Buying a D60 kit this morning.

[Atreus]

It comes with the 15-55 vr, and i can get the 55-200 for +150 more. now i'm wondering. do i REALLY need the 55-200 vr lens? this is my first official SLR, just curious if it really is needed, right now.

Any help is appreciated, i'm picking it up in an hour. lol.

 

[asfixiate]

15-55 is good focal length. What are you going to be shooting?

 

[LateModelSedan]

get it .. not much savings over retail cost by itself but its a decent lens. i don't have the vr version but i have no complaints about mine at all.

 

[Atreus]

mostly portraits, city/urban shots like downtown/graffiti/ might get into sports shot way later, dont think so though...

 

[jlykins]

it's got to be a 18-55 not 15. I would get the 55-200 if I were you. It is a nice lens, and it will allow you to do a whole lot more. Just my .02

 

[elemental]

When I bought my K100D a year ago, I got the 18-55 kit and threw in about $100 extra for the 50-200. I find that I almost never use it. Most of my shots are on the 18mm end of my kit lens. $150 is a fairly good deal, but only if you'll use it. Another thing I wish I had known was that the Pentax 50-200 goes for about $85 on eBay, so if I really wanted one, I could've picked one up later. I would recommend checking this out as well.

 

[rubbertree]

Someone here is selling their D60 kit in the Buy and Sell section for $700, did you see that?

 

[Atreus]

its 18-55. stupid ten key.....lol anyhoo, i just dont wanna buy it, and have a new paperweight/door stop you know? what is the 55-200 VR more suited for? can someone give me some examples? sorry for being so noobish, i thought i "knew a lil something" about cameras, but going from a p&s to SLR is a whole different animal.


--edit--

i see the kit for sale, doesnt include whats in it exactly. however the one im looking at is 700 usd new, includes the 18-55 vr lens.

 

[jlykins]

I like using that lenth for portraits, as well as going to the zoo, things like that. The 55-200vr is a nice lens.

 

[asfixiate]

what's the minimum focus distance of the 55-200?

 

[jlykins]

3.6 feet

 

[Atreus]

what's the minimum focus distance of the 55-200?

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-N...X-VR-Zoom-NIKKOR-55-200mm-f/4-5.6G-IF-ED.html

1.1m(3.6ft.) = min focus distance.

hmm

 

[asfixiate]

That's not bad. I'd say with that said get it and find uses for it.

 

[jlykins]

It's a nice lens, and for the money you can make sure that you don't ever get limited because you can't get close enough to the subject.

 

[Atreus]

damn im gonna be so broke. lol. time to live off the credit card well i'm selling my h7 to partially fund this, so my old camera just bought a new lens i suppose! i'll be back, with pics. lol.