You might also notice another DOF difference that's obvious when one thinks about it. A lens @ max aperture f3.5 is automatically SHOWING more DOF in finder than a 1.7! So you always SEE more right from the start! It would be like keeping your 1.7 lens @ 3.5 and holding in the DOF Preview all the time. Same thing.
CRB -- -------------------- Keep an eye on the Left. They complain any time we go after any group that hates America. They were ambivalent about going after Al Queda & going into Afghanistan. They really opposed overthrowing Marxists like Aristide and Saddam Hussein, et al. After all, they share a common goal with the former and common world view with the latter. -- just me --