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A full-frame F-mount wide-angle zoom with a constant f/2.8 aperture across 17-35mm. Three aspherical and two ED elements plus Super Integrated Coating keep distortion, aberrations and flare in check, and the Silent Wave Motor gives fast, near-silent autofocus with full-time manual override. It suits landscape, architecture and event shooters on FX bodies who want a fast wide zoom; on DX it behaves like a 25.5-52.5mm. It is an older screw-free AF-S design, so rivals like the 16-35mm f/4 VR add stabilization and a wider end but give up the f/2.8 aperture.
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Lowest price we've seen: $2,018.80 on Nov 12 at Amazon. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 12.
Owners of this lens generally rate its sharpness and color highly and value the constant f/2.8 aperture for low light. Common complaints are its size and weight and the lack of stabilization compared with newer wide zooms.
The AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED is a wide-angle zoom lens for Nikon F-mount cameras. It is designed for FX-format sensors. On DX models it gives a 25.5-52.5mm equivalent focal length range. It keeps a constant f/2.8 maximum aperture throughout the zoom range.
The optical design uses three aspherical elements and two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements. The aspherical elements reduce spherical aberrations and distortion. The ED elements reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations. A Super Integrated Coating on individual elements suppresses internal reflections, flare and ghosting, which helps contrast and color accuracy in strong or backlit light.
A Silent Wave Motor drives the autofocus quickly and quietly, with full-time manual focus override. The internal focusing design moves only the internal lens groups, so the lens length stays the same during focusing. A rounded nine-blade diaphragm gives a pleasing out-of-focus quality for shallow depth of field and selective focus.
