I shot a few images with the lens but couldn't keep them. I refer to the feel of the lens compared to the Nikon 24-70 2.8 lens. In my opinion and I believe I stated this that the 24-70mm 2.8 and 70-200mm 2.8 at launch would have really made a serious difference. Maybe the 24-70 Z mount lens will be able to produce good images. As I read across the web though I do hear otherwise. When we get these cameras and lenses we will shoot with them.
I disagree that nikon should have opened with the f/2.8 zooms. I actually think their lens roadmap is really very smart. Why would you want the Zs to open with the same lenses everyone already has for their DSLRs? It doesn't make sense.
People have been complaining about the size of the Sony GMaster lenses, and how they give away all the size and weight advantages of a mirrorless system. The one complaint about the Leica SL is the size of its zooms (well, then ther's the price) and yet... When Nikon steps in with a a modest sized f4 zoom and two 1.8 primes, people are complaining about that. I don't get it.
I don't want a mirrorless that is just the same as my DSLR but with an EVF. I want a system that gives me something different--something that adds to my toolbox, not something that treads the same water.
Here's what I want: a set of lenses that have better optical quality than my DSLR, and are smaller and lighter, so I can use them in ways that are challenging with a DSLR, on a body that has unquestionable IQ, and very good autofocus for both video and stills.
So what has Nikkon delivered? they've opened with an f/4 zoom and two 1.8 primes that reviewers who have had them in their hands for a day or longer are saying are optically excellent. And within the first year, a full set of 1.8 primes that don't breathe, a 14-30 f/4 zoom and, of course, the 'trinity' in 2.8. But those smaller lenses interest me the most.
Do I have a wish list? Sure. I wish there was a native macro on the roadmap, but I don't know that a macro would benefit from the new mount as much as the aforementioned primes and the wide zoom. And I wish there were tilt/shift lenses on the roadmap; they would certainly benefit from the larger mount.
But overall, with the caveat that the optical quality needs to live up to the early billing, I think I'm going to be very happy.