Please Help! Must decide...

[misskrys]

Hey guys, you're a lot more savvy than I am, and I need your help. I'm finally getting my DSLR!! *super excited* but I can't tell the difference between these two packages. I've already got my mind set on the Nikon D5000 two-lens package, so I just need to decipher what's different about them. Is it one of the lenses?

Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera 2-Lens Outfit (18-55VR & AF-S DX55-200mm G ED) - RitzCamera.com

Nikon D5000 DX-Format Digital SLR Camera Two-Lens VR Outfit (18-55 VR & AF-S DX VR 55-200mm F4-5.6G) - 25454-2166-9627 - RitzCamera.com


thanks!

 

[rusty9]

same camera, same 2 lenses, except the 55-200 in the second link has Vibration Reduction, and the 55-200 in the first does not. VR isn't that big of a deal. so save your money. or just get the 18-55 and then get a better quality lens like a 50mm f/1.8. those nifty fifties are a dime a dozen.

 

[AlexL]

one is a IF for the 55-200mm and the other is non IF.

This is the non IF
AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED from Nikon

and this is the IF

AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED from Nikon

I'm not a Nikon user so I have no idea what IF is, but if you look at the info about more in detail, you'll probably find it!

 

[AlexL]

and VR too forget to mention

 

[Breaux]

It looks like kit#1 has a 55-200mm without VR.

 

[rusty9]

no they are both IF (internal focusing motor) which means the focus motor is in the lens not the camera. the difference is the VR (Vibration reduction.)
please correct me if i'm wrong

 

[AlexL]

no they are both IF (internal focusing motor) which means the focus motor is in the lens not the camera. the difference is the VR (Vibration reduction.)

Well, the first one wasn't labeled internal focusing and i didn't know why would one be labeled IF and the other wouldn't!

 

[rusty9]

i don't see either labeled IF

 

[misskrys]

thanks so much guys! I will take a second look at it; I'll probably be going with VR, since it seems like it can be useful. It seems strange that one wouldn't have IF, but if it doesn't, I'll definitely be going with the other one!

 

[rusty9]

:er:
they both have IF. and save your money, the VR is not worth the money.

 

[KmH]

IF means the front lens barrel (front lens element) doesn't rotate when the lens is focused, so certain types of filters mounted on the lens aren't effected by focusing.

Not that it has an internal focus motor, that's what the S in AF-S means.

Here is a guide to most of Nikon's abbreviations:

Nikkor Lens Information by Thom Hogan

 

[rusty9]

thank you for clearing that up. i shouldn't have made the quick assumption. on what it meant.