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Message: <blockquote data-quote="desmobob" data-source="post: 789007" data-attributes="member: 45742">For what it's worth...I found a nice used copy of the 18-70mm f/3.4-4.5G DX after reading several very good reviews.  I've been very pleased with it.  But I've had several folks on another forum assure me that the 17-55mm f/2.8G DX is head-and-shoulders above it and is the lens I should try on my D200 and D500.  A couple of folks who owned both were very adamant about it.  I was convinced enough that I'd try one if I wasn't more concerned with weight and size.  (I use my D200 as a "glorified point-'n'-shoot" so I prefer a compact lens and my D500 usually wears a telephoto. )</blockquote>