suggest me the lens

[akki3489@yahoo.co.in]

hi
i m planing to buy a nikon d300s camera. but i m very confusing as to which lens i should go for. i want a lens for every day propose.
please help me suggesting the right lens which work greatly with d300s n a great daily propose lens

[akki3489@yahoo.co.in]

hey somebody pls suggest me

[Almond.Butterscotch]

One of the reasons no one has answered yet is probably because you never specified what kind of shooting you'll be doing. Sports? Landscapes? Street?

[Aegea]

Just a thought, but if you don't know enough about photography to know what type of lens you want, the D300S may not be the best camera to learn on.

[Almond.Butterscotch]

Originally Posted by Aegea

Just a thought, but if you don't know enough about photography to know what type of lens you want, the D300S may not be the best camera to learn on.

that's a good point. the x00 series are serious hobbyist toys.

[utfans05]

I used a D40 for a full year and I was pretty serious in that year... taking about 16k photos. I really would suggest that you start on a lower price camera to see if you even need a D300s..... The D300s is geared for the person that wants that FAST camera that can do high speed photography needed for sports or the advanced portraits.


you can get a D40 with 2 lenses for around 600-700 bux depending on where you buy it and once you feel comforable with that camera and you feel that it cant do what you need/want it to do... then is the time you are going to want to upgrade. and when you do you can keep all the lenses you acquired during that time you used the D40 and use them on the D300s.

[sk66]

Originally Posted by Aegea

Just a thought, but if you don't know enough about photography to know what type of lens you want, the D300S may not be the best camera to learn on.

+2
The "RIGHT LENS" should be an easier choice than the right body.....at least "ballpark".

Based upon the question, I would suggest D90 and 18-200mm and be done for quite a while....

[xtremekramer]

I would agree that we need to know what kind of shooting you will be doing to do any recommendations... However i disagree that the D300s is not for you if you don't know your lenses. You can know a lot about photography and not know which lenses are better than others as far as quality, sharpness, vignetting, etc. The D300s may not be a beginner camera but it still has is completely usable for a serious beginner who wants to grow into the camera. With the camera on the default settings you can still get great shots using the aperture priority and shutter priority modes to learn with. It does still have an auto feature as well. As the beginner learns more they can utilize more of the features the camera has to offer. I am not saying the D300s isn't over kill for an absolute beginner, however lets give this person a chance to get the answers they are looking for with out flaming them about camera choice.

With that being said more information is required on what kind of things you want to shoot and what your opinion is on absolute quality vs absolute ease of just getting a picture. If you are a beginner i will explain. If not you can ignore the rest of this.

Zoom lenses cover a wide range of shooting distances however all will sacrifice some quality to your photos at some range or ranges in their design. Prime lenses give you better quality but require you to typically spend more money, have more lenses, and/or take more time to compose your shot to get the framing you require. The prime lens will force you to take more time in planning out your shot and setting it up and will typically give you a better quality picture. It may also mean you will from time to time wish you had on another lens when that perfect shot comes up (for instance, kids, pets, many sports etc). Each type of lens has its uses. My final two thoughts are you should always invest more in your glass then your bodies since you will likely go through bodies over time but the lenses can be used from one body to the next unless you switch brands. Second, Any camera can take a great shot if the photographer sets it right, as mentioned above you don't have to have the most expensive camera to get a good photo. The only difference is if you really do get into it a lot of features on the higher end cameras can be nice to have and you may want to upgrade say from a D40/60 to something in a higher line sooner or later as you learn the basics and start learning about other options available to you as a photographer. The flip side to that is that electronics in these cameras are always evolving and if you start with a lower model now, by the time you want those extra features you could have bought a much better (newer technology) as your next camera instead of using very little of the camera up front and still buying a newer camera later to get that new technology. This also has its caveats as there are still a lot of people out there that have been using their camera for many years getting great shots and not caring that it is the newest thing on the market.

[facesandplaces]

sk66...I totally agree with your recommendation of a D-90 with 18mm-200mm