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Lens for Nikon D3000
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Hi,
I am look for another lens for my new dSLR camera and what would you recommend to buy. I will be taking shots of landscape and posable every day like famaly photos as well.
Someone told me I should get 18mm-200mm lens and it should be the only one I should need for now.
Whats your budget for a new lens and what lens do you already have ?
Thanks
Hi Mark,
Well I hope the budget will be around €500 to €700 when I get paid for some work I have done (PC repairs)
The only lens I have is the one that came with the cramera which is DX AF-S NOKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6D
Thank you
Tony
Tony for landscapes a lot of folk use an extreme wide angle like the sigma 10-20 which is a great lens for this
but not a great lens for family stuff,I have a sigma 17-70 lens for my everyday lens and it covers all my landscape work,paper stuff and family photos.
Just make sure that the lens you get will auto focus with your camera as I don’t think the d3000 has a build in motor for auto focus so the lens has to have the motor build into thatCathal
Hi Cathal,
Thank you for the info and you are spot on the info about the lens has the motor for auto focus and not the boddy.
peewee3ie wrote:
Someone told me I should get 18mm-200mm lens and it should be the only one I should need for now.
That someone must really hate you because I wouldn´t advise that even to my worst enemy.
Try buying an used Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G AF-S IF-ED DX or Nikon 16-35mm f/4.0 AF-S ED (VR-II).
First one gives you more length and an extra stop, second one gives you future possibility to use it with FX body and has VR. Try to think what you need more (first one is better for portraits).
as a begginer u should try tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 fast lens good for landscapes and portraits (nikon 17-55 f/2.8 is better but cost 3-4 times more) plus a nikon 50mm 1.8 brand new about 100e its a great fast portrait lens
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