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Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 AF-S ED DX

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Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 AF-S ED DX

A light weight, wide aperture zoom in a very useful focal length. 3 ED elements and 3 aspherical lenses minimize distortion and chromatic aberration, and 9 bladed aperture ring maximizes smooth bokeh.

This lens is considered probably the best ‘standard’ range lens available for Nikon digital cameras.

Roger’s take: If you are shooting a DX camera (D40-90, D200-300) this is an extremely useful focal length. It makes an excellent walk around lens, but is plenty sharp with a nice wide aperture that allows it to be a pro level wedding and short portrait lens. Not quite as sexy, perhaps, as a 14-24 f2.8, but it covers a very useful range and delivers excellent sharp images.

Please Note The hood for this lens may not lock into its reversed “storage” position due to an inherent weakness in its design. Nikon does not supply the piece needed to repair the broken part, and we cannot readily replace each hood that suffers from this issue as they are often on backorder. Luckily, this has no effect on the hoods ability to perform in its forward “shooting” position.

Specs:

Filter Size
77mm (nonrotating front element)
Aperture
f2.8-22
Length
4.4”
Diameter
3.4”
Weight
1.6 lb (without tripod collar)
Hood
HB-31
Minimum Focusing Distance
1.2 feet
Maximum Magnification
0.20x
Angle of view: (crop frame)
79 to 28.5 degrees
Zoom method
Barrel extending, nonrotating
Image Stabilization
NONE
Focusing System
Internal, Silent Wave motor, FT manual
Aperture Blades
9, circular wide open , heptagonal at f5.6
Groups/Elements
10/14
Low Dispersion Elements
3
Aspherical Elements
3
Weather Resistant
No
Flare resistance
minimal, mild contrast loss

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If you are bored and don’t understand MTF charts, you can read about them HERE

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Pricing

LensRentals.com offers rentals of every length between 4 and 90 days. Some common selections are:

Rental Period Price Day Rate
4 days $52.50 ~$13.13 per day
7 days $70.00 $10.00 per day
10 days $94.50 $9.45 per day
14 days $122.50 $8.75 per day
21 days $164.50 ~$7.84 per day
30 days $206.50 ~$6.89 per day
45 days $269.50 ~$5.99 per day
60 days $315.00 $5.25 per day
90 days $406.00 ~$4.52 per day

The shopping cart will automatically update the quoted price as you adjust the length of your rental.

LensRentals also offers an optional damage waiver on this product, limiting your expense should it get damaged while in your possession.

Rental Period Waiver Price Total Price Day Rate
4 days +$9.00 $61.50 ~$15.38 per day
7 days +$12.00 $82.00 ~$11.72 per day
10 days +$16.25 $110.75 ~$11.08 per day
14 days +$21.00 $143.50 $10.25 per day
21 days +$28.25 $192.75 ~$9.18 per day
30 days +$35.50 $242.00 ~$8.07 per day
45 days +$46.25 $315.75 ~$7.02 per day
60 days +$54.00 $369.00 $6.15 per day
90 days +$69.50 $475.50 ~$5.29 per day

Shipping

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The shopping cart can automatically quote shipping, even for multi-item and oversize orders. Shipping multiple items together offers significant savings over shipping them individually.