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druidcent wrote:Any recommendations for or against this? Costco has a kit selling for 999.00 in store, comes with 2 lenses (I'm assuming they are pretty standard, I think 18mm to something and I forget the other one).
druidcent wrote:I was looking at the Nikon, because most of my friends have Nikon's, and I thought it would be easier to borrow the lenses.
Voldenuit wrote:The Nikon D5100 is a decent camera, but its Renesas sensor is not as good in low light as competing APS-C DSLRs using Sony sensors. The D5100 is not much better in low light than the Panny G3. You can get much better low light performance from the Nikon D7000 ($1,000 body only) or Pentax K-r ($600 with lens, but Pentax has a smaller lens range than Nikon).
tokan wrote:D5100 has the same sensor as D7000. Your post makes no sense at all.
Voldenuit wrote:druidcent wrote:I was looking at the Nikon, because most of my friends have Nikon's, and I thought it would be easier to borrow the lenses.
Access to friends with lenses you can try out is a very good reason to buy into a system.
I'd still recommend the Tokina 17-50/2.8 over the standard Nikon kit zoom, though. That lens should cover most of your current photographic needs and a lot of your growth as a photographer for a while.
Later, you may want to get some nice primes, an ultra wide zoom, or a long telephoto (for safari needs) as the need arises.
apertur3 wrote:Voldenuit wrote:druidcent wrote:I was looking at the Nikon, because most of my friends have Nikon's, and I thought it would be easier to borrow the lenses.
Access to friends with lenses you can try out is a very good reason to buy into a system.
I'd still recommend the Tokina 17-50/2.8 over the standard Nikon kit zoom, though. That lens should cover most of your current photographic needs and a lot of your growth as a photographer for a while.
Later, you may want to get some nice primes, an ultra wide zoom, or a long telephoto (for safari needs) as the need arises.
I've never heard of a Tokina 17-50 f/2.8. Could you possibly be talking about the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8? A fine lens in its own right.
Mr. Bamboo Head wrote:Just received a d5100 for christmas (yay). Fun to play with but it only came with a af-s dx 18-55mm. It would be nice to pick up a couple reasonably priced lenses; perhaps one for landscapes and one for people/indoors? Not really sure what to use for shooting what.
swampfox wrote:Tokina 11-16mm, $700 http://www.amazon.com/Tokina-AT-X116PRDXN-11-16mm-Ultra-wide-Angle/dp/B0014Z5XMK/
I have the Tokina, but I think I might go with one of those others if I was buying today. The Sigma focuses closer, and both are more "usable" since 20mm or 24mm on a DX camera is decent for shooting people and things like that.