rocketman122
Senior Member
surprised why they havent revamped this lens. FF is strong and there would be a HUGE demand for it IMO. only options are the nikon 16-35/17-35/14-24/18-35 , sigma 17-35 and tokina 16-28. if they launched a new one(2.8 throughout or even 2.8-4 is fine) with a silent motor for $550 or so, it would sell out. I do own this lens. but just wondering what others think. I dont shoot it open. usually between 4.5-5.6.
would love to hear peoples opinions. pluses, minuses. Its new for me, but autofocus is fast. seems contrasty. better than the garbage sigma 17-35 I owned years back. man that thing was so soft no matter how much you stopped it down. HSM or not. why wide angle lenses have these ugly lens hoods, I dont know. meh. I hate WA altogether but its necessary at times.
my friend has the nikon 17-35 and ive shot with it and have edited those pics and from what I saw, it lacked contrast. dont know the reason why. were shooting a wedding today so will take it for another spin and then shoot with the tamron and see the differences. not an exact science but I need to test it in real world situations, not by shooting brick walls. cheers.
would love to hear peoples opinions. pluses, minuses. Its new for me, but autofocus is fast. seems contrasty. better than the garbage sigma 17-35 I owned years back. man that thing was so soft no matter how much you stopped it down. HSM or not. why wide angle lenses have these ugly lens hoods, I dont know. meh. I hate WA altogether but its necessary at times.
my friend has the nikon 17-35 and ive shot with it and have edited those pics and from what I saw, it lacked contrast. dont know the reason why. were shooting a wedding today so will take it for another spin and then shoot with the tamron and see the differences. not an exact science but I need to test it in real world situations, not by shooting brick walls. cheers.