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Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right lenses.

Thank you all in advance
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Abe
 
Hi Abe,

For studio work, I assume you'll want a macro lens. The Tamron 90mm is a good choice, as is the Sigma 180mm HSM EX, both of which have I believe now been updated slightly with new lens coatings for digital cameras. Imuse the original versions and they work very well. the lates Sigma 150mm is alos nice, I tried one recently at focus on Imaging. Most of the studio work on my website was shot wth the Tamron or the Sigma.

The marque equvalents cost more and are no better, in my opinion.

For a portrait lens, you can't beat the 85mm F1.4 Nikkor. this is quite expensive, so the 85mm F1.8 is an alternative choice. I suggest a fast prime as a portrait lens because the extra speed is so useful with the Kodak (don't use high ISO) and also because you'll sometimes want to use shallow depth of field at wider apertures.

Quentin
Abe Weiss said:
Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of
you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I
want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will
permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography
and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose
lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this
camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right
lenses.

Thank you all in advance
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Abe
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Quentin
http://www.brightnewlight.co.uk
http://www.barleigh.com
 
I would have to second the 150mm Sigma HSM Macro. I love that lens!! :)

Chad N
Quentin (UK) said:
For studio work, I assume you'll want a macro lens. The Tamron
90mm is a good choice, as is the Sigma 180mm HSM EX, both of which
have I believe now been updated slightly with new lens coatings for
digital cameras. Imuse the original versions and they work very
well. the lates Sigma 150mm is alos nice, I tried one recently at
focus on Imaging. Most of the studio work on my website was shot
wth the Tamron or the Sigma.

The marque equvalents cost more and are no better, in my opinion.

For a portrait lens, you can't beat the 85mm F1.4 Nikkor. this is
quite expensive, so the 85mm F1.8 is an alternative choice. I
suggest a fast prime as a portrait lens because the extra speed is
so useful with the Kodak (don't use high ISO) and also because
you'll sometimes want to use shallow depth of field at wider
apertures.

Quentin
Abe Weiss said:
Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of
you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I
want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will
permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography
and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose
lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this
camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right
lenses.

Thank you all in advance
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Abe
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Quentin
http://www.brightnewlight.co.uk
http://www.barleigh.com
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Thanks Quentin, is third party lenses good as the original say Nikon?

And I have seen your comment about the important of good lenses in another post, that's why I want to make the best decision.
Quentin (UK) said:
Hi Abe,

For studio work, I assume you'll want a macro lens. The Tamron
90mm is a good choice, as is the Sigma 180mm HSM EX, both of which
have I believe now been updated slightly with new lens coatings for
digital cameras. Imuse the original versions and they work very
well. the lates Sigma 150mm is alos nice, I tried one recently at
focus on Imaging. Most of the studio work on my website was shot
wth the Tamron or the Sigma.

The marque equvalents cost more and are no better, in my opinion.

For a portrait lens, you can't beat the 85mm F1.4 Nikkor. this is
quite expensive, so the 85mm F1.8 is an alternative choice.
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Quentin (UK) said:
I suggest a fast prime as a portrait lens because the extra speed is
so useful with the Kodak (don't use high ISO) and also because
you'll sometimes want to use shallow depth of field at wider
apertures.
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Which one would you recommend?
Quentin (UK) said:
Quentin
Abe Weiss said:
Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of
you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I
want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will
permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography
and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose
lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this
camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right
lenses.

Thank you all in advance
--
Abe
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Quentin
http://www.brightnewlight.co.uk
http://www.barleigh.com
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Abe
 
Tamron 90 Di is a very good choice, extremly sharp , no color shifts, also the Nikon 135 DC. On the long side, i like the Nikon AFI 2.8 300, also extremy sharp with no color shifts. All this lens i use on the pro 14, so on the SLR/n i suppose the lens to do an equal or even better job
Abe Weiss said:
Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of
you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I
want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will
permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography
and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose
lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this
camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right
lenses.

Thank you all in advance
--
Abe
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Abe,

In my opinion, the thrid party macros lenses I mentioed are evey bit as good as their marque equivalents. In fact, as more recent designs, they may even be better.
Abe Weiss said:
Quentin (UK) said:
Hi Abe,

For studio work, I assume you'll want a macro lens. The Tamron
90mm is a good choice, as is the Sigma 180mm HSM EX, both of which
have I believe now been updated slightly with new lens coatings for
digital cameras. Imuse the original versions and they work very
well. the lates Sigma 150mm is alos nice, I tried one recently at
focus on Imaging. Most of the studio work on my website was shot
wth the Tamron or the Sigma.

The marque equvalents cost more and are no better, in my opinion.

