I recently inherited my school’s annual staff….the former adviser left me with a $5000 debt and one Nikon D70 that didn’t work. I personally own a D50 and have recently upgraded to a D90. I love my Nikons and have always been loyal to the Nikor/Nikon lens. In order to shoot the “keep your distance” sports (softball, baseball, etc), I had to have a lens that was 1)affordable and 2) could get me the most distance for my money since my Nikor 70-200mm just did not have the reach I needed to shoot these types of sports. While I have big dreams for a more professional sports lens, this lens performs well-beyond the price tag! I must admit that I was very leary of the quality it could produce. I shot a tennis match today and was VERY pleased. The lens did everything I needed it to do when I wanted it to do it. I didn’t find the lens to be too slow or too bulky. The Nikon lens was MUCH more expensive. You can’t beat a Nikor/Nikon lens, but this one certainly gives those of us with “limited funds” a quality option. If you are looking for a less-expensive way to get a quality zoom lens, you can’t go wrong with this one–plus you get a macro lens to boot!
Help answer the question about Zoom Macro
Is it worth taking up these offers on a macro and zoom lens?
I use a Nikon D3000, and with it came vouchers for £50 off a "35MM F1.8G AF-S DX for D3000 + AF-S DX 18-55VR" and £45 off a
"55-200MM F4.5-5.6G AF-S VR DX BLACK for D3000 + AF-S DX 18-55VR"
After some searching in Google I worked out that's about £50 total for the zoom lens, and about £70 for the macro? I want a macro and zoom lens since I'm currently doing all types of photography, Zoom Macro but are these actually worth buying? Seems way too cheap for a zoom or macro lens.
I'm doing live photographs of bands, promo for bands, modelling, landscapes, nature photography.
The only down sides I could find in reviews were that they *felt* cheap, and you had to look after them well - these aren't really problems for me. At that price I'm willing to put up with it feeling a little tacky, as long as I still get some great pictures. But if these lenses are actually crap, I'll probably go for a wide-angle lens like the Sigma 10-20mm, since this would be useful for band promo and dereliction projects. But getting a zoom lens AND macro would really help to vary my work further - at the moment I only have the 35-50mm standard kit lens.
Also, I don't know what the "+ AF-S DX 18-55VR" means - does this mean the autofocus is limited?
Thanks for any help, will choose best answer.
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