Thread: Nikon D90 which lens

Can't go wrong with a D90 ... but what's your budget for lenses?
Are you thinking of getting a few or one big "jack of all trades"?
Do you want Nikon or have you looked at 3rd party gear ... Sigma, tamron etc?

I use a Nikon D200 and a Nikon D300s, both are excellent.
The D90 in better with ISO that the D200 in which the exposure have the be spot on tuding the histogram to get a clean shot at 800 ISO
I like landscaping, avian and flora photography and in my page you can see what I have done with the D300s (same processor than the D90) using a Tokina 12-24 for landscaping and the Nikon 70-300VR (less than $700.00 )for avian, insects and some flora.
My pick for 3rd party lens will be the macros 100, 150 and 180 ffrom Sigma.
The Tamaron macro 100 is very good as well.

D90 great choice. As for lenses this can be a very personal choice. But as a good allround lenses you cant go past Nikons 18-200. No changing lenses. I have this lense on my D300 98 % of the time

Gary

I bought a Nikon 18-200mm AF-S DX VR lens some time ago for my D300 and SWMBO reckons it's great, so great in fact that it's been on her D80 and now D90 ever since. I have'nt had a chance to play with it and am unlikely to. A great choice for a general purpose good quality lens. She's overseas at the moment and it was her choice of lens/lens's for the trip.
You can get a D90 kit with a cheap 18-105 VR but don't do it get a good lens instead (easy for me to say as I'm not paying).
As Arthur says, there's plenty of good lens's for specific tasks but as a general purpose lens I don't reckon you can go past the 18-200mm VR from Nikon.


Deano

I recently bought a Tamron 18-270, model B008N, for my Nikon D3000. Very pleased with it. No need to carry a bag of lenses around. The camera was supplied with a Nikkor 18-55 & a Nikkor 55-200. I can leave both of these at home now. I also have an old 400 mm telephoto long lens which I very rarely use. Changing lenses is a PIA, particularly out in the field with the risk of letting dust and moisture in.

A jack of all trades lens sounds good to me. I know very little about the different lens but a good allrounder would make sense and Sarah can purchase others in the future if she likes.

Yowser just saw the price for the Nikon 18-200. There has got to be some good brownie points for this present. How does this lens compare to a third party lens such as the Tamron?

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy

A jack of all trades lens sounds good to me. I know very little about the different lens but a good allrounder would make sense and Sarah can purchase others in the future if she likes.

Yowser just saw the price for the Nikon 18-200. There has got to be some good brownie points for this present. How does this lens compare to a third party lens such as the Tamron?

You can get the Tamron locally for a bit under $600. You need to shop around for this price. Best price I could find on the net was A$560 from Hong Kong plus an outrageous charge for freight. Discounters in LA all priced over US$600. The lens is quite light and compact.

Probably the best all rounder is the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8G - but it definitely isn't cheap. This is my primary lens. Don't look it up if you thought the 18-200 was expensive

The 18-200 is about average for a do everything zoom but is slow to focus and very soft above about 130mm.

Depending on what you want it for I would even consider a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G and a Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro. The sigma allows for macro photography and also is a good fast telephoto. The 50mm is just a good prime and can be found for about $220. Through in some later on for wide angle and save up for the 70-300 that Arthur mentioned.