

{"id":5664,"date":"2012-06-28T01:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T01:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2012-06-28T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T13:27:22","slug":"two-exciting-new-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=5664","title":{"rendered":"Two exciting new lenses&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5664]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-5665\" title=\"18-300 DX\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-580x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-580x431.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-270x201.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-350x260.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-400x297.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-370x275.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-500x372.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX-671x500.jpg 671w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/18-300-DX.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikon just released information about two new lenses that I believe will be a very welcome additions to the lens line. \u00a0Above the new <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">18-300 AF-S DX f 3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens<\/span> is the 28-300 lens for DX, however with the 1.5 cropping factor of DX sensors it will be the equivalent of a whopping, 27 mm to 450 mm super zoom! \u00a0I have not gotten my sample yet, but based on the spectacular performance of the 28-300 FX lens, this one should be very special. \u00a0I can see it as a great all around lens for travel, sports and nature. \u00a0teamed with a 10-24 or 12-24 and you could cover from 15 mm or 18 mm all the way to 450 mm, what a range!<\/p>\n<p>The other lens below is less expensive version of Nikon&#8217;s tremendously sharp, 24-70 f 2.8 lens, and this one will include VR II which will make the lens even more useful. \u00a0The <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">AF-S Nikkor 24-85 f 3.5-4.5G \u00a0ED VR<\/span> should be a wonderful FX lens for those folks looking for a midrange zoom that is more affordable, yet very capable. \u00a0I will test both lenses when I get them and keep you posted, I am expecting big things from both!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85-.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5664]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-5666\" title=\"24-85\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--580x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--580x451.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--270x210.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--600x466.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--350x272.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--400x311.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--370x287.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--500x388.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85--642x500.jpg 642w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/24-85-.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikon just released information about two new lenses that I believe will be a very welcome additions to the lens line. \u00a0Above the new 18-300 AF-S DX f 3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens is the 28-300 lens for DX, however with the 1.5 cropping factor of DX sensors it will be the equivalent of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5670,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}