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I'm still new to photography and I'm only doing it as a hobby not to earn money.
But I'm don't know which lens to get next.
I have a 18mm 55mm lens which came as a kit with my d3200. And I also got a 1.8f 50mm portrait lens.

What would be the best to go for next, a longer zoom up to say 200 - 300mm or a better wide angle lens small than a 18mm.

I don't know which as I am trying to experiment with all sorts of images.
 
deano77777 said:
I'm still new to photography and I'm only doing it as a hobby not to earn money.
But I'm don't know which lens to get next.
I have a 18mm 55mm lens which came as a kit with my d3200. And I also got a 1.8f 50mm portrait lens.

What would be the best to go for next, a longer zoom up to say 200 - 300mm or a better wide angle lens small than a 18mm.

I don't know which as I am trying to experiment with all sorts of images.
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Hi, my honest advice, having been though the buy loads of lenses phase, is work with what you have. I've found that more lenses equals more hassle.

I'm not sure what kind of things you are interested in photographing, but I bought a Nikon 17-55 last year and it's a cracker. I bought a 50mm, hardly ever use it, 55-200, hardly ever use it, 11-16, hardly ever use it, you get my drift :)

Cheers.
 
Depends what u shoot. A 70-300vr is nice t have, but so is a sigma 10-20
 
As said above, it depends what you shoot. I went 35mm 1.8 first, then 70-300 AF-S VR, then sigma 10-20.

I use the 70-300 for Motorsport ( although after nearly 2 years I'm finding I could do with extra reach ) and the Sigma for landscapes and cars
 
Well I want to try more landscapes but hardly Ever have the time to drive to a food location.
Think I might go for a 300mm as I have yet to rely try wildlife, and I can try that anyplace.
 
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Tokina 11-16 (uwa)
Good for cars, lots of people, buildings and landscapes

35mm afs f1.8 wide - if the focus works its brill

50mm f1.4d - crisp nice, fast, works in low light with higher iso

105mm micro - portrait/head shots/macro (couple with extension tubes)

300mm tair m42 - I'd recommend getting an m42 or older lens cheaply before investing a lot of money. Can be coupled with a tele convertor. Reason is, if you spend a lot on the lens and you don't use it/like it.... its a waste. However if you get the cheap version and like the length, you can always buy in a better version (plus ask lots of questions or borrow one).

Lensbaby composer (or pro), double glass/edge 80
Double glass has central focused (very crisp) manual aperture discs (which you can make yourself, or buy the predone ones) for bokeh. minimum f2
Edge 80 - 80mm, put in the composer gives a fairly cheap tilt n shift, or straight on an 80mm portrait lens (f2.8-f16?)


Lenses I don't own but would say check them out
Sigma 50-500mm (bigma) - big heavy some post have said a little slow focusing, but nice n zoomy :)
tamron90mm, Sigma 105 or 150mm - alternative to the 105mm micro
nikon 50mm f1.2 - purely for bokeh ;) old manual lens


Really depends on what you shoot.
 
Go for something you actually need. Don't think you have to have every mm of focal length covered. You don't!!

More lenses CAN equal more hassle..... I have a 17-40L, 50/1.4 & 135L & make do with that :) I've recently sold a 85/1.8 & Sigma 70-200/2.8 too.
 
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