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Suggestion requested for Camera Body + Lens for travel/landscape photography
Anirban Halder:
--- Quote from: Jan Anne on August 03, 2015, 13:41:40 ---Hi Anirban, please note that your favourite 18-120mm range on DX translates to 27-180mm on FX, so the 24-120mm would be too short on a D610 or D750.
As a prime shooter I know bupkis about mentioned zoomlenses but others should be more knowledgable about these lenses.
Welcome to NG btw :)
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Thanks Jan. Good point to keep in mind!
Anirban Halder:
--- Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 03, 2015, 16:42:49 ---The D750 is a very good choice. If you are on a budget consider a used D600 too; It will leave you another 1000 Euros for lenses.
Nikon replaces the shutter of any D600 even if it is not spilling oil on the sensor. A great camera. A real bargain currently.
Concerning lenses the 14/2.8D was never a great stunnig lens. High price slightly more than average performance.
I would consider the 20/1.8G for landscapes. Impressive lens. Can be had new for the price difference between the D750
and a used D600 in very good condition.
Then a light must have lens. The 1.8/50G. There is not more bang for the buck in Nikons lineup.
the 24-120/4.0G VR what will you use it for? Add weight?
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Thanks much, Frank. Great suggestions. I'm seriously considering D610. Nikon service center has real bad reputation in our city, so I don't want to take any chances with D600. And, D600 isn't easily available anyway.
20/1.8G - I will certainly consider. I already have the 1.8/50D AF, which is also a gem.
--- Quote ---the 24-120/4.0G VR what will you use it for? Add weight?
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I'm used to shooting with an 18-200mm VR II. Hence I was thinking replacing it with a 24-120mm will be a smoother transition on a FX body. Although I totally get your point.
Bjørn Rørslett:
The 20/1.8 should also be put on the 'gem' list.
Jan Anne:
--- Quote from: Anirban Halder on August 03, 2015, 17:02:47 ---I'm used to shooting with an 18-200mm VR II. Hence I was thinking replacing it with a 24-120mm will be a smoother transition on a FX body.
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And there's nothing wrong with that, some favour the freedom of having a zoom range for practicality reasons where others favour creative freedom in the wider aperture range only fast prime lenses provide :)
In the end only the results count and only you can decide what works for you.
But talking about prime lenses, I mainly use a 14/2.8, 35/1.4, 50/1.2 and a 125/2.5 on a full frame camera.
As you mentioned wanting a 14/2.8, here's a topic about the excellent and cheap as dirt Samyang 14/2.8:
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=3.0
Anirban Halder:
Cool. Thanks Jan! The Samyang 14mm results are awesome. Extremely impressive.
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