I‘ve bought a Nikon 24-120mm F4 Z mount lens.

I initially was’t attracted by this lens because I have the 24-70 F2.8 and the 24-200 (and some primes in the range) but am going to Hungary in September to photograph a football competition.

Having an F4 lens won’t be an issue there as I won’t need it to deal with low light and I won’t be looking for shallow depth of field, both being situations where you would prefer a ‘faster’ lens i.e. one with a lower maximum aperture such as 2.8 or even 1.8. And it isn’t too large and heavy to carry around all day. I also won’t need a long zoom as the football is a six-aside World Cup where the pitch is relatively small.

I have the 24-70 F4 lens which has always been very sharp so thought that a similar lens with a longer zoom range would be ideal for general event use in decent light.

To try it out I took it to a rock gig when it definitely wouldn’t normally be your first choice as that is definitely going to be a low light situation when you would normally prefer lenses with apertures of 2.8, 1.8, 1.4 or even 1.2.

So how did it get on?

Well I was very pleasantly surprised! Because the Nikon mirrorless Z camera can handle high ISO values very well I wasn’t severley impacted by only having a maximum aperture of F4.

Roll on Hungary ! (and now to sell a few lenses to pay for it!)