Please Help!

[Pumpedupkicks]

I am looking for a lens for my Nikon D5100. I am 18 and about to go off to college. I have some money to spend for one but not much. Any help would be amazing. I am looking for any lens that would fit it. Thank you

 

[Netskimmer]

What lenses do you currently have? What is your budget? What do you intend to use the lens for?

 

[Pumpedupkicks]

Now I have a Nikon DX 18-55 lens. Budget not over 50 I gotta buy books and supplies and I want it for taking pictures of birds and sports please help

 

[janineh]

Now I have a Nikon DX 18-55 lens. Budget not over 50 I gotta buy books and supplies and I want it for taking pictures of birds and sports please help

Looks like you are looking for a zoom lens, maybe 55-200? Budget $50? Dont think you can get a lens for that... :-/

 

[Pumpedupkicks]

Does anyone have a lens that would work. I really need one

 

[DannyLewis]

check craigslist and ebay. I recently bought one for sports and it isnt what I really want but ran me 1526.00... good luck with the fifty...wish I could help my stuff is all canon

 

[SCraig]

Does anyone have a lens that would work. I really need one

Well, yeah, I have a couple that would work. I have a 70-300 that ran a bit over $500 new and I have a 150-500 that was a bit over $1,000 new. They aren't for sale, but I do have them.

Any lens with enough focal length to allow you to shoot birds and sports that falls in the $50 range is going to have about as much image quality as a toilet paper tube. Good lenses with a focal length of 200mm or greater, which is what you need for birds and sports, are not cheap. I do see the 70-300 on Nashville Craig's List from time to time for around $300 but that's about the cheapest I've seen.

 

[rdl65]

Dang fella, You don't need help, You need a handout. Good luck with your search.

 

[480sparky]

You've got champagne taste and not enough money for even a beer.

 

[txtowman]

Try to find time to do some odd jobs, make some scratch, and buy something good.
For the d5100 I would look at the afs 70-300 vr.
Any lens you get needs to have the focus motor in the lens, due to the fact that a d5100 does not has a focus motor in the body.
AFS lenses are designed for that camera group. Do some research.

Best of luck to you.

 

[CheezyCheeto]

I suggest you get... A JOB. lol something part time that'll give you some scratch for your hobby. Photography ain't cheap. sorry =/

 

[Pumpedupkicks]

Thanks guys for the help. Does anyone have a vintage camera for sell. I also collect cameras and vinyl records lol. And thank you for the info I am really new to this.

 

[MK3Brent]

Sell those to fund the lens you said you want.

 

[Pumpedupkicks]

I think I will just save up. I love my vintage camera's I am looking to add to them. But thanks for the advice

 

[TheFantasticG]

I suggest you get... A JOB. lol something part time that'll give you some scratch for your hobby. Photography ain't cheap. sorry =/

So much cheaper than many other hobbies, including my former hobby of cars.