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Hi, great looking forum this!!! Pointed in this direction from a fellow on AV Forums.
Relatively new to DSLRs but not to photography (still got an Olympus OM4 from a long time ago). Not long had the D90 and it seems a fabulous piece of kit! Got it with the 18-105mm which seems quite good as a walk about lens. I also purchased the 50mm f1.8 when I got it.
As I am in the UAE at the moment and lens prices seem OK I may look to pad out the kit with a 70-300 for wildlife etc. I was contemplating the Nikon VR which I think is an AF lens? Only thing I was wondering though is that as the D90 has an AF motor in the body, and I think the VR also has an AF motor, are you not paying for the AF motor needlessly twice? If so, is there another suitable Nikon 70-300? Might be barking up the the wrong tree here
Finally, I am not sure whether to get the 35mm Nikon prime too or whether it might be overkill at the moment? Not sure if I will do too much indoor portrait stuff and as such I may just see if the NEED arises in the future. I just bought the SB400 flash which is a handy size and could always use that on the 18-105 if I needed more distance than the 50 allows indoors I suspect.
I figure that the 50, 18-105 and 70-300 will probably suit all my needs for the foreseeable future with the only proviso that I could add the 35 if needed (perhaps sooner rather than later) and POSSIBLY ditch the 18-105 and replace with a 16-85 in time?
Also planning to get a few Hoya filters for which Max.saver seems to be a good site?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Relatively new to DSLRs but not to photography (still got an Olympus OM4 from a long time ago). Not long had the D90 and it seems a fabulous piece of kit! Got it with the 18-105mm which seems quite good as a walk about lens. I also purchased the 50mm f1.8 when I got it.
As I am in the UAE at the moment and lens prices seem OK I may look to pad out the kit with a 70-300 for wildlife etc. I was contemplating the Nikon VR which I think is an AF lens? Only thing I was wondering though is that as the D90 has an AF motor in the body, and I think the VR also has an AF motor, are you not paying for the AF motor needlessly twice? If so, is there another suitable Nikon 70-300? Might be barking up the the wrong tree here
Finally, I am not sure whether to get the 35mm Nikon prime too or whether it might be overkill at the moment? Not sure if I will do too much indoor portrait stuff and as such I may just see if the NEED arises in the future. I just bought the SB400 flash which is a handy size and could always use that on the 18-105 if I needed more distance than the 50 allows indoors I suspect.
I figure that the 50, 18-105 and 70-300 will probably suit all my needs for the foreseeable future with the only proviso that I could add the 35 if needed (perhaps sooner rather than later) and POSSIBLY ditch the 18-105 and replace with a 16-85 in time?
Also planning to get a few Hoya filters for which Max.saver seems to be a good site?
Any thoughts appreciated.
