03-09-2011, 12:44 PM
[quote name='hassiman' timestamp='1299632211' post='6616']
Hi,
I am considering a Nikon D7000 and I need suggestions for the best all around lens to use with it...
From wide to telephoto.
I want a well built lens that has really good optical quality and ... And this might seem strange... One I can manually set ti
Infinity with a focusing index
Any opinion?
How is the D7000?
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The Nikon D7000 is a fine APS-C DSLR.
DSLRs are there to offer you flexibility and diversity of lenses... you can easily take them off and put others on, to make the camera adjust itself to changing requirements and conditions.
The catch is that what you want, does not exist. There is no lens with wide to telephoto which offers "really good optical quality". There are two lenses that stand out a bit among the "super zoom lenses": the very expensive Canon EF 28-300mm L for full frame and the Leica 14-150mm for 4/3rds. And even they are still limited.
So, you will have to make a choice. Do you find the optical quality more important, or do you insist on having just one superzoom, which basically will limit your D7000's potential (image quality wise).
Personally, I would rather go for the better lenses. Which would mean Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 OS, Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS, or Nikon 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 VR. I probably would choose the fastest lens myself.
And I would then combine that with a standard 70-300 lens, probably the Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 VC.
If you value the all-in-one-ness more that optical performance, then I would probably look at the Tamron 18-270 VC, as it is a bit sharper than the Nikon 18-200 VR, and the D7000 has quite a high resolution. The Nikon will focus faster. though.
All lenses show the infinity mark, but when you set a lens to that mark does not have to mean it really is set to infinity.
Hi,
I am considering a Nikon D7000 and I need suggestions for the best all around lens to use with it...
From wide to telephoto.
I want a well built lens that has really good optical quality and ... And this might seem strange... One I can manually set ti
Infinity with a focusing index
Any opinion?
How is the D7000?
[/quote]
The Nikon D7000 is a fine APS-C DSLR.
DSLRs are there to offer you flexibility and diversity of lenses... you can easily take them off and put others on, to make the camera adjust itself to changing requirements and conditions.
The catch is that what you want, does not exist. There is no lens with wide to telephoto which offers "really good optical quality". There are two lenses that stand out a bit among the "super zoom lenses": the very expensive Canon EF 28-300mm L for full frame and the Leica 14-150mm for 4/3rds. And even they are still limited.
So, you will have to make a choice. Do you find the optical quality more important, or do you insist on having just one superzoom, which basically will limit your D7000's potential (image quality wise).
Personally, I would rather go for the better lenses. Which would mean Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 OS, Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS, or Nikon 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 VR. I probably would choose the fastest lens myself.
And I would then combine that with a standard 70-300 lens, probably the Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 VC.
If you value the all-in-one-ness more that optical performance, then I would probably look at the Tamron 18-270 VC, as it is a bit sharper than the Nikon 18-200 VR, and the D7000 has quite a high resolution. The Nikon will focus faster. though.
All lenses show the infinity mark, but when you set a lens to that mark does not have to mean it really is set to infinity.