The 14-24, at least the one I use, doesn't really give up anything anywhere. By far the overall best wide zoom I have used in 25 years. Before I switched to Nikon in early 2012, I used Canon. I had run into a few Canon shooters that were using the Nikon 14-24 on EOS, it wasn't easy and limited the number of F stops. AF is fast and accurate. Manual focus is tedious as the manual ring does not give very good feedback, like a manual lens, (any of the Zeiss wides). I use it on a D800e and D610.
The 14-24 is excellent wide open (I use it for night photography all the time, has almost no coma distortion), and it's very sharp corner to corner from about F 7.1 up. The only issue I have had is the outer element, not being filter friendly. I now have a Lee filter holder modified to hold a glass CL-PL, and it works very well. It's a heavy lens and on a long day I will leave behind pretty much everything else, but this lens, and the 24-120mm.
Other Nikon wides to consider, the 16-35, has VR and uses 77mm filters, and the older 17-35, about as heavy as the 14-24.
If you don't' mind manual the Zeiss 18mm or 21mm are both excellent, however I found the 14-24 had a greater hyperfocal range at F7.1 than either of these lenses.
Paul C.