NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR

I love having one lens that can cover 90% of my shooting needs. Though it isn't quite up to the quality standards of my other S lenses, it is good enough for almost everything except in dim light. For that reason, it is the lens that lives on my Z7, only swapped out when I need a particular ability of one of my several other S lenses.

Pre-covid, going back many years, I have used all ilk of travel zooms on extended treks where the purpose was to enjoy the moment more than aspire to NatGeo quality. I am very familiar with the genre.The title says it all, optics combined with software lens correction yields sharp images with corrected vignetting/chromatic and linear aberrations. VR is good but not as good as some older F mount lenses, but mounted on the FTZ adapter the VR of those lenses worsens. The only downside is the inevitable-for-genre restricted aperture range and in my sad experience the Z camera the lens attaches to.

This is a great lens. Very sharp in all focal lengths. The reason I only gave it four stars is I'd love if it was an F4 throughout its range. I know it would cost more but, for me, it would be worth the price.

My photography consists mainly of portraits, travel, food, landscape, nature, and street, and I wanted one lens that I could use for all of these. It's particularly helpful for me when I do travel photography, eliminating the need to carry several lenses. I'm very pleased with the Z 24-200mm. It's an excellent lens.

On the Z6, it's a great combo, good balance, size, sharpness for an all-in-one lens. It stays on the camera most of the time. However, I wish there was either a tad more focal length or a bit more speed at the long end, but one can't have everything! I probably needs an A/M switch on the lens to improve its usability like my other Z lenses.Close focus is quite adequate and the filter size is fine; no large and expensive filters needed! I was lucky to snag a copy of this lens last year since most vendors list this lens perpetually out of stock.Compared to the 24-120 or the 28-300 on the FX cameras, this lens is much smaller, lighter and more useable. Compared to similar lenses on M43, this is about as close as one can come though much larger and slower, but still quite useable. On the Z6 in low light, the image quality at higher ISOs is still better than a faster all-in-one on M43, IMO, having shot both. I like the size/weight of the smaller system, but the durability of the Nikon combo and overall image quality is just better!Even as the 24-200 is today, I'd probably even rate it a little higher to 4.5 stars overall.

Great lens. We do mostly travel and wildlife and it's super for both. Hope the new 200 to 600 is as good!

This is a very versatile and functional lens. I kept quit a few prime lenses from my prior D850 but really have had no need to use them yet. I might if I had a special need but this lens does most everything I need most of the time. Optics and sharpness are fine too.

It's a great all-around lens. When I'm not using my macro lens on my Z7, I'm pretty much always using this lens. I'm going to be getting my wife a Z5 or Z6, and I'll get another 24-200mm for her regular lens on it.

I use this lens on my Z7. Excellent travel lens. Very sharp corner to corner. A little slow but excellent in outdoor light, and very good in low light when using flash. When traveling I recommend you take along 85mm 1.8 for low light environments that don’t allow flash photography. Almost as sharp as my 24-70vr 2.8 and 70-200vr 2.8 when comparing similar f-stops. Use APSC crop to extend range and utilize sweet spot of lens.The price of this lens is a bargain for what you get. I keep this lens on my Z7 always and change only for specific photo shoots.