Nikon 17-55, anyone used this UW

[chris bangs]

I am looking for a good "hunting" lens and the 17-55 looks very promising. It has received good reviews but it is quite pricey.

anyone using this lens in the water yet?

[Jonathan Bird]

"Hunting" lens?? Say what?

[chris bangs]

"Hunting" lens?? Say what?

A lens for lazy diving at home when you are not working with no particular subject in mind and you are hunting for something to shoot!

[Jonathan Bird]

Oh! I get it. Seems like an interesting lens on a DX sensor. (I'm so old school, I can't think in terms of DX lenses, I have to convert to film equivalent, just like I can't think in cm, I have to convert to inches.) So this is about a 35-80 in 35 mm equivalent. How close can it focus? Can it work like a zoom macro lens?

Jonathan

[chris bangs]

min focus is 14" so it will work well with a 8" dome. Macro? well maybe, but it would be great for medium to large fish, or God forbid, diver images!

Filter size 77mm. no added expense in diopters!

[Jonathan Bird]

Filter size 77mm. no added expense in diopters!


Bonus! And with the diopter it will focus even closer.