The Nikkor AF-S 17-35mm
f/2.8D ED IF
by
J. Ramón Palacios
username: jrp
Nikonian in Mexico
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INTRODUCTION
As Bo Stahlbrandt has said, "most
obviously the F5 is one of the killer SLR 35mm bodies on the market".
Now the question was, after the immense pleasure of buying
one, with what lenses to arm the killer.
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Nikon F5A, the 50th anniversary
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Like Bo, I am too
a serious amateur, so I don't make my living from photography,
but I want the best possible camera with the best possible
glass on, because life is short and dear moments fleeting.
So I waited a long
time for the chance to travel again to the US and view, feel,
try and buy the lenses I would need for the brand new F5 I
had also been longing for.
Since I don't print
poster sized or larger mural pictures, I had been arguing
with myself on whether to get the Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8
and the AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 or the corresponding Tokina's
AT-X Pro lenses. After all, with the price difference you
can get a lot of filters, film and additional gadgets. The
wider angle perspective I had cover - or so I thought- with
a beautiful Nikkor AF 24mm f/2.8D. With those three lenses,
the range from 24mm all the way to 200mm would be complete
and I could later get ready to further go to 300mm and even
to 420mm with a TC1.4E teleconverter. After all, my Sigma
600mm f/8 had been a disappointment most of the time.
As soon as I arrived
to the hotel in Miami, dropped the bag, hooked up my notebook
to the high speed ethernet port and started to make phone
calls. It was only to discover that none of the local Tokina
distributors -within a 50 miles radius- were stocked at all
with any AT-X Pro. Destiny had made the choice for me. I ordered
a taxi and headed towards the apparently largest Nikon distributor
in the area: Pitman Photo Supply.
Forty nine dollars
after, the taxi arrived there.
And the adventure began.
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