NEW WITH DSLR.. HELP!

[C.Driver]

thanks everyone, i am going to sell the 70-300 and get the AF-S 55-200 VR

 

[bigal1000]

Pretty simple really if the Nikon body has a screw in the lens mount it can use almost any Nikon lens AF or AFS,no screw it will only use Nikon AFS lenses if you want AF..

 

[bigal1000]

ok let me try to explain this.. I got a used D3100 with Kit Lens for mothers day.
then last weekend i got a nikkor AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens.

now i know that i dont have the AF motor in my body so i have to manual focus which turned out pretty great for still photos, however i am mostly looking to photograph my kids, my daughters softball games, and the occasional car show/drag race events that my husband likes to go to.

I am not looking to be a professional photographer just a hobbiest and super proud mommy that would like to get some great photos. and by great i mean FOCUSED & CLEAR..so i can print some of them out and have nice prints... not noisy, blurry, ect.

Now my ? is.. is the d3100 a good body? so far i like it but im starting to get confused.. there are so many bodies with differnt features.
what i want is a camera with a great zoom lens so i can get good action shots of the softball games.. but i dont want to spend thousands on equipment either.

Are there more lens options for other bodies, more lens options for Canon cameras??
would i be better off selling or trading my equipment for something that will better suit me?
any advice is greatly appreciated!!

THANKS

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All you need is an AFS lens.

 

[KmH]

Why?

The D3100 has manual focusing aids.

Plus, there are fairly common situations where auto focus doesn't work very well, or at all.

How do you think photographers coped before auto focus was invented? Auto focus cameras and lenses didn't become widely available until the late 1980's.