Hello All! May be it will be helpful for Nikon 7zii owners. I had problem "Lens initialization failed" during the first attachment of 24-200 Nikkor Z Lens to camera. It was solved when I turn camera on with the lens adjusted to the maximum focal length - 200 мм. It was my second lens of this type. The first has defect of small plastic ring with Nikkor name at the front of the lens - the ring was not fixed correctly - it jumps out - I exchanged it. The first lens also has initialization error - but it was gone by turn camera off and on as suggested.

Coupling this lens with either the 16-50 kit lens, or if you are willing to spend the money and carry more weight in return for a little more sharpness, the 14-30 f4 S, is a great combo with the APS-C cameras. It gives you a huge range of focal lengths and really minimizes the need to change lenses. The 50-250 is also a great lens, but the lack of overlap of focal lengths, I find, means changing lenses more often.

I have a Z50, and a Z6II. This lens is very nice on both. I guess I can see why it's not an 'S' lens, however, for a superzoom, the quality is astounding. Using it on the Z6II is nice, as it's basically double-stabilized.

Thanks for review. This is perfect, I wanted to see video samples at 200mm with this lens and your bird video and photos look great. I can now feel confident buying this lens to get the quality I want. I also have a Z5 and wanted to add this lens along with my smaller kit lens. Cheers!

I do mainly landscapes, some wildlife photography.. and I am very happy with this lens! So easy to walk, hike and travel with.

Thanks for your review. It is a convenient lens but alas I sold mine because I found it too soft outside the DX zone, especially in the corners for landscape at the long end. My AF-P 70-300E f4.5-5.6 VR is sharper across the frame and goes to 300mm. Need to use the FTZ adapter unfortunately but it's a great travel and landscape lens if you need to go light and get to 200 or 300mm..

I got mine with a Z6ii for the same reason as you, wildlife and travel/landscapes. We're heading to Norfolk Island soon, so I'm looking forward to giving it a good workout, along with my Sigma 50-500mm.

Do not like high zoom ratio lenses because IQ is mostly one big compromise but this lens pulls it off very good.

Picked one up a week ago. Great review, can't wait to try it out. Thanks 😊

I probably will buy that for my Z6 as there's still no lightweight zoom on the roadmap (why Nikon!?). Will then be my hiking lens. It's good to not have to change lenses somewhere on a mountain and I often need the 24mm. Your photo at 4:22 is fantastic btw!

Just purchased a z5 with a 24-50mm kit lens. However, I also wanted something for wildlife and birds that's light and affordable which for mirrorless Nikon doesn't seem to have. So this looks like a very good option. the z5 is an upgrade from my original crop sensor camera D5100 which I used a Nikon DX 55-300mm lens. I wish Nikon made a similar lens for mirrorless full frame cameras that would be affordable.

The key with this lens is convenience. It's one lens that really does dual jobs (wide-angle, 24mm to telephoto 200mm) and is very suitable for travel and casual (walkaround) shooting. That's it's target market. I agree I wouldn't go selling any lenses if you get this. This is just a supplement to your bag for travel, but not a replacement, not even for the 24-70 f/4, even though they do perform similarly, the 24-70 does edge out the 24-200 in a few areas I feel, particularly corner sharpness at longer FLs, but the 24-200 is no slouch there either -- it does decent, but if I had to choose one or the other for under 70mm, I'd go with the 24-70 f/4 but the 24-200 isn't really meant as a replacement. The corner issues may be less on an APS-C camera and you would have an near ideal travel zoom, if you paired this with say a 16-50 lens for wide angle).

Not just a focus ring, i recently discovered. It's a multifunction ring. I changed my 24-70 to ISO management. Which is cool

Use this with my Z6. Think its a great versatile lens.

This lens on this body cropped,yes? 36-300mm

Excellent review!

Great video. How is it when it comes to videography? Any issues like overheating when used with Nikon z5?

Hey man, thanks for the review. I'm thinking of picking one up. Does it make sense for the Nikon Z5?

Is there use in Z7II or Z6II

How does is the quality at low light? I live in NYC and like to do Street photography (sometimes at night).

nice review!

I am not a professional photographer. I am just curious how this lens perform when taking pictures indoors or in the evening .

I have also a Z50 with the two lens kit but I m starting to explore other telephoto lens and I saw this option for Nikon 24-200 f/4-6.3, I know about the crop factor but in comparison with the 50-250mm kit one, is it good option when using then the Nikon 24-200 in a Z50? I like for instance to take hummingbird photos or other birds and that's why I would like to have a good lens selection for sure. I appreciate any advice of it. Thanks.

Should I buy 24-200mm lens for z50 Or 16-50 + 50-250 mm z50 kit , I can afford kit than camera body and 24-200 What should I do ?

why not just use the z50-250??

I’m amazed that no one ever talks about how this lens (24-200 6.3 ) will not make you happy when compared to your 24-70 t4. Yes, it’s pretty sharp, but it’s a trick …. the lens is very contrasty. Using the auto mode will be useless, unlike with the 24-70. It doesn’t handle colours as well as the 24-70 either. If you only had this lens, you’d think it was fine. Good even. But we all have other lenses so… of course one compares. And of course you have to shoot a stop over wide open, so it’s really a t 7.1

Seems a bit slow. If you want to stop a seagull in flight, you need a shutter speed of 1500 or faster. And a seagull does not fly very fast. The practical maximum aperture is f/8. At a shutter speed of 1500, you'll need to use ISO 800 in bright sunlight. On a fairly dark cloudy day, that translates to an ISO around 5000. I'm waiting for an f/4 long lens. The f/2.8 is too heavy and too expensive. Back in the film days, I had a Hasselblad/Zeiss 350mm f/5.6, which was just barely fast enough in bright sunlight for moving subjects. I like what Nikon is doing with lenses - it's just that this one is not quite there.

All your images were taken at daylight, no twilight or even night photos!