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<blockquote data-quote="iamntxhunter" data-source="post: 320136" data-attributes="member: 20501"><p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/689623-REG/Sigma_583306_17_50mm_F2_8_EX_DC.html/?m=Y&gclid=CPmJmpqL_b4CFe4F7Aod7jAA6Q" target="_blank">Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM Zoom Lens for Nikon 583306 B&H</a>Here is my take on it. If you are going to keep it and even if your wife is going to use it why not buy a DX lens for it. I have a Sigma 17-50 that I really like and a Tokin 11-16 and both are great lens's. When you need wide or ultra wide then I say for sure get the DX lens for it which is what I have. You could only rent for just a few times until it wasn't feasible to do so. Lets say you buy one and keep it 2-3 years and then sell if for 2/3 of what you paid for it. The math doesn't add up to me even at half resale value. If you look around you can buy used.</p><p></p><p>Now I shoot a lot of outdoors stuff mainly wildlife so maybe I look at it different but I don't ever plan to go to FX either. DX cameras are great cameras and why not have a lens that actually gives you the most out of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iamntxhunter, post: 320136, member: 20501"] [url=http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/689623-REG/Sigma_583306_17_50mm_F2_8_EX_DC.html/?m=Y&gclid=CPmJmpqL_b4CFe4F7Aod7jAA6Q]Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM Zoom Lens for Nikon 583306 B&H[/url]Here is my take on it. If you are going to keep it and even if your wife is going to use it why not buy a DX lens for it. I have a Sigma 17-50 that I really like and a Tokin 11-16 and both are great lens's. When you need wide or ultra wide then I say for sure get the DX lens for it which is what I have. You could only rent for just a few times until it wasn't feasible to do so. Lets say you buy one and keep it 2-3 years and then sell if for 2/3 of what you paid for it. The math doesn't add up to me even at half resale value. If you look around you can buy used. Now I shoot a lot of outdoors stuff mainly wildlife so maybe I look at it different but I don't ever plan to go to FX either. DX cameras are great cameras and why not have a lens that actually gives you the most out of it. [/QUOTE]
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