I would appreciate any advice I can get on this subject, as I have a limited amount of money to spend on this new adventure at the moment.
I am planning on pre-ordering the d300 sometime in the next couple of days (has anyone heard the official release date, by any chance?!) along with a couple of lenses. My main focus (no pun intended) is going to be in portraiture with some nature and macros and I would like a couple of nice lenses in a decent price range. I know that the higher the price the better the quality, but spending $2,000 on a camera leaves me with about $700 for a couple of lenses so I need advice. Below are the lenses I was looking at, and I would like to know if maybe they are too alike and I'd be wasting my money getting them both (along with the one coming with the camera) or if maybe there's one (in the same price range) that would work better for me.
I would like something with sharp focus and amazing bokeh. I would also like something with a good zoom and nice macro. Below is what I have picked out so far.
Nikon 70-300mm F/4-5.6G AF Zoom-Nikkor Lens - //www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=NK70300G
Nikon 50mm F/1.8 D AF FS=52 Lens -
//www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=NK5018
The camera itself is coming with a Nikkor 18-135MM f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S.
Are any of these too alike and should I leave one out, or are they all good lenses to start out with, and is there anything else you'd recommend?
Finally, has anyone bought from buydig.com? I am ordering my camera from Ritz, but buydig seems to have great lens prices.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a lens beginner, so please be gentle. :) |
