geokra111
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Greetings,
My wife and I have just ordered a Nikon D5300 (body only) for our first DSLR. We are trying to figure out the best lens for our purposes.
Our main interests and reasons we bought a DSLR:
- better for low-light situations and improved picture quality for pictures of people (birthday parties, etc.)
- better continuous (burst) shooting
- faster start-up and 'warm-up'
- faster auto-focus and shutter (not sure if this is how to say this, but our old point and shoot would seemingly take a couple seconds before actually taking the picture)
- better overall photo quality
So our interests are not very advanced, we are mostly just looking for an improved experience, yet one that will still be fairly straightforward and hassle free for relative newbies. We aren't trying to take professional photos, just want great photos with relative ease.
We have recently had some experience with a friend's camera, and we found it quite pleasant. She was using an 18-200mm lens and we thought that was a nice solution that would probably fit our needs quite well. We understand that there may be some trade offs with a lens such as this (vs., say, an 18-55mm and a 55-200mm combo), but are likely willing to accept those compromises. We both prefer simplicity and for the time being would prefer to have just one lens. Perhaps as we get further into photography and develop our skills, we would purchase additional lenses, but for now one is enough.
We have quite a lot of flexibility in our budget when it comes to the lens. We know there are options around $300 (and perhaps cheaper), but assume there are options that would run to many thousands of dollars. We would potentially be willing to pay $800-$1000 for the lens, but if they offer only minimal improvements over a lens for $300, we would probably opt for the cheaper.
What are our best options? Additionally, are there any must have features (stability or anti-vibration features, etc.)?
Cheers,
Geoff
My wife and I have just ordered a Nikon D5300 (body only) for our first DSLR. We are trying to figure out the best lens for our purposes.
Our main interests and reasons we bought a DSLR:
- better for low-light situations and improved picture quality for pictures of people (birthday parties, etc.)
- better continuous (burst) shooting
- faster start-up and 'warm-up'
- faster auto-focus and shutter (not sure if this is how to say this, but our old point and shoot would seemingly take a couple seconds before actually taking the picture)
- better overall photo quality
So our interests are not very advanced, we are mostly just looking for an improved experience, yet one that will still be fairly straightforward and hassle free for relative newbies. We aren't trying to take professional photos, just want great photos with relative ease.
We have recently had some experience with a friend's camera, and we found it quite pleasant. She was using an 18-200mm lens and we thought that was a nice solution that would probably fit our needs quite well. We understand that there may be some trade offs with a lens such as this (vs., say, an 18-55mm and a 55-200mm combo), but are likely willing to accept those compromises. We both prefer simplicity and for the time being would prefer to have just one lens. Perhaps as we get further into photography and develop our skills, we would purchase additional lenses, but for now one is enough.
We have quite a lot of flexibility in our budget when it comes to the lens. We know there are options around $300 (and perhaps cheaper), but assume there are options that would run to many thousands of dollars. We would potentially be willing to pay $800-$1000 for the lens, but if they offer only minimal improvements over a lens for $300, we would probably opt for the cheaper.
What are our best options? Additionally, are there any must have features (stability or anti-vibration features, etc.)?
Cheers,
Geoff
