mbriant:
Now it's your time to do the filter shots, I'm back to lazy mode already, lol.
Anyway, I'm at work now, so unfortunately I can't do any tests at the moment.
I think the difference is quite obvious if you really look for it and don't have a messed up monitor.
Jmm:
About the font, I can't remember the name at the moment (rabiola or something like that), I downloaded it from the free font download site. Just google it, you'll get lots of nice fonts.
Forum wise, I feel that Nikonians is alright, there are some very consistent and helpful posters there.
Don't really like dpreview, too many know-it-all people. I like photo.net forum too.
No the difference is not major (L37c is a decent filter anyway), but it's there if you look for it.
I know if I just look at the picture casually I won't notice the difference. But even so, the difference can be easily "fixed" with a little contrast increase using photoshop.
I'd probably keep the filter on until I can find a good screw-in rubber lens hood and a nice lens hood.
Hey, I was wondering which to buy:
18 - 55mm or 18 - 70mm?
The review at http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.html tells me that the 18-55mm is a better deal but having heard so many great things about the 18-70mm, I was wondering which is better.
I heard the 18-55mm is a better buy for the price? Is this true?
It will be paired up with a D80 soon....
Hey, I was wondering which to buy:
18 - 55mm or 18 - 70mm?
The review at http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.html tells me that the 18-55mm is a better deal but having heard so many great things about the 18-70mm, I was wondering which is better.
I heard the 18-55mm is a better buy for the price? Is this true?
It will be paired up with a D80 soon....
I think the best deal is still whatever Nikon's version of the 50/1.8 is...
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I heard the 18-55mm is a better buy for the price? Is this true?
It will be paired up with a D80 soon....
Yes, I was surprised; I recommended the D80 to a friend, and he decided to add the kit lens. Get the 18 ~ 55 and save you money for a Sigma 10 ~ 20 lens now to extend the range or a 17~35 replacement later. Try to minimize your purchases of DX or similar lenses. Good luck!
Better still, just get the serious one straight away!
But really, good lenses retain their re-sell value very well. So after using it for awhile and you prefer something different, just re-sell it again on eBay. Consider the price difference is the price for "renting" the lens.
But if photography isn't a big hobby of yours and just wanna take some nicer pictures than P&S, then I think the kit lens is enough.
But still I would rather have 18-70mm kit lens than 18-55mm kit lens. The quality is different, both build and image quality.
I haven't got the lens anymore, but as far as I remember, the difference in build are : 18-55mm is full plastic even the mount is plastic, the MF focusing ring is that tiny little ring right in front of the lens (once you've touched it, you'd switch to AF straight away I guarantee), there is no distance number on the body unlike 18-70mm (although I don't really utilise it much but it's cool to have numbers. you can't have enough numbers ), and I think it's lighter than 18-70mm. Anyway, when you hold both you will notice. But they both still feel crappy compared to old metal AI lenses.
But to be honest, the 18-55mm can take pretty good pictures, I just can't stand the build.
Have you read some reviews of the lens? Try Thom Hogan's reviews here:
18-70mm is my main lens until I could afford the 18-200mm vr.
This hobby is the biggest $$ sucker EVER....just added a Tamron 17-50mm to my inventory...I hope the lens can be stacked with the 50mm to fit in the slingshot 100.
Interesting combo. So which one do you use more often? The VR or the Tamron?
I don't own the 18-200mm vr just yet. But for now, the 17-80mm is my primary all around lens. I'd dump the 18-70mm once I got the 18-200mm later this year (likely end of the year). I just pulled the trigger on the 17-50mm, and it was a hard one since the SP90 is also another lens in my "must buy" list...and Tamron USA is giving a 90 bucks rebate now for the SP90, knocking the price down to around 359USD shipped. I'll see myself having a collection of:
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