definitive answer to Nikon lense question?

Irish_Tom · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:07

Lo all,

I'm about to order a D50 but cant decide whether to get the 18-55mm or 18-70mm lense. I've read loads of thread on here and no one seems to be able to agree.
The extra money for the 18-70 lense isn't a problem so it's all down to which will give me the best image quality etc etc for my first lense.

so which should I go for?

Cheers

Panzer

Irish_Tom · 9 Jul 2006 at 21:44

gitara said:
The 18-55 :
-is lighter
-has less distortion
-has better zooming

The 18-70 :
-is 2/3 stops faster (doesn't matter at all in digital)
-has faster auto focus
-manual focus override

I would get the 18-55 and the 55-200.

By that token it's not such a no brainer and If I went with Gitara's advice I could put the extra cash towards the 55-200mm lense...

Panzer

Irish_Tom · 9 Jul 2006 at 22:07

Ok cool thanks for that.
I've just found another option which is the D50 with Sigma 18-50mm and 55-200mm for more or less the same price as the D50 with the Nikon 18-70mm. Should I assume that 2 lenses for the price of one will mean poor lenses?

Panzer

Irish_Tom · 9 Jul 2006 at 22:11

nah,
unfortunatly its the 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 and 55-200mm f/4-5.6 so probably not worth it.

Panzer