PatrickCheung
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doubt this thread is gonna get many replies or views, but here goes:
I've been looking at lenses to replace/add on to my focal range. i currently only own my D60's Kit Lens (18-55mm). I really like getting close to my subjects to shoot them, and I'm not too keen on switching and carrying lenses yet. Ironically, i'm looking for a lens with decent image quality, as in minimal distortion for it's range, minimal CA, and preferably sharp images (sharper than the 18-55 kit lens at least) I've narrowed my choices to:
Nikon's 55-200mm F4-5.6 VR ($316 after tax)
[FONT="]NIKON ZOOM LENS AFS 55-200MM F4-5.6 DX VR IF-ED [/FONT]
Pros:
- VR
- cheap
- paired with my kit lens it's a nice 18-200 range
Cons:
- rather slow
- minimum focus distance is apparently at around .95m... which is horribly far
- if i wanna go past 55mm i need to switch lenses
Tamron 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 ($396 after tax)
[FONT="]Aden Camera [/FONT]
Pros:
- good reach (18-250)
- Photozone reviews seem to say this lens is better in IQ than 55-200mm
- shorter minimum focusing distance than the 55-200mm
- amazing price....
Cons:
- NO VR... D: (i can only imagine how badly this will affect me when i shoot at the telephoto end of the lens)
- slow...
- NO VR
- clearer out of focus area in telephoto end
- NO VR
- did i mention NO FRICKEN VR?!
anyway.... i'm kinda stuck here. the only thing really holding me back from the 55-200 is the 1meter minimum focus distance (since i like to get close to my subjects)... and the only thing holding me back from the 18-250 is the lack of VR...
is VR really that important (yes i do ask stupid questions)?
if anyone's got any other recommendations please feel free to add.
hopefully i'll get replies from more people (thanks PatrickHMS for replying to my other post)
I've been looking at lenses to replace/add on to my focal range. i currently only own my D60's Kit Lens (18-55mm). I really like getting close to my subjects to shoot them, and I'm not too keen on switching and carrying lenses yet. Ironically, i'm looking for a lens with decent image quality, as in minimal distortion for it's range, minimal CA, and preferably sharp images (sharper than the 18-55 kit lens at least) I've narrowed my choices to:
Nikon's 55-200mm F4-5.6 VR ($316 after tax)
[FONT="]NIKON ZOOM LENS AFS 55-200MM F4-5.6 DX VR IF-ED [/FONT]
Pros:
- VR
- cheap
- paired with my kit lens it's a nice 18-200 range
Cons:
- rather slow
- minimum focus distance is apparently at around .95m... which is horribly far
- if i wanna go past 55mm i need to switch lenses
Tamron 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 ($396 after tax)
[FONT="]Aden Camera [/FONT]
Pros:
- good reach (18-250)
- Photozone reviews seem to say this lens is better in IQ than 55-200mm
- shorter minimum focusing distance than the 55-200mm
- amazing price....
Cons:
- NO VR... D: (i can only imagine how badly this will affect me when i shoot at the telephoto end of the lens)
- slow...
- NO VR
- clearer out of focus area in telephoto end
- NO VR
- did i mention NO FRICKEN VR?!
anyway.... i'm kinda stuck here. the only thing really holding me back from the 55-200 is the 1meter minimum focus distance (since i like to get close to my subjects)... and the only thing holding me back from the 18-250 is the lack of VR...
is VR really that important (yes i do ask stupid questions)?
if anyone's got any other recommendations please feel free to add.
hopefully i'll get replies from more people (thanks PatrickHMS for replying to my other post)