eh, when? i mean the photo of me playing with a T/S lens.

as for the 35mm f1.4 it's either nikkor or canon or carl zeiss
it all depends on which next gen camera i am getting. but i really like the carl zeiss one. then it's a question of which mount.

i tried the 28 1.4 before. my friend's. but one of the glass element was cracked at the side. apparently it didnt affect image quality. it's a nice lens i guess but i don't know what's the hoohaa about it lol. maybe i was using it in a wrong way

Help me decide. 50mm or 35mm ?
Dining purpose use.

17-55, 2470 range would be not tele and not wide enough kinda condition.

Poor gid, he was asking for more opinions between selecting a 17-55 and 24-70 ended up in a long debate between Everdying and Andy214. Well, I'm not trying to side neither sides nor saying who's correct because it's all opinions and individual preferences.

Before I sum 17-55 vs 24-70 on which could be better, let's sum up the Original Nikkor Lenses vs 3rd Party Lenses:

Nikkor Lenses (Original Nikon Products)

Pros

• Generally sharper?
  
• Generally better color contrast?
  
• Generally faster focus
  
• Better focus accuracy
  
• Better built quality
  
• Less likely of front/back focusing problem
  
• Generally high resale value but not all
  
• Less noisy auto-focus motor (for AF-S lenses)
  

Cons

• Very expensive
  
• Some lenses has lower resale value which would cause bad resale value ratio
  

3rd Party Lenses (Sigma, Tamron, Tokina)

Pros

• Generally slower focus and some very slow
  
• Not so accurate focus
  
• Chances of focus hunting in low light
  
• Built quality not as great as Nikkor lenses
  
• Likelihood of front/back focusing problem
  
• Some has noisy auto-focus motor (for AF-S lenses)
  

Cons

• Cheaper alternative than original Nikkor lenses (some even cheaper by 3x~4x)
  
• People tend to prefer 2nd hand Nikkor than 2nd hand 3rd party lenses?
  

That's what I could collect from the debate

However, please do note that there are good 3rd party lenses that could be better compared with Nikkor lenses. One good example would be Sigma's 50mm f/1.4 which is generally known it's sharper than Nikkor 50mm f/1.4. For this example, the Sigma's 50mm f/1.4 or known as Sigmalux is priced higher than Nikkor's.

o_O 24-70 seriously?

Different class, DX vs FX. Although D7000 is newer generation, but the D700 is still a FX sensor.

Ok with the lens price?