Need a zoom lens for my D3100

iMacMart · 17 May 2013 at 13:34

Hi Guys

New to all this and have a standard lens kit, was taking photos of my son playing a footy tournament last Saturday and need something with better zoom capabilities?

£100 to spend, asking for too much at that price?

Many thanks

iMacMart · 17 May 2013 at 13:52

Busa said:
You are probably looking at a used 55-200 for that sort of money....try somewhere online like London Camera Exchange.

Seen a few on the forest place but would like feedback from here prior to buying

iMacMart · 17 May 2013 at 16:52

D.P. said:
Do you mean a telephoto lens? Your kit l;ens is a zoom lens. Zoom just means you can change the focal length. If you want to take photographs of distant subjects and have them appear larger in the frame then you will want a telephoto lens, this doesn't have to be a zoom lens.

Assuming you want more reach then for that budget your best bet is the Nikon 55-200 VR:
http://camerapricebuster.co.uk/prod.php?n=NikonAF-S55-200mmf4-5.6VRDXLens&p=473

You could look second hand or importing from hong kong to get cheaper.

Many thanks, yes excuse my wrong description your are correct in what I'm looking for

Many thanks for this

iMacMart · 17 May 2013 at 17:04

apeksdiver said:
What lenes do you have already?

Standard lens kit 18-55 VR

Forest showing for £99

iMacMart · 17 May 2013 at 17:43

ghummy said:
For that price your looking at a 55-200 vr. Brand new can be had for around £120 from amazon. If you want to see the quality of the photos see my thread in this section titles "African adventure" where all photos of the animals were taken with the 55-200 vr

Some fantastic shots!

Many thanks