Product Category: Digital Camera Lens Manufacturer: Nikon Where to Buy: Low Price Search [Affiliate] Price: $1,179 to $1,419 USD System Requirements: F-mount DSLR Specifications: Lens Construction: 14 elements in 10 groups (aspherical lenses & ED glass elements). Number aperture blades: 9 (rounded).

Nikon's 17-55mm lens is designed for Nikon DX (APS-C) sized sensors. With a fast continuous aperture of f/2.8...

Good build quality; Sonic Wave Motor; fast f/2.8 aperture

Slower Sonic Wave Motor than comparable Canon lens

Nikon's 17-55mm DX lens is designed for Nikon DX (APS-C) sized sensors. With a fast continuous aperture of f/2.8, the lens is among the biggest, heaviest and the most expensive in this category. So what's in there to warrant such bulk and cost

Good build quality; Sonic Wave Motor; fast f/2.8 aperture

Slower Sonic Wave Motor than comparable Canon lens

The lens is Great. One of my favorite lenses. It very very very sharp and fast. I love the weight of the lens. It better than Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 that i used alot on film:) And it's alot sharper that nikon 20-35 f/2.8,it almost as sharp as Nikon 85mm f/1.4 I lOVE IT SO MUSH:)

IT's sharp sharp sharp; IT's fest fest fest; I love weight of the lens:):

THE price i think

While I hope to create a full Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G AF-S DX Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information and...

This professional quality, mid-range zoom lens has been designed specifically for the 'APS-C' sized sensors used in all of Nikon's DSLR cameras and is quite a different beast from the 18-55mm lens supplied with the D50 camera reviewed in this issue.