Keep kit lens (18-55) or get a new one?

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I am about to sell my Nikon D3100 and replace it with a D7000 (assuming nothi special comes out at CES) I am unsure if I should sell the D3100 with its kit 18-55 and get a Tamron 17-50 2.8. I think eventually I will want the Tamron, but think that I will get more for the D3100 with the Kit lens, rather than selling them separately. I assume that for a starter DSLR people will want to buy the kit as a whole?

Do you guys think I am sensible doing this, or should I learn the D7000 with the 18-55 kit lens first?

Is the Sigma 17-50 worth the extra over the Tamron or a they much of a muchness?

Thanks for any input.
 
I'd sell the kit lens with the body.


Then I'd buy the lens you want with your new body.
 
Hi Simon - long time no see, how's things ?

Personally, I'd go for the tamron over the sigma from what I've read. I have no experience of either but there's a thread about the Tamron on here and it's supposed to be as good as the equivalent Nikon.

Good luck with the d7000 - I'm looking to do the same as you at the moment.
 
Wow - Hi Damian, small world. Still involved in VW's I see. I still have my Golf, but kids and a track car mean I don't have much time to spend on it.

Anyway - back to photography so as not to bore others. I think I will sell the kit lens and get the Tamron. Next question - grey import or UK stock?
 
Milkfloat said:
I think I will sell the kit lens and get the Tamron. Next question - grey import or UK stock?
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You need to check, but Tamron were offering a 3 year warranty on UK stock - for me, unless there was a huge difference in price, I'd opt for UK stock
 
Yes - moderator at uk-mkivs and UK-audis for my sins.

I had a look this morning and the 17-50 vc tamron was £309 on amazon. Might be worth a read ?

Edit - now gone to £332. Canon fit is £309 :(
 
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andyred said:
You need to check, but Tamron were offering a 3 year warranty on UK stock - for me, unless there was a huge difference in price, I'd opt for UK stock
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+1 on this - makes for an easier return in the case of a bad sample, my first copy of the Tamron 17-50 was not great (overexposure).
 
Yes sell it with the lens anyone in the market for such a camera is usually a newcomer. They're not gonna want to go looking for a lens to go with the body, when they have no knowledge.
 
Depends if you want to go full frame in the future, as I do I think I'm going to pickup the 16-35 F4 or the 17-35 F2.8 and use the 50mm prime as the top end of my kit lens.
 
Naphta said:
Depends if you want to go full frame in the future, as I do I think I'm going to pickup the 16-35 F4 or the 17-35 F2.8 and use the 50mm prime as the top end of my kit lens.
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I don't think I am going to go full frame ever - but then again I said to myself that I would keep my D3100 until it fell apart and now I am going to be selling it after only 18 months.
 
only 18 months, I have had cameras for 18 days and sold them!
 
If you have no interest in going FF I'd pick up the nikon 17-50 2.8 (slow focusing on the 3rd party would be annoying on a go-to lens imo :))
 
Do you think the Nikon is worth the considerable extra expense? Have you any idea if the focusing is any slower than the Nikon 1.8 prime or the Nikon 55-300 that I already have? The 55-300 is about the limit of what I will put up with.
Thanks again everyone for the advice.
 
Milkfloat said:
Do you think the Nikon is worth the considerable extra expense? Have you any idea if the focusing is any slower than the Nikon 1.8 prime or the Nikon 55-300 that I already have? The 55-300 is about the limit of what I will put up with.
Thanks again everyone for the advice.
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I mention it because I tried a 10-24mm tamron in jessops and was horrified at the AF speed.
 
I replaced my 18-55 kits lens with a Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 and it is a great lens, really shows the kit lens up.
 
Is the 18-55 the standard lens with the D7000? I thought the 18-105 was (I could be wrong)....anyway, I doubt you could go wrong with the Sigma or Tamron, or how about the Tokina 16-50? The PK-AF variant is superb optically.
 
welshwizard645 said:
Is the 18-55 the standard lens with the D7000? I thought the 18-105 was (I could be wrong)....anyway, I doubt you could go wrong with the Sigma or Tamron, or how about the Tokina 16-50? The PK-AF variant is superb optically.
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The kit lens I am referring to is the the one from my D3100 (ie. sell the D3100 as body only). I have now discounted this, the kit lens is definitely going with the D3100. It is now all about a replacement. Thanks for the headsup on the Tokina, I will do some research.
 
the sigma 17-70mm is a great lens purchaed this for my d3200 and works great, just bought a d7000 so will be testing it on that later
 
Only ever buy or replace a lens when the one (s) you have cannot perform the type of shots you want to achieve.

Buying for the sake of buying with no clear reason as to why is a quick way to lose your pants ;)
 
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