zoom lense

Camalot · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:46

Hi guys,

Had my Nikon D3200 for a few months now and slowly getting the hang of it.

I went to an airshow on Sunday and tested some shots with fast shutter speeds, worked out okay but I found the stock lense didn't zoom close enough and I lost details cropping them in light room.

What would be a good zoom lense for a beginner like me? Seen some tamron 300mm ones on Amazon around the £90 mark but as a newbie, I'd prefer to have some experienced advice first.

Many thanks all, I'll post a few snaps tomorrow!!

Camalot · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:04

I don't mind spending more, couldn't afford much more than £200 though.

I'll have a look at those two lenses in a sec!

Camalot · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:43

Just watching some reviews of them in YouTube now, thanks for the info guys.

Camalot · 13 Aug 2014 at 18:18

Seems £290 is the cheapest I can find the nikon 70-300 VR.

Looking at the flickr images taken and YouTube reviews I think I'll hold off and save for this lense! Looks mega sharp to

Camalot · 17 Aug 2014 at 14:52

Guy at work has reccomended I buy the Nikon 55-300mm VR for £180

Anyone have experience with this lense?

Camalot · 21 Aug 2014 at 08:37

deuse said:
I got a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm F4.5-5.6 G ED VR coming this week. £169 incl

http://www.hdewcameras.co.uk/nikon-af-s-dx-nikkor-55-300mm-f45-56-g-ed-vr-809-p.asp

Nice,

Can you let me know what you think of it? I want to know if this will do or the 70-300 is really worth an extra £100.

Camalot · 21 Aug 2014 at 14:04

Cash is tight tbh, if it really is worth £100 more I'll just wait.

I want it for plane photography from air shows, some landscape to.