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Its been a good couple of months since my D40. I am enjoying it remendously and photography has become an obsessive hobby.

I went into a few stores yesterday, looking for my next purchase which i figured should be a lense and i was shown a host of different lenses.

The Sigma was obviously more affordable, the cheapest being R1600. The Nikon lenses were expensive. Spoke to the sales guy and enquired if i were to buy online from the US or the UK - would it be worth my while.

He replied, that i could knock off a few thousand if i do that and thats what most guys do.

So anyway, my questions are:

What lense would you guys recommend?

I have alot of family in the UK. Can i pick up a lense there and have them send it down?

Will it really be worth my while? If i can get it really cheaper, i will do it but not if im only saving a few hundred rand.
 
OT - but why do so many people misspell lens? :confused:
 
ldmelsa said:
Nikon 18-200 VR!!!

:D:D:D
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Wondered how long it would take for you to notice this thread. :D
CaTcH21 said:
is it so difficult to correct the person ?
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I do ;)

Wiki refers to its use as being obsolescent (that means becoming obsolete) and only one major dictionary doesnt consider it a misspelling.
 
I have a D40 - currently waiting on delivery of my
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-GREY/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html
Reputedly great for portraiture and low light, super very fast and ridonculously cheap.
Really cant think of a better way to blow a grand at this stage!

Edit: I don't 'feel' good about Tamron ans Sigma lenses, just cant bear the nagging uncertainty in the back of my head that something is amiss - futzing with settings cos I see 'something' wrong and knowing somewhere back there that it could be the budget equipment... is that snobby? (or simply stupid).
 
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SlinkyMike said:
I have a D40 - currently waiting on delivery of my
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-GREY/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html
Reputedly great for portraiture and low light, super very fast and ridonculously cheap.
Really cant think of a better way to blow a grand at this stage!

Edit: I don't 'feel' good about Tamron ans Sigma lenses, just cant bear the nagging uncertainty in the back of my head that something is amiss - futzing with settings cos I see 'something' wrong and knowing somewhere back there that it could be the budget equipment... is that snobby? (or simply stupid).
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Sounds like the Nikon equivalent of the Canon 50mm f/1.8. If so its an awesome lens to have. :)
 
SlinkyMike said:
Yup - that's the guy.
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I keep a 50mm on one of my cameras whenever possible. Perfect lens if you have kids.

They should issue it to parents when their kids are born - save all of the rest of us from having to view many years worth pasty face kids pics :D
 
The F/1.8 50mm Nikon won't autofocus on the D40. Only AF-S lenses like the yet to be released F/1.4 50mm.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
The F/1.8 50mm Nikon won't autofocus on the D40. Only AF-S lenses like the yet to be released F/1.4 50mm.
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Good point (I might have mentioned that in my post, thanks!) - however to clarify: the focus indicator etc. still works you simply have to turn the lens yourself - kinda negates the joy surrounding my "...super very fast" comment but I'll stand by it because in retrospect I am bummed out about one or two aspects of the D40 (neither of which is the price! :) )and I can see myself upgrading in the not too distant future, should that happen: I'll go for a body that will allow me full use of the lens(es) I have bought.

Also: manual focus is no reason to fling yourself into the traffic, they got by without it before ;)

EDIT: can some genius clarify the use of the word 'fast' in this context (funny **** as I am the one who said it right?) - I always get confused between aperture and autofocus whenever I talk to people about this. A mate who has this lens (and whose lens I spent a weekend with) was raving about the speed - I nodded sagely thinking: WTF? Assuming that he meant autofocus (something which my camera does not do with this lens).
 
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You're weird. When was the last time you used an aperture ring? No Nikon from the past 15 years allows it.

I find that I don't use my 50mm lens much, and when I do, its hardly ever wide open. It's a great lens, but shooting on film, my wide angle gives these crazy shots that just look more interesting. I don't use my tele much either cause its not long enough. And I would never have guessed this before I got the lenses. Just my opinion, but I hardly ever take my wide angle off the camera.

On topic: I prefer the 70-300mm as a second lens for the D40/D60. You've already got 18-55, so you don't need half of what the 18-200 offers. And the 70-300's cheaper, longer and works on full frame camera's. Once full frame becomes common (5 years IMHO) your R 7 000 18-200 becomes a paperweight.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
You're weird. When was the last time you used an aperture ring?
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Last week on my K1000. I might be weird but there's method in my madness. When you're shooting with a prime, your left hand isn't doing anything except supporting the camera - why not put it to use. I can turn the aperture ring on my SMC-M Pentax 50mm f/2 from /f2 all the way to f22 in one movement - much quicker than either wheel on the DSLR. Working with both hands just makes so much more sense.

Drunkard #1 said:
Just my opinion, but I hardly ever take my wide angle off the camera.
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I love my wide angles too. The lens that lives on my DSLR most of the time is my Sigma 10-20mm, and on my K1000 it's the 28mm f/2.8
 
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