Any roumors on a new/updated 17-35mm f/2.8 with VR??

carlnjpn

I saw this on a post in DPReview and was wondering if anyone else has heard this?? "...within next 6 / 12 months, expect Nikon to release the already patented 16-35 f/2.8 VR ...."

If true... I sure would like to buy one!!

WestEndFoto

That would be a very useful focal length range. When I was first buying my D800, I thought about a 17-35, 50, 70-200 w/teleconverter combo.

PB_PM

If i recall correctly there were some patents a few years ago for a 16-35mm F2.8G VR, but nothing has surfaced since that time.

carlnjpn

Thank you. I will keep my fingers crossed that Nikon will update the 17-35mm f/2.8. Maybe with VR

proudgeek

I shoot the current version (and love it, even though all the pixel peeping review writers tell me I shouldn't ) I would be hard pressed to imagine Nikon releasing a lens of that focal range and adding the weight and cost of VR to it, given the relatively limited benefits. If Nikon was going to dump money in this lens I'd rather seem them focus on IQ.

WestEndFoto

If I was in the market for a zoom I would feel the same way.

Golf007sd

I shoot the current version (and love it, even though all the pixel peeping review writers tell me I shouldn't ) I would be hard pressed to imagine Nikon releasing a lens of that focal range and adding the weight and cost of VR to it, given the relatively limited benefits. If Nikon was going to dump money in this lens I'd rather seem them focus on IQ.

+1

Photobug

+1 @proudgeek - definitely more the design budget into improving the IQ. We can do without some of the other items. The expectation should always be on better images.

carlnjpn

Thanks to each of you for taking the time to answer my question.