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Has anybody tried the latest Tokina 16-50 (?) or Sigma 17-50 2.8 zooms?
I am still new in this as a hobby, and consequently using mostly primes to learn the ropes (35 f/2 and 50/1.4 remnants from the N80 days).
However, I can see the benefits of zooms as a one lens kit, especially when travelling. I have the 18-55 DX II kit lens with my D80, but I find it too slow for candid indoor shoots (I have the SB600 and I and my kids hate flash photography!). I handled the Nikon 17-55 2.8 at the store and found it too heavy for my weak, arthritic hands I am primarily looking at 28-80, or thereabouts, 35mm equivalent with sharp, fast glass.
I'm going to pick up a couple extra shifts this month. With the money I get from that I will either put that towards either a D200 or D80. I need to figure out what lenses and accessories I will need/want, but I've wanted a quality DSLR for a while now.
Can anyone point to other good Nikon/DSLR sites besides Nikonians?
I don't like the consumer Zoom-Nikkor lenses. I've been shooting with the Nikkor 18-70mm (which was shown to be sharper than the 18-55mm, 18-135mm, and 18-200mm), but below f5.6 the pictures are a little soft. The primes I've used are much better at wider apertures. I think these zoom lenses are overrated. Need to stop taking lens advice from that Ken Rockwell website .
Photography for me has always been about expressing my feelings. One thing I like about zoom lenses is that I can take pictures like these:
I'll be getting that Sigma 30mm f/1.4 HSM lens soon. The newest samples are supposed to have that auto-focusing problem resolved. From what I've seen, it is much sharper than the Nikkor 35mm f/2 at all aperatures (time to eBay mine), and takes wonderful pics at the widest f/1.4 setting. Expect an update on my impressions of this lens.
I'm going to pick up a couple extra shifts this month. With the money I get from that I will either put that towards either a D200 or D80. I need to figure out what lenses and accessories I will need/want, but I've wanted a quality DSLR for a while now.
Can anyone point to other good Nikon/DSLR sites besides Nikonians?
I was just at a studio photoshoot yetserday and I realized how much talent there is to be learned with lighting and especially model direction. We had snoots, barndoors, honeycombs, gels, backdrops... That was the first time I saw so much personally owned equipment.
I'll confirm if I can show photos or not, depending on the model release form.
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Slowly building the second rig...
Anyone here personally had to choose between the D80 and D200? Thats what I will be doing and I'd love to learn about your decision and the thinking behind it.
I didn't choose between an 80 or 200 as I have wifely constraints these days, but I did get myself a wee D40 with 18-55, 55-200 VR, 50 1.8 and a SB-400. Quite a nice little budget setup which does the job admirably.
It's been a long time since I last had an SLR. Back in the 70's and 80's I had a few. Yashica FX2, Contax RTS II, Nikon F3 and the like so it's a lot of fun to be back in it again, albeit on a cheaper scale.
On the plus side, it is a lot lighter and smaller than a Nikon F3 with honking big 6 fps motordrive, big lens and a Metz CL-45 hammer style megablitz flashgun. That was about a foot tall and weighed probably in the region of 8 pounds all together
Anyone here personally had to choose between the D80 and D200? Thats what I will be doing and I'd love to learn about your decision and the thinking behind it.
That would be me. I had the money to go for D200, but since I could just get D80 + a good lens with the money from D200, I opted for D80 and didn't regret it a bit. I'm using my brother's D200 regularly and don't find anything I feel more than my D80 apart from bigger more sturdy feel and metering on MF lenses.
Actually battery life wise, I think D80 is better than D200. Noise performance of D80 is also much better too.
I am primarily looking at 28-80, or thereabouts, 35mm equivalent with sharp, fast glass.
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