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Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Why just buy one lens when buying a D1X?

However, when buying the first lens, I would have a look at the best Nikkor zooms: either the 17-35/2.8, the 28-70/2.8 or the Nikkor 70-200/2.8 - a choice determined by your interest.

Maybe some qualified lens reviews might be of your interest:

1./ http://www.digital-images.net/Lenses/lenses.html
2./ http://www.bythom.com/index.htm
3./ http://www.imagepower.de/equipm.htm

Best regards,

-- Klaus Bergstedt --
 
If you will just buy one lens, you are spending too much for the body.

Derrick
Klaus Bergstedt said:
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Why just buy one lens when buying a D1X?

However, when buying the first lens, I would have a look at the
best Nikkor zooms: either the 17-35/2.8, the 28-70/2.8 or the
Nikkor 70-200/2.8 - a choice determined by your interest.

Maybe some qualified lens reviews might be of your interest:

1./ http://www.digital-images.net/Lenses/lenses.html
2./ http://www.bythom.com/index.htm
3./ http://www.imagepower.de/equipm.htm

Best regards,

-- Klaus Bergstedt --
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His suggested lens options are excellent.

All depends on what you're shooting: the mid-range 28-70 can cover a lot of situations; the wide-angle zoom 17-35 gives you what wide-angle zooms give you; personally, I use my telephotos the least, as I'm not a nature/bird photographer....but if long-lens is what you like, then 70-200mm is an excellent investment.

Adding onto Klaus's links, here's another site with lens reviews:

http://www.cs.kau.se/~nicke/private/photo/lenstest/naerfoto/

My only follow-up: don't buy a cheap, not-very-sharp lens. The lenses are what you will most likely keep the longest - perhaps a lifetime - in your photography. If money is an issue, then buy an excellent-condition used lens. Both B&H and Keh are very accurate, if not conservative, in their grading of their used lens offerings. Be careful with eBay (what often is a hoot about eBay is that sometimes people bid up the price of a used lens to more than what it would cost to purchase new at B&H).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com

http://www.keh.com

Cheers,
John
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Hi Ray

I assume that this is not what you are planning to do, but an interesting theoretical question?

I was interested to meet a garden photographer at a party - she does pretty well, and her work is great. She also likes to travel light, and so she shoots with the nikkor 28-200 pretty much exclusively. When I pointed out that it wasn't very well thought of, she said 'but it gives me the most options, and the clients are happy with the results'

So, what it boils down to is whether you are after ultimate technical quality, or the biggest number of shooting options.

Being a kind or schizophrenic person I'm going to demand two goes at this problem.

1. 17-35 AFS - because it gives great results and handles well

and the other side of my personality is going for:

2. 24-120 AFS VR - because it really does maximise the photo opportunities.

kind regards
jono slack
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
 
John Arnold said:
His suggested lens options are excellent.

All depends on what you're shooting: the mid-range 28-70 can cover
a lot of situations; the wide-angle zoom 17-35 gives you what
wide-angle zooms give you; personally, I use my telephotos the
least, as I'm not a nature/bird photographer....but if long-lens is
what you like, then 70-200mm is an excellent investment.

Adding onto Klaus's links, here's another site with lens reviews:

http://www.cs.kau.se/~nicke/private/photo/lenstest/naerfoto/
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Yes, I forgot to mention that very useful link.

BTW, a very sad information that Bjørn Rørslett has decided to switch to Canon. I think a lot of people will miss him and his exceptional site.
JonyDirk said:
My only follow-up: don't buy a cheap, not-very-sharp lens. The
lenses are what you will most likely keep the longest - perhaps a
lifetime - in your photography. If money is an issue, then buy an
excellent-condition used lens. Both B&H and Keh are very accurate,
if not conservative, in their grading of their used lens offerings.
Be careful with eBay (what often is a hoot about eBay is that
sometimes people bid up the price of a used lens to more than what
it would cost to purchase new at B&H).
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Don't try to save too much money on the lenses - they are indeed what you will most likely keep the longest, and furthermore they are so very important for the final result.

I fully agree with Jono Slack - he must be a kind of "schizophrenic" person. Yes, there is indeed a conflict when choosing between a 24-120/28-300 (or a ... 12-750mm?) OR a high quality zoom lens.

Please don't internalize this conflict (~ and become schizophrenic) but instead decide whether "you are after ultimate technical quality, or the biggest number of shooting options" (as mentioned by Jono S.). Yes, the former solution is at the expence of the shooting range, while the latter is at the expense of the image quality.

