Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II Lens

NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II Lens

The Essential Pro Zoom Lens, Redefined

More versatile and stable with the world's first internal zoom in this class. Faster and quieter with Nikon's best AF system to date. Smaller, lighter and more durable—all with a new optical formula that takes sharpness, bokeh and anti-glare performance to thrilling new levels.

World’s First Full-Frame 24-70mm f/2.8 with Internal Zoom

Take advantage of the entire focal length range of the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II without any change to the lens length or center of gravity—zoom lens versatility with prime lens handling.

Ideal for Gimbals and Matte Boxes

When your camera is rigged up, you can quickly reframe your shot without having to rebalance a gimbal, reposition a matte box or move around other accessories.

Better Protection Against Dust and Moisture

With no extending or retracting parts, dust and moisture have less chance of entering the sealed lens, and the barrel is stronger and lighter.

Nikon's Best AF System to Date

5x Faster Focusing

Silky Swift Voice Coil Motors (SSVCM) and a high-performance AF actuator boost the speed of the multi-focus system beyond any NIKKOR lens yet.

50% Quieter and Smoother

Autofocus vibrations have been all but eliminated, ensuring camera noise never disturbs special moments or ruins important video takes.

Enhanced Tracking While Zooming

Focus tracking performance during zooming is enhanced by approx. 60%, making it easier to keep your subject in focus while quickly zooming in or out.

Smooth Focus Transitions During Push-Ins

Focus breathing has been suppressed to staggering new levels—less than half the amount of the previous generation 24-70mm f/2.8 lens—and the fast, silent AF system tracks subjects without jitter during push-ins. Best AF performance is achieved when used on a camera equipped with an EXPEED 7 image processor. Measured in accordance with Nikon standards.

World’s Lightest Full-Frame 24-70mm f/2.8

A full 15% (130g) lighter than its predecessor and more nimble than any other lens in its class at just 675g. Whether you're shooting with your camera rigged up, on a gimbal or handheld, you'll enjoy all-day comfort and agile handling.

Custom Control Ring with Optional Click

For precise, incremental adjustments—like selecting a specific ISO setting—clicking tells you how many steps you've adjusted. For seamless adjustments to things like power aperture or Hi-Res Zoom, you can turn clicking off.

Close Focus Distance. High Magnification.

Focus as close as 24.13cm at 24mm, or magnify subjects up to 0.32x at 70mm. Since the lens doesn't get longer as you zoom, you won't risk accidentally bumping into close foreground elements.

Image Quality that Rivals Prime Lenses

The Superior Sharpness of a Z Mount Lens

Nikon's groundbreaking large mount delivers ample light across the frame for edge-to-edge sharpness and clear description at every focal length, even when shot wide open.

Beautiful Bokeh and Natural Gradation

The combination of a constant f/2.8 aperture and 11 rounded diaphragm blades produces soft, round bokeh with natural gradation that gives your subject an almost 3D quality.

Clarity in All Conditions

Shoot toward light without worrying about flare or ghosting, thanks to Nikon's proprietary Meso Amorphous Coat and ARNEO coating.

Virtually Flawless Rendering

Extra-low Dispersion (ED) and Aspherical ED glass elements keep resolution high while suppressing undesirable fringing, distortion and false color.

The S-Line Difference

The S-Line designation is reserved for premium NIKKOR Z lenses. As an S-Line product, the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II features Nikon's best optics, most advanced coatings, cutting-edge technology and premium build.

Smart, Agile Handling

Focus Limit Switch

Activate to ignore foreground elements and enhance the speed and accuracy of focus within the desired range.

The Ultimate f/2.8 Internal Zoom Trio

Three exceptional professional S-Line zoom lenses, all with internal zoom, exceptional quality and consistent operation, covering 14mm to 200mm.

Technology

Silky Swift VCM

The Silky Swift VCM is utilized for NIKKOR Z lenses as an AF drive motor. This system simultaneously achieves higher speed, higher accuracy and quieter operation. Each of these factors far surpasses conventional systems, and as for the “quietness” specifically, drive sound is intensively suppressed to an almost-silent level. Even heavy lenses can be controlled accurately at high speed, with minimal noise or vibration, enabling users to reliably capture sharply focused images. Extremely quiet AF operation is specifically advantageous for shooting in places where silence is required and for video recording. WARNING: Do not use this product if you have a pacemaker or other medical device. The magnet or magnets in this product could cause medical devices to malfunction.

Meso Amorphous Coat

Meso Amorphous Coat realizes the highest anti-reflection performance in NIKKOR history. Meso Amorphous Coat provides an effect superior to that of Nano Crystal Coat for diagonal incident light, and an effect equivalent or superior to ARNEO Coat for vertical incident light. With its superb performance, ghost and flare caused by incident light from various directions are noticeably reduced, delivering clear images even under harsh conditions.  With this coating system, amorphous particles, that are even smaller than nano particles, are utilized to create even more gaps within the coating to form an ultra-fine mesoporous structure, attaining a lower refractive index. In addition, a higher-precision base coat is employed to further enhance the anti-reflection effect.

ARNEO Coat

An anti-reflective coating developed by Nikon and used in conjunction with Nano Crystal Coat to further reduce ghost and flare effects caused by incident light entering the lens vertically. This allows for the outstandingly clear capture of images even when a light source is located within the frame.

Fluorine Coat

Photographers need gear that can withstand the elements. Nikon’s fluorine coat effectively repels dust, water droplets, grease or dirt, ensuring easy removal even when they adhere to the lens surface. Nikon’s fluorine coat endures a high frequency of lens surface wiping and its anti-reflective effect also contributes to the capture of clear images.

Internal Focus

A NIKKOR lens in which only the internal lens group shifts during focusing. These lenses will be designated with the abbreviation IF on the lens barrel.

ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) Glass

An optical glass developed by Nikon that is used with normal optical glass in telephoto lenses to obtain optimum correction of chromatic aberrations.

AS

AS stands for Aspherical lens elements. This type of lens utilizes non-spherical surfaces on either one or both sides of the glass in order to eliminate certain types of lens aberration.

A/M

A/M stands for Auto-Priority Manual Mode. This mode also enables an easy transition from autofocus to manual during AF operation. However, mode switch sensitivity has been altered to reduce the possibility of sudden unintentional switching to manual focus while shooting.

Multi Focus System

In 1967, Nikon developed the world's first focusing system that effectively suppressed aberrations by moving multiple lens groups (Close-Range Correction System). The multi-focusing system is the evolution of that AF system with which the positions of multiple focusing groups are very precisely controlled, each by its own focusing unit, all of which work together. This system effectively suppresses various types of aberration, even with scenes captured at close distances where aberrations are generally more likely to occur. This enables superior image-formation performance from maximum aperture, regardless of the focal length or shooting distance. It also contributes to faster AF. The multi-focusing system is effective even with fast lenses.

Electromagnetic Diaphragm Mechanism

An electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism in the lens barrel provides highly accurate electronic diaphragm or aperture blade control when using auto exposure during continuous shooting. With conventional D/G type lenses, the diaphragm blades are operated by mechanical linkage levers.