Customer Ratings & Reviews

Here is my honest review after 9 months and many thousands of pictures in the role of Landscape Photographer Enthusiast: The Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 is a fabulous lens for the Nikon Z mount. It was my first Z mount lens and has gone everywhere with me in the nine months that I have had it including photography workshops. It has replaced in my bag any f mount glass that I own in the focal range of 24mm through 200mm including Tamron’s great 24-70mm G2 2.8 and 70-200 G2 2.8 lenses. Images are sharp at all focal ranges and apertures. Pros: Size - It is relatively small and compact Sharpness - Is very very good especially for a super zoom Single lens - Don’t need to change the lens should a composition require something much longer or wider. Image Stabilization - Nikon included IS in this lens Focus Speed - While I am sure this is not up to par with the much more costly new Z pro lenses, I find the focus acquisition quiet and pretty snappy. Focus Breathing - As a landscape photographer, I sometimes find myself forced to focus stack due to subjects both really near and far. The lens does not have much, if any, ‘breathing’ effect (the image appearing to zoom in or out) from me changing the focus point. Cons: Maximum Aperture - This lens reaches its maximum aperture 6.3 pretty quickly in its zoom range. For the landscapes that I shoot, I am in the range between f8 to f16, this is not a problem and the images at these apertures are still so sharp. But should you need a shallow depth of field for subject isolation, I would then tend to lean to either my 70-200 or 24-70 2.8 zooms, say portraits for example. Sun Stars - The aperture has only 7 blades and while I don’t fret much about chasing bokeh, it does impact the quality of a sun star - shooting into the sun with a small aperture. Conclusion: Of the thousands of pictures that I have taken over the last 9 months, this lens has taken the majority of those pictures. I have now produced many wonderful prints using it on my Z7ii that exceed 42 inches (I like me a pano). I believe it would benefit anyone, as it was in my case, as their first Z mount lens, a travel lens, or a ‘one hit’ wonder. While it does have a few limits as noted above, I have been nothing but happy with this purchase. Attached is just a very small example of a Panorama I took of Mt Saint Helens in October, compiled and then zoomed to 50% to show the detail.

The image quality is super good during all focus distances even at 200mm. And it's well weather sealed. Compared with $1000 sony 24-240, the z 24-200 is definitely a win since the sony 24-240 image quality is quite soft and distortion is server. For cannon 24-240, z 24-240 is still better. The only con of this lens is the aperture gets smaller way faster, where it would get to 6.3 after focal length reaches 70mm. However, from my point of view, this lens is mainly for travel and landscape, where rare situation would require the largest aperture (landscape always smaller than f8 at least), and for night, holding by hand would be a little messy in deed, where the iso would be quite high with low light. Therefore I would give 5 stars considering the using situation.

I bought this initially as a travel walk around lens for days when I needed a wide range of focal length and didn't want too much gear. I was very good for that except not much bokeh when zoomed out all the way. Last week, I used this as a photo lens at the US Climbing Youth Nationals, mounted on both a Z6ii and Z7ii . I also used the Z 24-120 F4 S lens. The 24-200 gave me the reach I needed without too much sacrifice to IQ compared to the 24-120 S. As long as I had decent light, I was very happy with the results. For a few backlit situations at full zoom, I did miss the F4 aperture.

Amazing lens! Impressive sharpness and very versatile zoom range. This lens makes very nices images. It is light and compact. I really recommand it to anyone who wants one lens that does it all!

While this is not an S lens it is extremely sharp and the most versatile lens in all of the Z system. Without springing for a 100-400 or 70-200 2.8 it is really the only option in the 120-200 range for the Z system.

Very sweet sense at an amazing price. It has a very wide and versatile range. I am not a professional. However I have had amazing shots with this little baby. I have shot animals, landscape, sports, night skies, and lightening storms and other various things, all with incredible results!

I bought this lens to use on a river cruise on the Rhine River in Europe so I could photograph hillside castles and other landmarks as we sailed. I was able to zoom in close enough to see castles and statues that looked small without this lens. This lens performed well from 24-200 mm day and night. Happy with my purchase.

[Employee of bestbuy] Amazing every day zoom lens paired with a Z6II, shoots beautiful photos and videos

This is perhaps the best lens in the Nikon Z lineup simply because it performs extremely well and is competitively priced. It’s not the perfect lens, but for $962.00 (including tax) it is a great every day lens that I believe anyone except a professional would be more than happy to own.

I'm new to photography and this has been a great starter lens for me. My only regret is it isnt a low enough aperture for the direction I want to go in. Overall, I love it and will continue to use it for awhile. I'm using it with the Nikon z6ii.

Perfect for an everyday or travel lens. Paired with Z7 ii

If you haven't used a Z lens yet, what are you waiting for? This lens is the perfect walk around lens. Fantastic pictures and perfect match for any Nikon Z camera

The 24-200 Z lens is a great lens. I used it on my Z50, which is a crop sensor camera. It makes it a 36mm to 300mm lens (1.5x crop factor). The built in image stabilization is amazing, allowing for very slow shutter speeds when your shooting environment is lacking good light. The only complaint is that it's kind of on the pricey side for a "kit lens". I'd say it should be more around $500-$600 tops, even in today's financial world. So from a value standpoint, I gave it three stars. On everything else, I gave it a solid five star review.

Straightforward and easy to use. This lens is compatible with the mirrorless Z cameras and provides a wide range of focal lengths.

It’s not a prime lens but it holds its own very much closer to a prime lens

I was a bit hesitant from other reviews but really wanted a single lens to avoid having to change the lenses when I was out and about, especially in dusty environments. The shots I got from it however were incredible and both both the widest angle and zoomed out. It also appears to be fairly hardy.

This has become my goto lens to carry everyday. It does have a few autofocus issues but overall a great lens.

I love this lens. I call it my summer outdoor lens. Indoors I'll use my 50mm f1.8, but outdoors this thing rocks. I'm no expert on lenses but I immediately noticed something indefinable about this lens. Clarity, crisp colors, beautiful blue skies, etc. Can be a great portrait lens with beautiful bokeh. Zooming in all the way from about 2 feet you can get macro-like shots.

This is an excellent lens purchase this for my Nikon Z 50 and it gets excellent close-up quality shots.

Very happy with this lens. Would recommend to others. Used it with my 6zll camera.