From the many reviews I've read, The Nikon 17-35 2.8 was never stellar in the IQ department. Fast and great build, but I'll take IQ over that for my use. The new Nikon 18-35g is fantastic, sharp and contrasty. It's become my most used lens and as far as my results, it's a bargain at $750. It is more of a "prosumer" build, but has the rear gasket and it's a lens you can carry all day, extremely light. Yet another option for the sub $1k category.
a quick comparison between the nikon and tamron 17-35
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"btw, can someone recommend a simple exif viewer that give all pertinent info..."
EXIF tool: ExifTool by Phil Harvey (choose the version according to your OS)
Might be of interest to someone: Fix Corrupted Nikon NEF Images
EXIF tool: ExifTool by Phil Harvey (choose the version according to your OS)
Might be of interest to someone: Fix Corrupted Nikon NEF Images
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rocketman122
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I have that exiftool by phil but it opens a command prompt style window and I have no idea what to do.
The Nikon ViewNx gives exif information.
Irfanview also shows exif information in detail. You can also edit the exif data.
IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide
rocketman122
Senior Member
here's the link to download it free from nikon
Nikon Imaging | Global Site | ViewNX 2â„¢
just choose your region before.
Nikon Imaging | Global Site | ViewNX 2â„¢
just choose your region before.
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
I use a free image editor called IRFanview for this. While I use Photoshop for full-on editing, IRFanview does so many little things so easily I always have it around and EXIF data is one such reason. IRFanview will display the info with a few clicks and let you copy that info to your "clipboard" with another click: From the menu click "Images" (or just press "I" on your keyboard), then "Information" then "EXIF Info" and voila... Use the "Copy to Clipboard" button if needed. IRFanview is also handy for quick and dirty crops and re-sizing.
Get it here: IRFanview via CNET
You'll also want to install the Plugins from the home page, available here: IRFanview Plugins
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Get it here: IRFanview via CNET
You'll also want to install the Plugins from the home page, available here: IRFanview Plugins
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rocketman122
Senior Member
I only wanted a simple viewer for exif. that viewNX is very nice to use. shame that dummies arent investing more in making capture nx a worhtwhile editing software that can compete with LR. its a nice piece of software, but its ancient and the UI needs a good cleaning and revamping pronto. not sure the new one will be a hit though.
@rocketman122 : to use this exif tool, you only have to DRAG the (picture) file to the exiftool.exe. So, copy that "exe" wherever you want (to the desktop, preferably), point the mouse's arrow to any file containing photo and drag it to the "exe" - the tool opens up and shows all the info.