davidfromoz
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Hi Everybody,
We got our first SLR, a D80 with an 18-200VR lens about 6 months ago. Its been fantastic. We are spending more time on photography and its become a real love for me and my wife. The only problem is we are always squabbling over who's turn it is to take some photos, who's taking too long with the camera etc. So we're going to get another camera. It'll be good for our marriage.
The first time around I wanted to get Olympus, but we ended up with Nikon. At first, I was thinking, great here is my chance to get my E-3. But after a bit of thought I realized it only really makes sense to get another Nikon (1) so we can share the lenses and perhaps other accessories when we get some.
Another D80 would probably keep us happy for a long time to come. But I was thinking maybe we should get a different model so we can try out a different feature set. The D300 (2) is really a little more than we'd like to spend on a camera but we can afford it I guess.
As for lens, we're really quite happy with the 18-200VR. But I understand that breaking that range up into two lenses would mean better images. So I was wondering about getting a 70-300VR (3) and then maybe (later?) the Tamron 17-50. We mostly take landscape pictures with the odd animal (which is often too far away with our 18-200) along the way. I would think in the coming year we'll probably get ourselves a nice wide lens and maybe a macro type lens (18-200 wont focus near enough).
I know this kind of thing is horses for courses. But its quite an investment for us. I'm hoping there might be some forum members who could give us some comments on our plans or perhaps other reasonable plans. (key decisions are numbered)
cheers,
david
We got our first SLR, a D80 with an 18-200VR lens about 6 months ago. Its been fantastic. We are spending more time on photography and its become a real love for me and my wife. The only problem is we are always squabbling over who's turn it is to take some photos, who's taking too long with the camera etc. So we're going to get another camera. It'll be good for our marriage.
The first time around I wanted to get Olympus, but we ended up with Nikon. At first, I was thinking, great here is my chance to get my E-3. But after a bit of thought I realized it only really makes sense to get another Nikon (1) so we can share the lenses and perhaps other accessories when we get some.
Another D80 would probably keep us happy for a long time to come. But I was thinking maybe we should get a different model so we can try out a different feature set. The D300 (2) is really a little more than we'd like to spend on a camera but we can afford it I guess.
As for lens, we're really quite happy with the 18-200VR. But I understand that breaking that range up into two lenses would mean better images. So I was wondering about getting a 70-300VR (3) and then maybe (later?) the Tamron 17-50. We mostly take landscape pictures with the odd animal (which is often too far away with our 18-200) along the way. I would think in the coming year we'll probably get ourselves a nice wide lens and maybe a macro type lens (18-200 wont focus near enough).
I know this kind of thing is horses for courses. But its quite an investment for us. I'm hoping there might be some forum members who could give us some comments on our plans or perhaps other reasonable plans. (key decisions are numbered)
cheers,
david