I have many Nikkor lenses. This has to be the sharpest I have. Fantastic for landscape!! I see this lens as my go to for a lot of applications. I was worried about the size but not as big as my 24-70 2.8.

To me the mark of a great lens is a lens that you wind up using a lot. The AF-S 17-35mm is such a lens. I bought mine in 1999--19 years ago! I moved to it from the fine 20-35, looking to it for a wider angle and a closer close focus. I have never been disappointed with those features.

Use it as your primary lens. Also, consider 50mm f/1.4 or f1.8 as secondary lens as prime. This lens is a bit heavy, but as with all SLRs, you already knew you would be carrying a bulky camera.

Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Excellet in low light; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Good Manual Focus; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

a bit expensive; Heavy

As a Nikon user, when Canon was producing full frame digital cameras and Nikon was spouting the advantages the APS sensor as a reason for not producing a full frame camera, you knew the full frame was going to come. SO, I didn't want to buy a lens that would be limited to the DX format.

great zoom range; build quality; fast

soft corners; soft corners; distortion

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Easily Interchangeable; Quick Focus; Strong Construction

Weak Casing

This is a truly great lens, whisper quiet, fast focusing and you'll cut yourself on the results. Preferring the wide side of life this lens is rarely off of my D3 it just ticks all the boxes. Bright and with super Nikon build quality you can certainly buy this lens with total confidence.

I just got mine from vistek. Perfect lens for PJ. Expensive, but you get what you pay.

Lighter, shorter and with the same fast 2.8 aperture as the 24-70, this lens gives you a little extra angle of view which is great for working in close. I just sold my 24-70 to ugrade to this lens and am more than happy. Not bad considering the 24-70's legendary reputation.

As a professional photographer I carry a wide array of lenses with me, but this one is truly one of my favorites! I love wide angle zoom lenses because of their ability to capture the overall scene and give the viewer an overview of what is happening and this one does exactly that.

Durability; f 2.8 aperture; Quiet AF; Ease of use; Allows for great pictures on virtually any camera

Price

Best lens in it's class.

Sharp; fast to focus and very good in low light

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