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woa!! I've now got my beautiful 17-55DX 2.8 lens and I'm in lurve...the first thing I noticed was it's AF speed seems infinately faster than the kit lens, this was the most noticeable thing..then there were a whole range of other aspects, the make of this lens is nice - it's solid and quite heavy, which can be a good thing in your hands. Anyway, after I've had more of a play I will write a bit more of a rewiew..here are some initial shots I took soon after getting this little baby out of its box these are jpegs straight out of camera...critique as usual welcomed:

This is my dog Jessie enjoying the winter sun and being my model:






A random watering can:

Well worth the wait Geoff!

"It's AF speed seems infinately faster than the kit lens"

I have the same lens, and that was my immediate first impression as well

marc wrote:"It's AF speed seems infinately faster than the kit lens"

I have the same lens, and that was my immediate first impression as well

I'm soo excited I could jump out of my skin, can't wait until my next job

The background seems out of focus in the first shot, hope its not a faulty sample

Congratulations Geoff

The 17-55DX is a very Sexy lens, I have seen it been used at a couple of Fashion Industry event nights. Most of the pro social photographers use the D2X and the 17-55 coupled with the SB800.

the bokeh on your images are gorgeous, shot at 2.8?
what is the fstop sweetspot for the sharpest image?

Hopefully I get mine very soon.

Glen wrote:The background seems out of focus in the first shot, hope its not a faulty sample

Can u imagine? No..don't! U know what is Bokeh king

Hi Geoff,
Glad you've got it finally, stop crying mate! You've been cried hard lately
Have I told you, the sun is real shine after the storm and it's now.

wendellt wrote:Congratulations Geoff

The 17-55DX is a very Sexy lens, I have seen it been used at a couple of Fashion Industry event nights. Most of the pro social photographers use the D2X and the 17-55 coupled with the SB800.

the bokeh on your images are gorgeous, shot at 2.8?
what is the fstop sweetspot for the sharpest image?

Hopefully I get mine very soon.

Thanx mate! When I did some work for Big Australia Wendell I noticed a LOT of the pro photogs had the 17-55DX, now I have one..YES! The images you see were taken at 2.8 yes. I think from my first playings the sweetspot for sharpest image is around F3.2-F4 - but it's early days.

Congratulations Geoff

Once you mount it it will be stuck forever.

Next will be the 70-200vr, I am still saving for it, hopefully a Christmas present.

Congratulations its a top lens ive used it a few times on a mates D2X great shots