btw, i just saw a used AF-S 300mm f/4...rm3k.

Technique acquired last month:

I sold my sigma 24-70 to fund for 16-35, total top was around 1k

You dump a Sigma 24-70. Not a Nikkor 24-70. I bet you would not dump a Nikkor 24-70 if you had one. 

No I don't think there will be any replacement for a lens this new. Professional grade lens only replaced every 8 years or more. I will be going hk this year too, hopefully can get nice bargains there

D7k body only cost RM 3.6k there. Not much diff right?

Not much

Are you on DX or FX? The thing is what is the preferred focal length? What type of photography interest you? 24-70 is pretty nice on FX for most type of general photography but I find a little limiting on DX. Most of the time the 24mm on DX is not wide enough. The 16-35 should be nice on DX but depending on your preference, it may be a little wide on FX.

But if you're specifically looking for 24-70, the Nikkor is the better one.

Sell the sigma and get nikkor 16-35, just like what i did

green spam!

anyways, get nikkor lenses lar bro. use the full potential of ur FX system!

The 24-70 is wide on FX but not too wide. Not that you cannot do landscape on it. 24mm is fine. It has excellent range for portraits to street photography. If you're fine with the range of the Sigma 24-70, you'll be fine with the Nikkor 24-70.

If you have extra funds, then perhaps go with the 16-35 for wide angle.
If a person says he wants the 24-70 range, how can you recommend the 16-35? 

I think in terms of priority, the 16-35 can come later after the 24-70.

Thanx for the info, learn something new today yeah different lenses for different needs... 16-35 is a fine lens for what i shoot

how much is Nikon D700?just saw at ebay malaysia the price is 1.9k body only brand new is it worth it ?

24-70 all the way. UWA ? 14-24

14-24, replacement for 17-35 f/2.8
But I don't need so wide so 17-35 will do for me

Lol that sigma is rubbish at F/2.8, so damn soft, if u stop down then it's quite sharp .. I sold mine after 2 months to get 16-35 F/4 VR, way better 

Down side of taking 14-24 is hard to take care lo since cannot put on any permanent UV filter on it for protection.

I am one of those who offload my whole canon line up for nikon 2 weeks ago. I love the video & lenses that canon produce. To be honest, it took me 3 weeks to think about jumping and now after jumping, I did not regret at all. Nikon got everything I wanted, high ISO, high fps body and lastly full frame.  I say that if you shoto stills,Nikon is a better choice. But video performance, canon is on the better side. 

if u think me is sharp enuff with wide open

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Added on March 15, 2011, 8:04 pm
how much u wanna sell ur 80200?