14-24 Arrived - D3 can't be far off

[Bob G]

Had a call yesterday from Danny Newhouse at Nikon on Broadway. Said he had 2 x 14-24 lenses in stock and they would go within half an hour. He gave me a better price than the local mob anyway so i snapped it up while it was available. No camera yet to try it on -bummer.
The D3 is expected next week although the local dealer doesn't yet know what quantities they will get. They only got a quarter of the D300's that they ordered.
The US supply of d300's was only about a day earlier than us and they are expecting D3's on Monday/Tuesday.

Getting impatient now - any luck I'll have it before next Sunday's Christmas BBQ meet at Buderim.

Anyone else heard re delivery dates on D3

[Geoff]

Bob - we have a mortgage, sadly no D3 coming our way.
Hope it arrives in time for your BBQ
Looking forward to some shots from you!

[Yi-P]

Any photo of this monster against a regular lens??

[radar]

Anyone else heard re delivery dates on D3

I've seen a pro photog in Perth get his so they can't be far off. Japan and USA photogs are also receiving theirs.

[methd]

I got a call yesteday from my supplier that the D3 + 14-24 and 24-70 was in stock and ready to pick up. Unfortunately I'm in Perth so I won't be picking it up until Monday morning.

[Grev]

Well we have the 14-24 to play with (on display) at Photo Continental now, should be fun.

[NJ]

yeh we have a couple of 14-24s at our store, its a bit of a crazy lens! really heavy too

[gstark]

The first D3s are in HKG, but they're all accounted for.

No word on the new glass

[gooseberry]

Yep, first batches of D3s were sold here in Singapore on Thursday (pretty much all accounted for)

Check this out - this guy bought his D3 on Thu, then the next day he finds out his wife had bought him a D3 as a gift - so now he has two D3s Some guys have all the luck

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/207 ... ffde_b.jpg

[MCWB]

 ROFL, awesome. Love the white 70-200 VR and 28-70 too, they look great!

[Alpha_7]

ROFL, awesome. Love the white 70-200 VR and 28-70 too, they look great!

If your a stormtroopers perhaps.

[Reschsmooth]

Regarding this lens, I would be very interested in comparisons between it and the 17-35 mm lens over the common focal range. I might be interested in selling the 17-35 to pick up the 14-24 (given focusing issues with the current lens).

[Bob G]

Patrick,

When I get the Camera I'll let you know as I previously owned the 17-35 and 12-24. However I won't have the opportunity to use 17-35 and 14-24 both on the D3 for a fair comparison


Bob

[Heath Bennett]

Yep, first batches of D3s were sold here in Singapore on Thursday (pretty much all accounted for)

Check this out - this guy bought his D3 on Thu, then the next day he finds out his wife had bought him a D3 as a gift - so now he has two D3s Some guys have all the luck

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/207 ... ffde_b.jpg

Looking at that image shows this guy has some time and some money, this must be his toy room (Xbox360, PS3, cameras, lenses, more lenses in cabinet behind).

[radar]

Regarding this lens, I would be very interested in comparisons between it and the 17-35 mm lens over the common focal range. I might be interested in selling the 17-35 to pick up the 14-24 (given focusing issues with the current lens).

Be aware that the 14-24 does NOT take filters due to the lens design. So if you are a filter kind of guy , keep your 17-35.

cheers,

André

[Reschsmooth]

Be aware that the 14-24 does NOT take filters due to the lens design. So if you are a filter kind of guy , keep your 17-35.

cheers,

André

The only filters I use are a UV and sometimes a CPL.