Derrel: What lenses for my Nikon?

Derrel · Oct 16, 2012

Here is an article that ALL Nikon DX-camera users need to read. It's about solving lens selection/lens choice 'issues' for Nikon DX-format cameras. It's a new article, published less than a week ago. it was written by Thom Hogan, as part of his series of articles for October,2012, which he has dubbed "DX Month". Lots of other types of analysis, all directed at examining Nikon's DX format cameras, strategies,and in short, the whole ball of wax that is Nikon DX format gear.

Rationalizing DX Lenses

Majeed Badizadegan · Oct 16, 2012

Derrel said:
Here is an article that ALL Nikon DX-camera users need to read. It's about solving lens selection/lens choice 'issues' for Nikon DX-format cameras. It's a new article, published less than a week ago. it was written by Thom Hogan, as part of his series of articles for October,2012, which he has dubbed "DX Month". Lots of other types of analysis, all directed at examining Nikon's DX format cameras, strategies,and in short, the whole ball of wax that is Nikon DX format gear.

Rationalizing DX Lenses

Derrel thx! What lenses for.my cannon plz....

Derrel · Oct 16, 2012

Lol! Howzabout 24-105,50,85,100 macro,70-200 2.8 IS???

2WheelPhoto · Oct 16, 2012

Now I'm more confused

Majeed Badizadegan · Oct 16, 2012

Derrel said:
Lol! Howzabout 24-105,50,85,100 macro,70-200 2.8 IS???

darryl these lens sound nice but i have $43 budget what are you recommending ??? <(o_0).

jl1975 · Oct 16, 2012

Thanks for sharing.

Derrel · Oct 16, 2012

Here is a tantalizing tidbit from Thom Hogan's article, Solving Some DX Lens Problems, located at Rationalizing DX Lenses

"The Two Lens SolutionIf you never go particularly wide (i.e. don't need wider than 24mm equivalent), and don't need DOF isolation or low light capability (i.e. f/2.8 or faster), there is a two lens solution for DX shooters that's high quality:
16-85mm VR
70-300mm VR

That covers 24mm to 450mm equivalent, and does it remarkably well. I call this the "amateur solution," as it basically gives them all the focal lengths they need and these users aren't as prone to worrying about DOF isolation issues. Watch out for diffraction impacts on the D5100, D7000, and D3200 bodies, though. Try to stay at or under f/11 for the first two, f/8 for the latter."

orb9220 · Oct 16, 2012

Derrel said:
Here is a tantalizing tidbit from Thom Hogan's article, Solving Some DX Lens Problems, located at Rationalizing DX Lenses

"The Two Lens SolutionIf you never go particularly wide (i.e. don't need wider than 24mm equivalent), and don't need DOF isolation or low light capability (i.e. f/2.8 or faster), there is a two lens solution for DX shooters that's high quality:
16-85mm VR
70-300mm VR"

Now just waiting for Christmas Nikon's Two-Lens Sale with $250 off the 16-85vr and $200 off the 70-300vr

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Yantropov · Oct 17, 2012

According to Tom Hogan, I made good choices with my lenses!

sleist · Oct 17, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Derrel said:

Here is an article that ALL Nikon DX-camera users need to read. It's about solving lens selection/lens choice 'issues' for Nikon DX-format cameras. It's a new article, published less than a week ago. it was written by Thom Hogan, as part of his series of articles for October,2012, which he has dubbed "DX Month". Lots of other types of analysis, all directed at examining Nikon's DX format cameras, strategies,and in short, the whole ball of wax that is Nikon DX format gear.

Rationalizing DX Lenses

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Derrel thx! What lenses for.my cannon plz....

Canon? Don't bother. Just buy a box of crayons and a pad of paper.

Derrel · Oct 17, 2012

Yantropov said:
According to Tom Hogan, I made good choices with my lenses!

Yeah, I would say, YES, you have three very,very useful lenses on a D7000!!! You have Nikon's best 70-200 or 80-200/2.8 model, the very-newest VR-II model, which ought to yield another 10 solid years of use, or more! The 35/1.8 which he calls "a gem". And his most-recommended wide-to-short tele zoom, the 16-85 VR...which is a somewhat expensive, $689 lens that hits the most-useful ranges for normal use, in one lens, with image quality that is good enough for a guy like T.H. to stake some reputation on... So yeah...I would say that your choices were quite,quite good ones!

Thom has some other articles on his site for Nikon users, with another article entitled "Rationalizing Lenses",http://www.bythom.com/rationallenses.htm

which first appeared in 2008, and has been updated as recently as this year.

He explores the idea of lens "sets", for various types of users, and differing budget levels. I think that kind of helpful analysis is very valuable to photography enthusiasts, so I decided to make this thread.