a good price point, but at that price point you’re sacrificing a lot of quality.

If you’re just starting out in photography, or you’ve been shooting for a long time, the 24-105mm lens can be quite compelling to possibly want to buy. But what sacrifices will you be making with this lens? Versus, for example, if you were to buy the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 lens that has the constant f/4 aperture. I’ve been shooting with the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 lens since it was first released. We’ve shot hundreds and hundreds of jobs with it.

And in this video I’m going to show you why you’re better off spending a little bit more and not buying the Nikon 24-105mm but buy the 24-120mm f4 lens instead. When you are at the maximum zoom range, with the Nikkor 24-105mm, you will be at an f-stop of f7.1. At that f-stop you will lose a tremendous amount of light gathering for the lens. This will force you or your camera to raise the ISO up to compensate for the light loss. Creating much more noise in your image.

Also, when you have less light going into the lens, you most likely will have less accurate focusing. Also, anytime you go to use flash, the difference between shooting at f/4 and f/7.1 using flash is tremendous. Using the Nikon 24-105mm lens at 105 and 7.1 aperture, your flash is going to have to put out a lot of power.

Not only is it going to Drain your batteries faster. But it’s also going to slow your flash recycle times down. So you will eventually see a lot of time that will need to pass before you can shoot your next shot as you’re waiting for your flash to recycle.

With the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 lens with the constant f/4, you can be at 120mm using flash and you’re only going to need f/4 amount of flash power. You’re going to get much faster cycle times and your batteries are going to last much longer. And you’ll have much brighter, better looking images.

See our Nikon 24-105mm video and see if this is the right lens for you.

Also, if you’re using the 24-105 Nikon lens, you’re not going to get the same type of bokeh blurred background because at 105mm, it’s not going to produce the same type of background blur as if you were shooting at f/4. So I made this video to show you some examples of all the great things that you will be able to shoot with the Nikon 24-105 lens.

But then I show you all the things that you won’t be able to shoot very well with the Nikon 24-105 lens because you will have to have the camera at a much higher f-stop, not letting as much light in, not creating as nice of a background blur and bokeh behind the image, and also making you increase your flash power, draining your flash batteries, and increasing your flash recycle times.

So within the video, we will look at lots of photos. Many shot at 105mm, some shot at different zoom ranges, and some showing the examples of using the 24-120mm f/4 lens at the full 120mm.

By the end of the video you will have a better understanding of how the f-stop of the lens affects your shooting ability and the light gathering of the lens. So you can make a better informed decision whether you want to buy the Nikon 24-105mm lens or maybe save up or spend a little bit more on the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 lens that has the constant aperture of f/4 throughout the full zoom range.