However, if you decide to mount a Nikkor 28-200 on a D1X it roughly corresponds to put an 1.6 litre Toyota engine in a Ferrrari. I don't think Enzo would have liked that solution.
JonyDirk said:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

http://www.keh.com

Cheers,
John
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Cheers,

-- Klaus Bergstedt --
 
I don't think Bjorn has switched, I think the person whose web page was referenced has switched. His web page has a COPY of Bjorn lens evaluations and he will remove that page in Sept of 2003. I am pretty sure Bjorn is still well in the Nikon Camp, if he had switched, why would he have reviewed the new 12-24 DX lens and have purchased one for himself.
Klaus Bergstedt said:
John Arnold said:
His suggested lens options are excellent.

All depends on what you're shooting: the mid-range 28-70 can cover
a lot of situations; the wide-angle zoom 17-35 gives you what
wide-angle zooms give you; personally, I use my telephotos the
least, as I'm not a nature/bird photographer....but if long-lens is
what you like, then 70-200mm is an excellent investment.

Adding onto Klaus's links, here's another site with lens reviews:

http://www.cs.kau.se/~nicke/private/photo/lenstest/naerfoto/
Click to expand...
Yes, I forgot to mention that very useful link.
BTW, a very sad information that Bjørn Rørslett has decided to
switch to Canon. I think a lot of people will miss him and his
exceptional site.
Klaus Bergstedt said:
My only follow-up: don't buy a cheap, not-very-sharp lens. The
lenses are what you will most likely keep the longest - perhaps a
lifetime - in your photography. If money is an issue, then buy an
excellent-condition used lens. Both B&H and Keh are very accurate,
if not conservative, in their grading of their used lens offerings.
Be careful with eBay (what often is a hoot about eBay is that
sometimes people bid up the price of a used lens to more than what
it would cost to purchase new at B&H).
Click to expand...
Don't try to save too much money on the lenses - they are indeed
what you will most likely keep the longest, and furthermore they
are so very important for the final result.

I fully agree with Jono Slack - he must be a kind of
"schizophrenic" person. Yes, there is indeed a conflict when
choosing between a 24-120/28-300 (or a ... 12-750mm?) OR a high
quality zoom lens.

Please don't internalize this conflict (~ and become schizophrenic)
but instead decide whether "you are after ultimate technical
quality, or the biggest number of shooting options" (as mentioned
by Jono S.). Yes, the former solution is at the expence of the
shooting range, while the latter is at the expense of the image
quality.

However, if you decide to mount a Nikkor 28-200 on a D1X it roughly
corresponds to put an 1.6 litre Toyota engine in a Ferrrari. I
don't think Enzo would have liked that solution.
Klaus Bergstedt said:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

http://www.keh.com

Cheers,
John
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Cheers,

-- Klaus Bergstedt --
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And where did Bjorn announce this?

--
Tony

http://homepage.mac.com/a5m http://www.pbase.com/a5m
Klaus Bergstedt said:
Klaus Bergstedt said:
Adding onto Klaus's links, here's another site with lens reviews:

http://www.cs.kau.se/~nicke/private/photo/lenstest/naerfoto/
Click to expand...
Yes, I forgot to mention that very useful link.
BTW, a very sad information that Bjørn Rørslett has decided to
switch to Canon. I think a lot of people will miss him and his
exceptional site.
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Jono:

Correct.

The question was purely hypothetical and my primary goal in asking it was to peek into other photographers camera bags to see what favorite lens they used. Most have a primary lens that they come back to constantly and is almost always on the camera. Just wanted to find out if there was an average.

Ray
Jono Slack said:
I assume that this is not what you are planning to do, but an
interesting theoretical question?

I was interested to meet a garden photographer at a party - she
does pretty well, and her work is great. She also likes to travel
light, and so she shoots with the nikkor 28-200 pretty much
exclusively. When I pointed out that it wasn't very well thought
of, she said 'but it gives me the most options, and the clients are
happy with the results'

So, what it boils down to is whether you are after ultimate
technical quality, or the biggest number of shooting options.

Being a kind or schizophrenic person I'm going to demand two goes
at this problem.

1. 17-35 AFS - because it gives great results and handles well

and the other side of my personality is going for:

2. 24-120 AFS VR - because it really does maximise the photo
opportunities.

kind regards
jono slack
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
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Klaus Bergstedt said:
Yes, I forgot to mention that very useful link.
BTW, a very sad information that Bjørn Rørslett has decided to
switch to Canon. I think a lot of people will miss him and his
exceptional site.
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Where did you get that from? I see that he is still featured in the current issue of Nikon pro magazine.
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some G2 images here: http://www.pbase.com/jokerman/zermatt_2002_2
 
Ray Bayer said:
If I was to buy only 1 Nikon lens for my D1X what should it be?

Ray
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Hi Ray,

Of course, your choice depends on what you shoot and when. That said, my very favorite walking around lens is the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 macro. It covers every situation well, with the exception of low-light hand held work. I have, however, taken acceptable images of night pro football games with this lens at about ISO 1600. This is usually what I carry for travel photography.

Another lens I get good results from when traveling light is the Nikkor 24-85 G.
--
Ron Baskin
 
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