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17-35/2.8 or 17-55/2.8

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Jaelkay said:
tao.design said:
Jaelkay said:
I would actually shoot wide open at least 50% of the time.
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That may complicate things a bit, depending on your priorities.

Flare resistance: advantage 17-35
Wide open sharpness: advantage 17-55

The DX lens is designed as a PJ lens and performs as such, showing
very strong detail even at f/2.8, especially at 17mm.

But if shooting into the sun is the main gig, the older lens is
stronger in that regard.

Todd
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That's not my experience.

I own both lenses, and find the 17-35 more subject to flare than
the 17-55.

I'm amazed at some of the comments of people stating that the 17-55
is not as good as the 17-35 when it comes to landscapes. That's not
my experience. I can not see any difference between either lens
when used for landscapes.
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I think the idea is that the 17-35 beats the 17-55 when stopped down to f/8 and beyond, while the 17-55 is better under f/8.
Jaelkay said:
Both are exceptional lenses.
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they better be for the price! :D I love my 17-55.
Jaelkay said:
It's obvious I don't need both, but it's almost impossible for me
to make up my mind which one goes.

JK
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17-55/2.8 it is................

I decided that I need the range..... I will do a wedding as a favor for a friend next weekend, I want the range in this situation.

I am going to just order from Adorama or someone....

thx all.

dR
 
If you want it for next weekend. It’s a little hard to find right now because of the rebate.
 
I would tend to agree. I have similar lenses (50 1.8, 85 1.8 and 18-70) and shoot similar subjects. You use 50mm quite a bit. I would go for the 17-55 to avoid too many lens changes

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Jaelkay said:
That's not my experience.

I own both lenses, and find the 17-35 more subject to flare than
the 17-55.

I'm amazed at some of the comments of people stating that the 17-55
is not as good as the 17-35 when it comes to landscapes. That's not
my experience. I can not see any difference between either lens
when used for landscapes.

Both are exceptional lenses.

It's obvious I don't need both, but it's almost impossible for me
to make up my mind which one goes.

JK
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I find it interesting that you can't see a difference between the two lenses... But what I don't understand is that if you honestly cannot tell a difference between the your copies of the 17-35 and 17-55, then why would it be 'almost impossible' for you to make up your mind as to which one you'd go without?? Send the 17-35 packing its bags, if you honestly can't tell a difference....

Teila K. Day
 
I am able to get a new 17-35 f/2.8 for about £800 (says clearence special), do you thnk it is good value.

I have a 18-200VR on order and for low light
50mm 1.8
85mm 1.8
Sigma 30 1.4

I know the 17-35 is pro compared to some of the consumer lenses I have listed above, do you think I will notice a difference on my D200 in IQ? I shoot RAW and do spend a bit of time in PP. Shoot a mixed bag, landscapes, people (n great requirement for action shots, but low light would be a boon)

I also have 12-24DX and 80-400VR to complete the range, but these two are not for anything the 17-35 would potentially be used for.

Comments or advise welcome

Thanks
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Som Prasad said:
I am able to get a new 17-35 f/2.8 for about £800 (says clearence
special), do you thnk it is good value.
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Som,

Just a heads-up.

I have been looking at (what I presume is the) same clearance offer as you, and it is VERY tempting. I have read elsewhere on this forum that this lens may be US stock, and therefore may present a challenge if you have a need to use the warranty.

Might be worth getting a definitive answer before you buy, if you decide to go down that route.

Cheers,

Graham
 
I will probably get a lot of flack for this opinion but here is what I have discovered. I have, and love the 17-35. I got it when I had the Kodak SLR/n. Another pro friend of mine got the less expensive 12-24. So we plastered my entire double car garage door with newspapers and did our testing thing. Cheap and highly effective. What we discovered both irritated and amazed me. At the longer end, 20-24mm, the 12-24 was every bit the equal of the 17-35, and by f8 had BETTER corner sharpness.

As the 17-35 still seems to be my favorite lens I was recently given another surprise. While shooting a Colorado ghost town from a long distance I noticed a little corner softness in the distant pine trees (a half mile away) at 17mm at f5. Then I saw a f9 version of the same scene. Less corner softness but still a little there. (I shoot 100% raw.) Gosh, center sharpness is still a feature for even the BEST of lenses. :^) That shouldn't have surprised me! So I started looking very carefully in the corners at some of mt 12-24 images. There is some CA (barely seen at 200%) at f8, but the corners were amazingly sharp at the 20-24mm range.

What I really like about the 12-24 is its ability to shoot directly INTO the sun with minimal flare - one of your requirements! Here is one taken at 12mm.



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Thanks!

I appreciate it... "jackson" is a good password :-)

Noah

PS How do you PP your portrait images? The kids ones especially just blew me away!!
 
Graham,

Thanks,

I thought Lens warranties were valid even for imports (but camera body warranties were restricted to country sold in)?

Different in US, because they get 4 yr warranties on official imports vs 1 year in most other jurisdictions?

Maybe someone on the forum who understands these issues can advise.

Som
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