I have wondered about this very question. Appreciate your review of this issue. Other reviewers of the Z 24-70mm f2.8 have repeatedly praised the len’s exceptional quality, sometimes stating they believed it compared to prime lenses. In this video you have illustrated this in a reasonably empirical manner. I initially bought the Z6 with the 24-70mm f4. I got the 50mm f1.8 a short time later; primarily because starting out I felt I needed to have one general purpose prime lens. Later I bought the 24-70mm f2.8. At this point, the primary value of the 50mm f1.8 to me is, it forces me to work harder to get a photo I like. I have to be more intentional with the fixed focal length. The other boon is that the f1.8 maximum appeture is very good in low light.

What’s most evident to me is that the prime has better contrast. I think that’s quite easily seen even through KZfaq. Sharpness is close.

I had 24-70 2.8 and sold it to get a Z7II and a 50 1.8.... Z7II paired with 50 1.8 is just stunning. If you are an artist you know what I mean... For me the zoom lens just didn"t have that magic in the photos that I like. Its a great lens dont get me wrong, but the 50mm just gives me that thing that was missing. But nevertheless I would and will get it back one day just because its so great at all focal lenghts and so sharp all the way... But it lacks in bokeh which for me matters. So the coclusion would be 50mm 1.8 for those artistic kinda look to the images and 24-70 for everything else 😂 Seriously in sharpness there is no difference, maybe 50 is even better 😅, the only difference is in bokeh and in focal lenght. You have to decide what matteres most to you. Cheers 😁

Talk about comparing an apple to a grapefruit, you have a 600 dollar 50mm lens going against a 24-70mm f2.8 that goes for just over 2,000 dollars. I have several different camera with a 24-70 mm and a 5omm prime lens or there equivalent because they both are useful for different purposes and styles of photography.

Unfortunately I prefer to keep both zoom and primes in my bag especially for pro gigs and weddings, the reason is different segments of the day require a different approach. For the wedding preps and Location portraits this is usually a slower pace and especially the prep they are indoors low light which i much prefer to use the primes the 28 & 50mm f1.4 & occasionally the 85mm for the head shots and bride and groom together but when it comes to the ceremony i found its a lot less stressful using the zoom, everything happens so fast you hardly have enough time to change cameras let alone changing lenses, i use 2 bodies for the Ceremony one with the 24-70 the other a 135 or 85 depending how large the space is. Too much gear is never a problem and gives you heaps of options and also redundancy.

Im guilty of these type comparisons myself and I love them. Very educational and well done Touch. Your talking a $2k+ lens to a lens that can be bought for a few hundred dollars and its keeping up and a bit sharper at 50mm. amazing. really is. I just did a similar comparison , i filmed it last week when I was in my hotel room up north cali, haven't edited it yet, but I compare the 50 1.8 to a 24-70 G lens haha and video clips too. lol Great video man. keep it up.

Very useful comparison! Thanks for enriching my decision process

For weddings and other jobs I like zooms. I hate swapping lens when I'm working unless its a portrait shoot and its a slow pace shoot.

I was just thinking to purchase 24-70 F2.8 S lens. Thanks for your comparison. It pushed me going forward.

Differences in focal length is probably because the zoom has a more pronounced distorsion and nikon automatically corrects for it. Pretty much all standard zooms have higher levels of distorsion.

Hello thank you for the great video!! I purchased both lenses as a hobbyist photographer and wondering now if I should have just bought the 24-70 f2.8 and save some money! Do you think having both makes sense? Would you buy the 50m f1.8 if you already had the 24-70? Thanks a lot!

To me there is a slight difference with the 50 mm being a smidge sharper. But not enough to justify a purchase

I'm curious if the out of focus area is the only real real reason to go 50mm 1.8 or does the 24-70 2.8 look the same. Nice comparison and you might have saved people a few bucks by just getting the 24-70 2.8

Helpful comparison. The 50 performed better in my opinion. I think I'll go with the 24-120 S and further invest in primes. I already own the 50 and 85 mm S and they are amazing. I'll ckeck out the 35 and 24 next.

Hello.Can you tell me if there is a difference in geometry and image quality with Nikon Z35 1.8? Is it possible to use it as an alternative to 24 and 35 mm 1.8? Can you share files for comparison and analysis? Thanks!

It's clear that the 50mm can trump here with the faster aperture. I also have the 24-70mm 2.8 and am very happy. However, as with all zoom lenses, I would never work with the shortest and longest ends for quality reasons. For me it's a 28, 35, 50 to 60mm lens.

It’s only one step Aperture down. And you get most your prime need 24 28 35 50 70 all around … If you have A budget of 2000$ + You should probably go for the 1.2 . Great video!

Not sure what the point is of comparing these two lenses. Additionally shooting pictures of focus targets does not tell one anything about the lens. You need to be evaluating real world images.

This test is not really able to tell the difference between these two. Firstly you test chart is just not challneging enough for these two lens. At the point of comparison which is 6 months ago I believe you're comparing these two on a 24mp Z6 II with an AA filter. That is a bottleneck to make the sharper lens less sharp. I'd also question that shooting test charts at any ISO higher than 100 because the moment you leave ISO 100 some of the image will just be less sharp. Ideally to test a lens I'd put them on a Z7 II at ISO 64. Setup tripod, 5 sec delay shutter and silent photography(no shutter motion). Tilt the camera until distant cityscapes fill up the diagonal corners and take shots for each aperture interested and for all 4 corners then compare. That way not only you're gonna see how the lenses perform, you can also identify if there is any decenter issue, or understand better how each lens perform under different aperture thus influencing the parameters when you're working at a real scene. It is the SOP I do for any new lens these days to determine whether they would stay in my cabinet.

You should have compared bokeh shots.

no color comparison? that's why I cam here lol -sharpness too .... a lot of people say that zoom renders color amazingly

This says a lot about the tremendous quality of the zoom lens. We all know the 50/1.8 is a great lens.

can I replace the Nikon 50mm with a 24-70mm? Or is that different?

thankyou

Why is the ISO on 50mm set lower?

Distracted by the music.