Which lens for me..

Hi guys,
i an planing to buy a Nikon D90, i also want to buy a lens,
i have planed on a Tamron Lens as i dont want to spend much on lens,
which among these Tamron Lenses shall i Go for :

1) AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF)

2) AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical (IF)

3) AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

and what is the difference between its starting range i.e. "18" ; "28" ; "70"..

Guys please help me..
waiting for your reply..

with Regards..

I vote for none of the above. Buy the camera with the 18-105 kit lens.

Pranit said:

and what is the difference between its starting range i.e. "18" ; "28" ; "70"..

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See:

http://www.tamron-usa.com/lenses/learning_center/tools/focal-length-comparison.php

Make sure you click on the Digital icon during comparison and not 35mm Film

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I agree with the kit lens 18-105 VR. I would also suggest you read and study a bit more on cameras and focal lengths of lenses before jumping out and spending that kind of money.

The 18mm, 28mm, or 70mm starting focal length of those lenses is very important. The last two are more for full frame or film cameras, though the 70-300 makes a nice telephoto zoom for a D90. If you want a walkaround type lens and you only have one, you need it to start wide at 18mm or around there somewhere.

If you're looking for a do-anything zoom where you don't have to change lenses, I'd question your need or desire for a DSLR. One of the biggest advantages and a major reason to get an interchangeable lens camera is so that you can match the right lens for the job at hand. If you don't want this, why spend the money? Get a good point and shoot super zoom camera for a lot less cash. In the hands of a novice, they will all take good images right out of the box.

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Pranit said:

Hi guys,
i an planing to buy a Nikon D90, i also want to buy a lens,
i have planed on a Tamron Lens as i dont want to spend much on lens,
which among these Tamron Lenses shall i Go for :

1) AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF)

2) AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical (IF)

3) AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

and what is the difference between its starting range i.e. "18" ; "28" ; "70"..

Guys please help me..
waiting for your reply..

with Regards..

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With respect, if you don't understand what the "starting range" (wide end focal length) is, you need to do a lot more research into photography in general and DSLR cameras in particular before you actually buy anything.

Saving money on the lens when you have already settled on a camera is a little shortsighted. To my mind, it indicates that you don't understand the role the lens plays in image quality or in terms of what sort of images (ultrawide, wide, normal, portrait, telephoto, supertelephoto etc) you can expect from your lens.

Join a library and read widely. Also read the various tutorials and camera and lens reviews on DPR and you won't go wrong.

As someone who bought a D90 with a Tamron 18-270, I recommend that you don't.

I agree with the other posters that you need to better understand photography before making this kind of decision. The Nikon lens will almost certainly be better.

The Tamron is very slow at 6.3 and often hunts for focus.

If the light is right the lens is fine and I have taken some nice images with it but if I had to do over again I would have gotten the Nikon 18-200 instead. Money will be irrelevant when your kit performs poorly.
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Just to add to what others have said :

• The kit lens ( 18-105 VR ) is bundled cheap, but it's a great lens. It's (almost) a must have for a Nikon owner.

• There's no sensible reason to choose a lens brand. Lens are judged on individual merits ( or demerits ).

• The lenses you choose are all over the place. This shows you don't know what you're doing. Stop now before you waste money. Kit lens - it's almost the ideal general walk-around lens.

• You will never buy a lens cheaper than the kit lens bundled with your camera. With the 18-105 it also happens to be a great lens so you're double blessed.

In a lens description :

Say it's 18-105 f3.5-5.6

The 18mm is the smallest focal length it can go to, the 105mm is the longest.

The f3.5 is the widest aperture available at the smallest focal length.
The f5.6 is the widest aperture available at the longest focal length.

Zoom ratio is the long focal length divided by the short focal length.

For prime lenses ( single focal length ) the description would be e.g. 50mm f1.8 rather than 50-50 f1.8-1.8 ( which is just silly ).

You might see that it's also written like this sometimes 50mm 1:1.8 which can confuse newcomers as they think the 1:1.8 means it magnifies 1,8 times. This is just the f1.8 part written differently.

VR is vibration reduction ( Nikon's version of image stabilization and a better term for it ).

I'd advise you to get a good introductory book on photography. I normally recommend Daniel Lezano's "The Photography Bible" as a painless but useful read. There are plenty of other choices. These books give you some basic groundings and are useful as a reference to go back to when you're learning.

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