Is AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D popular?


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Only if you really, really need to use filters with it. The 14-24mm is sharper and indispensable if you need angles wider than 17mm. ;)

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Actually, it's an easy decision since you know you will be getting the D700 real soon.

If you have neither the 14-24mm nor the AFS 17-35mm now, and (especially so if) you have a normal zoom (24-XXmm, 28-XXmm or 35-XXmm) or a prime like a 35mm, 50mm, 60mm or 85mm, go ahead and purchase the AFS 14-24mm f/2.8.

My decision was made easier because I had the older one before the new breed came about. Furthermore, I am more into landscapes and seascapes where a polarizer is indispensible ... so it's a no brainer. It was either the 17-35mm, 18-35mm or the 20-35mm then for my F100.

You must know what you want. Buy the gear if you find that the focal length suits you ... not buy the lens and then figure out how best to use it. Although I recommend the newer AFS 14-24mm now, it's irrelevant if you hardly use such a beautiful (sharp, good contrast, great MTF, etc) tool. It may just be a very expensive item you leave in the dry cabi most of the time.


Is this lens good for value?

It seems that there are more people mentioning 14-24mm / 24-70mm / 70-200mm.

Any one of you using AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED?

Is it a good lens to travel? I am now using D90; and will like to upgrade to D700 before end of the year.

thanks...
 

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You must know what you want. Buy the gear if you find that the focal length suits you ... not buy the lens and then figure out how best to use it. Although I recommend the newer AFS 14-24mm now, it's irrelevant if you hardly use such a beautiful (sharp, good contrast, great MTF, etc) tool. It may just be a very expensive item you leave in the dry cabi most of the time.
better to keep the money under your pillow, though last time people say bank. :bsmilie:
 

to TS, YES... 17-35mm is still very popular...
at least for me, i do not see myself selling this lens in the next 5 years....
it has given me very nice landscape pics and wedding pics
 

Went to shops and asked around today... still around 2.4k and some recommended Tokina 11-16mm instead due to the huge cost difference... wonder how about the IQ from Tokina...:dunno:
 

Wow... more expensive than the 14-24mm ! Considering that the 14-24mm is probably the best ultra-wide zoom for FX bodies in the world at present, the 17-35mm is not really good value for money. :(

What really make the 14-24mm great value for money is that it is faster (at constant f/2.8), sharper and cheaper than even Olympus' own Four-Thirds 7-14mm (at constant f/4). Don't know how Nikon can sell this lens at such a price. Reviewers used to say that the 7-14mm is so good that photographers would buy into the Four-Thirds system just because of the 7-14mm. I think that's true now for Nikon because of the 14-24mm. :)
 

Is this lens good for value?

It seems that there are more people mentioning 14-24mm / 24-70mm / 70-200mm.

Any one of you using AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED?

Is it a good lens to travel? I am now using D90; and will like to upgrade to D700 before end of the year.

thanks...


Alright here you go.. Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-D...

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Wow... more expensive than the 14-24mm ! Considering that the 14-24mm is probably the best ultra-wide zoom for FX bodies in the world at present, the 17-35mm is not really good value for money. :(

What really make the 14-24mm great value for money is that it is faster (at constant f/2.8), sharper and cheaper than even Olympus' own Four-Thirds 7-14mm (at constant f/4). Don't know how Nikon can sell this lens at such a price. Reviewers used to say that the 7-14mm is so good that photographers would buy into the Four-Thirds system just because of the 7-14mm. I think that's true now for Nikon because of the 14-24mm. :)

You pay more for the 17-35 because of the older and BETTER all metal constuction and it has ground aspherical lens elements.
 

why not purchase nikon's legendary 13mm? =DD
 

Guys,

Thanks for all of your advice, I got my D700 yesterday and 24-70mm :)
 

Guys,

Thanks for all of your advice, I got my D700 yesterday and 24-70mm :)

happy u must be...

why not tell eevery human here how much each and where u buy them to satidfy them... ?

and ain't it always nice to close another lloooonnnggg thread ?
 

$35XX inc GST, PM me... I will tell you the details. thks...
 

happy u must be...

why not tell eevery human here how much each and where u buy them to satidfy them... ?

and ain't it always nice to close another lloooonnnggg thread ?

....haha...but he still have not bought the 17-35 to go along with his 24-70......will be looking out for it myself on BnS.
 

question answered. thread closed.
 

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