17-55mm f/2.8G...advice please...

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I saved my pennys and finally managed to get myself the Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G lens earlier this week (albeit 2nd hand, ex cond), to go on my D60.

Having read all the reviews I was expecting amazing results.

I have taken lots of action shots of the children, several flower shots, landscape, horses and various others.

My standard kit lens 18-55; I have had some brilliant action shots from it. I have also had some really nice close ups from it.

I was hoping for a degree more sharpness, hence I bought the new lens.

Is it just me, but I'm not as impressed as I'd hoped. I occasionally get a good one but generally I am not impressed and am deleting all sorts of potentially lovely shots. Landscape stuff is great but then so was my kit lens.

Do I need more practice do you think, is it hard to get used to? I am either getting soft images or shooting with the sun over my shoulder the boys actually have sun flare all over their faces. Close up shots simply aren't sharp.

I was expecting big things from this lens having read countless reviews.

Any advice I would appreciate, thank you. Feeling frustrated!
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Amanda, you paid loadsa money mainly because your new lens is f/2.8 throughout. So if you want f/2.8, the the kit lens aint even in the contest. It is also built to a higher standard, and produced in relatively small numbers.

But if you don't need f/2.8 a lot, then most of the time you will be hard pressed to see the difference between the two. There will be a difference, but it might not be much at all, and you have to know where to look for it. (Clue: it's not in the middle of the frame!)

But having said that, the new lens should never be worse. It might be more prone to flare, as you've described, but I'd be surprised. Can you post a problem pic?

Edit: and welcome to TP :)
 
Ive just bought the same lens and am very happy with it. A lot of the differences in image quality over my Tamron version ( 17-50 f2.8) are quite subtle, but the Nikon is definately a better, sharper lens all round.
I would persevere with it and learn how to get the best from it.
After a few weeks, have another look at your kit lens images and see if there is a difference.

Of course, you may just have a faulty lens, so post some pics and let us have a look.

Allan
 
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