Help, cheapish lense needed, which one?

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Hi Guys,

After much mulling over I have just snapped up what I thought was a deal to good to pass up, a Nikon D40 for just over a ton. Comes with lots of goodies but no lense.

I know the Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 is highly thought of but I didnt want to spend that much on a lense straight away. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good one around the £100 mark.

cheers.
 
18-55mm kit lens. Probably most practical lens under £100. Quality is excellent too.

You could get a 50mm or 35mm prime but that would be a bit limiting if it's your only lens.
 
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asim18 said:
18-55mm kit lens. Probably most practical lens under £100. Quality is excellent too.

You could get a 50mm or 35mm prime but that would be a bit limiting if it's your only lens.
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Agree with this.

The 18-55 lens doesn't sound great, but it actually is pretty damn good on the D40.

Also for the D40 the 35mm f1.8G is the most ideal, as it auto focuses for you, but is out of budget.
 
awesome lens choice mate, i had one with my d40 when i first got it and tbh it was a pretty sweet lens. I miss it :(
 
kidloco said:
Managed to bag a mint one of these off the bay for £100 :D

So in total £250 for the D40 with the above lense, spare battery ect. I think I did OK there seeing as the lense new on its own is £300 :cool:
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Great price there. :-)

Just give it a few months and then you will consider blowing a lot more. :D
 
well both camera and lense arrived this morning, weighs a bloody ton with the lense. way more the with thte standard kit lense.

Off to play :D
 
(Sniggers... that set-up weighs about 850g?)

Standard Equipment I'd take to a general sports event- Weight
1D - 1.4kg [x2 so 2.8kg in bodies]
50mm - 300g
17-35L - 600g
24-70 - 900g
70-200 - 1.5kg
300 - 2.7kg

(My standard set-up at the football tends to be one camera with the 300 [4.1kg - 5 times heavier] plus another with the 70-200 [2.9kg] - so just sat next to me at the football pitch is 7kg's of stuff at a minimum.

Usually about 11kg if you include the other lenses and monopod. :D - 13 times heavier.
 
p0ss3s3d said:
(Sniggers... that set-up weighs about 850g?)

Standard Equipment I'd take to a general sports event- Weight
1D - 1.4kg [x2 so 2.8kg in bodies]
50mm - 300g
17-35L - 600g
24-70 - 900g
70-200 - 1.5kg
300 - 2.7kg

(My standard set-up at the football tends to be one camera with the 300 [4.1kg - 5 times heavier] plus another with the 70-200 [2.9kg] - so just sat next to me at the football pitch is 7kg's of stuff at a minimum.

Usually about 11kg if you include the other lenses and monopod. :D - 13 times heavier.
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:eek: Im used to a Canon Ixus mate :D
 
Another couple of quick qestions, sorry if these are daft beyond belief but its my first slr.

What does this slider do the lense, to the far left is this figure of 8 symbol, then numbers increase. im guessing its something to do with distance but what does the symbol mean?

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Lastly, it came with a battery grip thingy me bob :D, theres a button on it which looks like the shutter button, but doesnt do owt. I take it the D40 isnt a higher enough model to suport this?

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Not that I can see the picture (red x) but I'm assuming it's the distance ring. Tells you at what distance you are focusing at and on some lenses the Dof you will have at that distance with the aperture.
 
Yeah, that's the focus distance ring. The figure of 8 thing is an infinity sign, and the other end of the slider will be the closest you can focus.
 
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