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pawelodr
Joined: 01 Jan 2011
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:55 pm
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I am currently in the marked for a new camera. Looking at the D7000, I think it has good features for the price. Not so sure about the 18-105 kit lens that comes with it.
Any suggestions?
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Pawel |
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cpaulfell
Joined: 07 Dec 2011
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:57 pm
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Don't buy it as a kit. Most of the cheaper kit lenses are just point of frustration and you will end up spending more money on better glass. Rather just buy the body and then buy your good lens to go with it. |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Contact www.rinderart.com/Books and Workshops www.rindersmithphotography.com Youtube/rinder
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:56 am
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1000% agree. |
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pawelodr
Joined: 01 Jan 2011
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:03 pm
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Could you please give me recommendations on lenses. I am looking to do landscapes and portraits. |
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turboal1960
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
Posts: 862
Location: Argentina
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:51 pm
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If you like zooms and have a good amount of money, go for two good zooms.
If you have some budget limitations, prefer not so big lenses or like primes, go for 3 nice primes.
For landscapes a good old wide will be OK. You end focus most of the time by deep of field.
I'm not on the brand, but it will work for any brand. I'm in the second option. |
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pawelodr
Joined: 01 Jan 2011
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:18 pm
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Thank you very much for the reply, I am on a budget, but I think I want to buy a couple zoom lenses. I wonder if the Tamron or Sigma lenses are as good as the nikon lenses. |
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biketourist
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 172
Location: Central California
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:12 pm
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| pawelodr wrote: | | Thank you very much for the reply, I am on a budget, but I think I want to buy a couple zoom lenses. I wonder if the Tamron or Sigma lenses are as good as the nikon lenses. |
Each lens should be considered on its merits. You cannot state that all lenses of one brand are better than all others. Each one has a personality.
You will like the D7000, I'm sure. It does a lot of things well. I just sold mine along with Nikkors. Now I shoot with a Fuji X100 and plan to get a, X-PRO 1 soon. The RF style suits me better but the D7000 was really very good. |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 39245
Location: Contact www.rinderart.com/Books and Workshops www.rindersmithphotography.com Youtube/rinder
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:23 pm
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The X1pro. sounded great. I played with it last week. Felt very cheap in my hands. |
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biketourist
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Central California
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:29 pm
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| rinder99 wrote: | | The X1pro. sounded great. I played with it last week. Felt very cheap in my hands. |
No! I don't want to hear that. Another illusion shattered. After having owned more than a few Leicas, the X100 feels cheap, too. It is cheap, which is why I can afford it in these wonderful retirement days. |
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greenfield54
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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Location: Philippines
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:27 pm
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I agree that good glass is the best move (if you can afford it) and the 50mm/1.8 is the best of both worlds. But sometime now or later you will need a walk around lens and the kit lenses are fine. But being old school I tend to stay away from the current plastic ones. I go for old school AFD lenses from the film era. But you'll need a body with built in focus motor. |
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greenfield54
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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Location: Philippines
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:30 pm
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| biketourist wrote: | | rinder99 wrote: | | The X1pro. sounded great. I played with it last week. Felt very cheap in my hands. |
No! I don't want to hear that. Another illusion shattered. After having owned more than a few Leicas, the X100 feels cheap, too. It is cheap, which is why I can afford it in these wonderful retirement days. |
My dream is a Nikon mount Leica lens. Sigh! |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Contact www.rinderart.com/Books and Workshops www.rindersmithphotography.com Youtube/rinder
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:39 pm
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Ya know what all the old landscape guys are doing and has become "A thing" is there buying the older Canon 5D which was one of the great cameras BTW and using there Leica glass with them.Amazing results. |
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greenfield54
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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Location: Philippines
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:14 am
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| rinder99 wrote: | | Ya know what all the old landscape guys are doing and has become "A thing" is there buying the older Canon 5D which was one of the great cameras BTW and using there Leica glass with them.Amazing results. |
90% of what I do is with the ancient D1x and a 55mm/1.8 and 135/2.8 Mamiya Sekors(1960s era)M42s bequeathed to me by my late father. Results are only limited by my skills. |
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