For a portrait lens, you can't beat the 85mm F1.4 Nikkor. this is
quite expensive, so the 85mm F1.8 is an alternative choice.
Click to expand...
Abe Weiss said:
I suggest a fast prime as a portrait lens because the extra speed is
so useful with the Kodak (don't use high ISO) and also because
you'll sometimes want to use shallow depth of field at wider
apertures.
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Which one would you recommend?
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I use the 85mm F1.4, a fabulous lens - one of Nikon's best. stupendously sharp. Only use it on a SLR/n or 14nx, though, not the original 14n.
Abe Weiss said:
Abe Weiss said:
Quentin
Abe Weiss said:
Hi, everyone after seeing all the post and I got thanks to all of
you for that, I would like to know which lenses to go with it, I
want to start out with two lenses and add more as my budget will
permit (hopefully...). I need one for in Studio/product photography
and one for portrait photography that I can use for an all purpose
lens.

So please all you professionals Kodak users you all know this
camera well and know what lenses are good, help me choose the right
lenses.

Thank you all in advance
--
Abe
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Quentin
http://www.brightnewlight.co.uk
http://www.barleigh.com
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Abe
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Quentin
http://www.brightnewlight.co.uk
http://www.barleigh.com
 
I suppose you mean zoom over prime ?
A zoom is of course more convenient, but
  • You usually have to stop them down 1 stop
  • Are heavier
  • Make you very lazy in composing your image
  • Are less "fast" have usually smalle apertures..
Ronny
Abe Weiss said:
Is there any benefit of using telephoto lenses over the
conventional lenses? are they sharp as the prime lenses?

TNX
ABE
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I have read the other comments. I don't know what you are after. I have used Nikors forever. There are always lenses that we all think are phenomenal and I can't explain it nor can others but the list seems to be consistant eg 105 f 2.5. You can go tho the Nikonian web page. Don't be turned off by those people who seem to be stuck up on the Nikon brand (like Mercedes or RR) There is that but I found reference to a list of lenses reviewed which has been a great help. I'll see if I can find it and email it to you. Personally, I bought a 24-120VR and the 18-35mm zoom lenses recently as well as less recently the 80-400VR. I think VR or IS is going to become even more important. I live in Florida and eventhough I was raised in Kansas, I could not handle the 0F temp in Colorado last Christmas. We had some fresh snow and I did not want to set up my tripod. My pictures are clean enough hand held for 13x19 enlargements. If VR is not important, consider also the 60 and 105 macros. I do own a Tamron 28-200 that is good but I would keep the zoom range towards the low end. Kodak has some very detailed info on the problems of any sensor (cmos or ccd) and the angle of the light. Wide angles are a problem. They will have chromatic aberration and you are better off using Kodak photodesk to correct for it. Anything over 50mm should be fine. I asume you shoot everything in Raw format. Nikon recognized this problem ergo the small sized sensors. The Kodak does not use AA filters for greater sharpness but it has its drawbacks. Read about the 4/3s format and it will explain the principles. Even the 5 MP Olympus E1 has phenomenal resolution. If you use wide angles you need to use small appertures. If you want try http://www.ferrario.com/ruether/slemn.html
Ronny Poelmans said:
  • You usually have to stop them down 1 stop
  • Are heavier
  • Make you very lazy in composing your image
  • Are less "fast" have usually smalle apertures..
Ronny
Abe Weiss said:
Is there any benefit of using telephoto lenses over the
conventional lenses? are they sharp as the prime lenses?

TNX
ABE
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Thanks a lot for your help. The site that you posted is for Nikon lenses that's it is good with Nikon Cameras, but I want to know which lenses works best with the Kodak SLR/n.

Have you seen this site? http://www.sveido.com/lensdb/main.asp
This is an excellent Kodak lens database site.

I have gotten quite good advice so far from the posters here (THANK YOU). You maybe right I haven't explained clearly what I want to do. I decided to start with one lens for portraits and within a month or two I'll buy a lens for product photography for which is my main goal, or if I'll find some good bargains sooner. But I do need advice for that too.

My retailer recommended me for my first lens the Nikon 85mm 1.8 D AF, I thought I will buy from him (which I won't he is a couple of hundred $ overpriced, both on the Camera and lenses). Someone here in the forum recommended me for the 85mm 1.8, I know that 85mm 1.4 is better but its to expensive for me now maybe I'll traded it in some day.

Thanks
Abe
2cpu said:
Ronny Poelmans said:
  • You usually have to stop them down 1 stop
  • Are heavier
  • Make you very lazy in composing your image
  • Are less "fast" have usually smalle apertures..
Ronny
Abe Weiss said:
Is there any benefit of using telephoto lenses over the
conventional lenses? are they sharp as the prime lenses?

TNX
ABE
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Abe
 
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