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Following the Thorpe Park mishap at the weekend it was good excuse to get a new lens and after some deliberation I decided on the Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 after reading good reviews and recommendations on here. The only thing that put me off was the price, the cheapest I could find in the UK was about £870 with s/h ones on ebay going for around £750.

On Sunday I found one on ebay with no bids and starting at £400, I asked the seller if he had a price in mind and he came back to me with £475. :eek: Yes please! He is a pro photographer and has now got a staff job so is selling off some of his kit and I just happened to stumble across it at the right time, I suppose being Easter ebay was quieter than usual.

Any way the lens turned up this morning and whilst it has a few rub marks on it the optics appear to be excellent and I went straight out into the garden for a couple of test shots. These are as shot.

f2.8 @ 55mm:
17-55mm-test001.jpg


100% crop of the same shot:
17-55mm-test001crop.jpg


It looks pretty good to me, I will do a more comprehensive test soon but at that price I am very happy. :D

It's also a good bit bigger than the 18-70 kit lens but I didn't realise by just how much until I set them down side by side:

17-55mm-test003.jpg
 
Thats some lens Colin - nice one! Well impressed you kept firing away with a tsunami decending on you. Covered by insurance?
 
Nice for some good to come out of your mishap H - The lens is a real bargain at that price too - You'll get quite a workout carrying it around :naughty:
Paul
 
That is definately a good bit of glass.
Does look like it's seen some use tho... not that it matters
 
Jonnyreb said:
Covered by insurance?
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Yes it would be but by the time I paid the excess and undoubtedly a premium hike come renewal time I decided not to, if it had been an expensive lens I would have.

Oldgit, it has seem some use but the optics appear to be perfect which is the important thing, AF is fast and silent and it's very sharp.
 
I'm in love with this lens already! My ugly mug, handheld 1/30th @ f/2.8.

test3.jpg
 
Rab C, where's yer string vest:lol:
 
Nice lens hacker especially for the price, was it worth the soaking though?
 
Lordy you've aged :D

Good bargain you got though!
 
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