This is the wider range of zoom you start with. Amazing clarity with speed. Landscape or interior low light this is the one you´ll ever need no mater what body you step up to. If your not careful you shoot your feet its so wide.

This 14-24mm lens is worth space in your camera bag. Some complain of the weight, or the lack of filter attachment; The results from using this lens - they are exceptional. This lens is super tack sharp across all focal lengths and f stops. I love great lenses and I love wide angle - I love this lens twice.
It feels great in the hand, and is well made - solid. It is best used on a full frame digital camera with a creative eye looking through it. The lens will deliver some of the best images you can take through a camera. I can honestly say after my many years of camera use - this is the best lens on the planet for a wide zoom, nothing comes close.
For those looking for something lighter, with threaded filter attachments - Nikon offers that, just not in this lens.
I am glad Nikon made this lens the way they did, because Nikon made image quality the priority, and for me that matters.
If it is important to carry a ´´professional grade lens´´ that is considered the sharpest Nikon wide zoom, carry this 14-24. This lens even beats the fixed focal lens at the same focal lengths.

I´ve been using this lens as my main wide angle glass for the better part of 2.5 years on my D3 and D300 and I´ve had nothing but great experiences. I can´t recommend this lens highly enough to any serious wide angle enthusiast or pro. I shoot primarily weddings, nature, interiors/architecture, and fashion. I previously owned the 17-35mm f/2.8 from Nikon and also used the 16-35mm f/2.8 from Canon and found both lenses to be inferior in sharpness, brightness, and overall AF performance to Nikon´s 14-24 f/2.8. I have considered wide angle glass from the other manufactures but was won over by Nikon, primarily due to the superior speed, angle of view, and consistant sharpness--even at 14mm at f 2.8. Also, combined with a 35mm and/or 50mm, it virtually replaces the need for a normal focal length zoom. With these other areas {wide to normal} covered it frees you up to invest in good telephoto glass instead of settling for a slow telephoto zoom or worst yet a super expensive heavy one that doesn´t really do wide angle or normal as well as similar glass. There are always different ways to approach this, but this combination of optics has made it possible for my partner and I to have 2 different sensor sized cameras without compromises either way. And if you´re serious about having the best camera for low-light performance and overall composition, you´ll want to eventually upgrade to a full-frame sensor body, in which case the 14-24 is certainly unmatched. Hope this helps!

I use this wide angle for interior residential shots for appraisal purposed and it can produce great pictures without flash and minimal distortion. It is also fun to shoot landscapes or creative people shots. The only downside in the big piece of glass that is exposed and cannot take a filter.

I am a very experienced amateur. I bought this lens to use with a D700 as the primary lens. I was hoping for great things and had been told great things by dealers.
When I got the lens it felt cheap and it was not tight at all. From the very first use it feels and is lose. For the price of this lens it should be much better build quality and feel. The pictures are no better than much less expensive lenses. No, it´s not me. I used the other lenses on the same D700.