Nikon 24-120mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens

The Nikon 24-120mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens is a 5x zoom lens for FX format D-SLR photographers and features a fixed f/4 aperture throughout the zoom range. With a Nano Crystal coat to greatly reduce ghosting and flare, it has high optical performance, and Nikon's second generation VRII system is included to compensate for camera shake. The Nikon 24-120mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens offers excellent value and performance in a compact package for adventurous photographers everywhere.

Nikon 24-120mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens main features

• High-performance 5x zoom lens
• Versatile 24-120mm focal range with constant f/4 aperture
• Vibration Reduction II (VR II) stabilization system with Normal and Active modes. Lets you use shutter speeds that are up to 4 stops slower
• Nano Crystal coat reduces ghost and flare
• SWM (Silent Wave Motor) for fast, quiet and accurate autofocus
• Rubber mount seal
• Compact and affordable alternative to professional lenses

Compact Yet Powerful
The AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR is the perfect FX-format standard zoom lens for landscapes, portraits, weddings and distant subjects offering a constant maximum aperture to maintain exposure settings throughout the entire zoom range and VR II image stabilization to empower your handheld shooting.

Advanced and Remarkable
The AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR is an advanced lens for advanced D-SLR cameras. It boasts many of Nikon's latest lens technologies: VR II (Vibration Reduction) image stabilization, Nikon's exclusive Silent Wave Motor (SWM), 2 Extra-low Dispersion (ED) elements, Nano Crystal Coat (N), Super Integrated Coating (SIC) and several more for consistent, exceptional performance in the studio or in the field.

Technical Terms

SWM - Silent Wave Motor
AF-s is what Nikon calls their ultra fast Auto-Focusing lenses which utilise Nikons silent wave motor (~SWM). This system works by converting travelling waves into rotational energy to focus the optics the ultrasonic waves move in a spiral pattern inside the barrel with the motor positioned on top of the waves driving it from below.

AS - Aspherical Lens
A lens with a curved, non-spherical surface. Used to reduce aberrations and enable a more compact lens size. Aspherical lenses minimize coma and other types of lens aberrations, even when used at the widest aperture. They are particularly useful in correcting distortion in wide-angle lenses and help contribute to a lighter, more compact design by reducing the number of standard (spherical) elements necessary. Aspherical lens elements correct these distortions by continuously changing the refractive index from the center of the lens.

N - Nano Crystal Coat
An anti-reflective coating developed by Nikon that virtually eliminates internal lens element reflections across a wide range of wavelengths.

VR - Vibration Reduction
A Nikon in-lens technology that improves image stability by automatically compensating for camera shake. Lenses that offer VR will feature the abbreviation VR on the lens barrel.

ED - (Extra-Low Dispersion) Glass
An optical glass developed by Nikon that is used with normal optical glass in telephoto lenses to obtain optimum correction of chromatic aberrations.

M/A - Manual/Automatic
Select NIKKOR lenses have a focusing mode which allows switching from automatic to manual focusing with virtually no lag time by simply turning the focusing ring on the lens.

Nikon 24-120mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens - Sample Images