On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:20:41 -0000, Bill Tuthill wrote:

>While visiting Bjørn Rørslett website to read another review,
>I couldn't help but notice his encomium to the 17-35/2.8 AFS,
>which he calls "an awesome lens" and gives it his top grade, 5.
>Reading thru his full review, I couldn't find any lens flaws
>aside from sample variation problems in early batches.
>
>How are we to reconcile this review with Photozone.de's score
>of 3.08 for this lens, way behind the Canon 17-35/2.8 L's 3.97
>score and significantly behind the Nikon 20-35/2.8's 3.47 score?
>(Photodo's 3.6 is even higher.) The latter is a lens that Bjørn
>criticizes heavily for color frinding, and to which he assigns
>a measly 4.5 score.

I ignore "photodo"...;-)
Try: http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/slemn.html.
Consensus is that the Nikkor is the best of the
super-wide zooms...
Also, there is a comparison of this lens with the
18-35 Nikkor and several Nikkor non-zooms, at:
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/wa-zooms.htm.