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I’m a happy owner of a D5100 with a 18-105mm and I would like to add a second lens to my “collection”. Due to not having much time at the moment I find that I indulge in photography mostly during holidays.
I like landscape, city architecture, bokeh and low light photography. I’ve also made an attempt at fireworks and stream of lights from cars passing a nearby road.

Saying this, the wife likes to have zoom available, and I guess that I do too every so often. But I would like a quicker lens than I currently have, hence my idea of getting the prime.

I had my heart set on getting a 35mm 1.8, but then I stumbled across wide lens and I can’t make my mind.

I’ve been considering a number of scenarios

Buy the 35mm prime and use it as the main lens, eventually sell the 18-105mm and get a 70-200mm to go with it.
Buy the wide angle lenses and make do with the current 18-105 until I can afford either a 70-200mm plus a prime 35mm.
Sell the 18-105, get an 18-200, and a wide angle lens, eventually when cash allows get the prime.

Any other ideas are welcome.

David
 
Which wide lens have you stumbled across? Your 18-105mm already goes pretty wide. I'd go with 35mm as that gives you something that your current lens doesn't, specifically a large maximum aperture, shallow depth of field and bokeh.
 
The 35mm is a cracker of a lens at a bargain price and I would argue every Nikon crop sensor user should have one. I would also argue that 18mm should be wide enough for most images, I have rarely felt the need to go wider than 18mm (although a certain Tokina lens keep winking at me).
 
The 35mm or 50mm are great value, and worth getting. I found the Sigma 10-20 much more useful than I thought it would be on my old D300 too.
 
Thanks for the quick answers.

munkee I thought about a Tokina/Sigma 10-24mm, but most of them are very expensive.

Will the 35mm be a good lens for walkabout? I imagine it will be very quick and handy in low light as well.
 
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