D50 Lens Questions

[robertgilbert86]

Hi all, I'm thinking about getting a DSLR, I'd rather have the D50 over the 350D (this isn't another thread about that debate!). I still need to go into a shop and try them both though.

In an ideal world I'd like to own a 300mm-ish zoom, macro and wide angle lens'.
However the cost of these is well beond my reach, also even if I had the money I'm not sure I could justify spending so much on each of these.

So what this thread is about is if it would be a good idea to buy old manual focus lenses (and mount adapters). Would I still get good quality images and is there anything else I should know about old lens'?

My research has shown the D50 has an F mount, I have looked around and found a few F>M42 adapters. So that means I could buy any M42 lens?

 

[robertgilbert86]

Thanks for the advice guys, for me, it seems getting manual lenses may be a bad idea for now.

Does £513 sound ok for this?

NIKON D50 black + AF-S DX 18-55 mm ED + AF-S DX 55-200 mm ED (<google it<)

That seems to get me a zoom lens for an extra £130 on top of the kit, can I get a better 200mm lens for that money?

By the way I'm just considering buying a DSLR so don't worry about me spending money for a while. Also, to me £180 is a very large amount of money for one lens, but I guess you get for what you pay for.


Just a random link: http://www.lensbabies.com/ these look kind of fun, about £80 I think, anyone have experience of them?

 

[robertgilbert86]

umm, the 55-200 is capable but nothing special in my opinion, i'd save the £130 and get something like the sigma 70-300 APO DG (it's a great lens for the money). new it'll be about £170 but I'm about to sell mine for about £130 so i imagine it should be easy to get one for this kind of money. I'm not very impressed with the 55-200 though, but i've never really used it much!

Ok thanks, I'll bear this in mind, I always hear good things about sigma lens' on here, sounds decent value too, £50 more for +100mm and quality like you say.

I would offer to buy your lens but I won't be buying untill at least October.