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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 497637" data-attributes="member: 7240">The predecessor to AF-S 24-70/2.8 in Nikon lineup was AF-S 28-70/2.8. Prior to that the midrange pro zoom was AF 35-70/2.8. This one is a push-pull zoom, unlike the current twist-zoom lenses. All of these are optically good, but the newer ones are naturally better. None of these is really a wide angle on a DX sensor.How about the new Nikkor 16-80/2.8~4 (did I recall that correctly?). It is f/2.8 at the wide and and seems to get good reviews.The rest of this post is just personal observations and opinions, feel free to disregardI never liked the Nikkor 17-55/2.8. It is well built but the image quality wasn't really that convincing to me. Sad to say, but I think there are third party f/2.8 DX-crop lenses for this focal range, that deliver much higher image quality, at lower price. At least take a look at Tamron 17-50, Sigma 17-50 and Tokina 16-50. I have never used any of these, but they seem to be well liked. I had the Nikkor AF-S DX 17-55/2.8 but swapped that for a Nikkor AF-S 17-35/2.8 full frame wide angle. It worked well as a normal zoom for DX and even better as a wide angle for FX.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 497637, member: 7240"] The predecessor to AF-S 24-70/2.8 in Nikon lineup was AF-S 28-70/2.8. Prior to that the midrange pro zoom was AF 35-70/2.8. This one is a push-pull zoom, unlike the current twist-zoom lenses. All of these are optically good, but the newer ones are naturally better. None of these is really a wide angle on a DX sensor. How about the new Nikkor 16-80/2.8~4 (did I recall that correctly?). It is f/2.8 at the wide and and seems to get good reviews. [B]The rest of this post is just personal observations and opinions, feel free to disregard[/B] I never liked the Nikkor 17-55/2.8. It is well built but the image quality wasn't really that convincing to me. Sad to say, but I think there are third party f/2.8 DX-crop lenses for this focal range, that deliver much higher image quality, at lower price. At least take a look at Tamron 17-50, Sigma 17-50 and Tokina 16-50. I have never used any of these, but they seem to be well liked. I had the Nikkor AF-S DX 17-55/2.8 but swapped that for a Nikkor AF-S 17-35/2.8 full frame wide angle. It worked well as a normal zoom for DX and even better as a wide angle for FX. [/QUOTE]

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