Nikon D7000

[tevo]

Well I've made my decision! D7000 for the win!

Aww yeahhh

 

[tevo]

Well... It seems you all really like the D7000... It's in the price range I'm looking for... so I'll take a closer look at it... :thumbup:

DO IT. You will not be dissapointed.

 

[mjhoward]

$1225 - Nikon 12-24mm f/4G ED IF Autofocus DX Nikkor Zoom Lens

$750 - Nikon 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0D IF AF Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

$1125 - Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D ED AF Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

My budget 'trinity' is the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, Tokina 16-50 f/2.8, and the Tokina 50-135 f/2.8 and they perform wonderfully!

 

[KmH]

Cool, but Tokina isn't Nikon.

Tokina lenses are famous for their CA, and relatively poor re-sale value..

 

[mjhoward]

Cool, but Tokina isn't Nikon.

Tokina lenses are famous for their CA, and relatively poor re-sale value..

I'm not really concerned with the name printed on the barrel and poor re-sale value only matters when buying new. Poor resale actually benefited me greatly as I got some of these copies quite cheap. None of my lenses suffer from CA any more than any other lens i've used and rival many of the high dollar lenses I've used in terms of both build and image quality. For reference, I'm not referring to a $2k lens as being high dollar.