A complete revamp

Lawrence

Senior Member
I am thinking - and that is financially dangerous!

My current collection of lenses:

Nikkor 35mm f1.8G
Tamron SP AF 90mm f2.8 Di Macro 1:1
Nikkor AF-S 18-105mm 3.5-5.6G ED
Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm 4.5-5.6G ED

I am thinking of replacing the latter two with:

Nikon 50mm f1.8D
Tamron 70-200 f2.8 (the non macro version)

That will leave me a bit short on the wide angle side ... suggestions

Any thoughts - particularly from my regular mates (that's all of you by the way) :)
 
Work with what you have now until you know it better than anyone else. Only think about upgrading once you have reached the limit and NEED to upgrade for a specific reason. All the glass you have now is good and you can do a lot with it. Pick a reason you think you need to upgrade to achieve and research on what it will take to improve with what you have now. It may not be possible but try hard first.

This message is for anyone who is chasing IQ. You can't buy it with money alone. You have to work for it.
 

Bill16

Senior Member
Sounds great for portraits buddy! I don't do much of those except of my beloved wife, but it sounds like you have a good plan in mind! :)
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
I think Don is right.
Until such time as I am 100% certain that I a getting maximum out of my gear (body and lenses) I should spend the time mastering them.
And of course continue to look for the odd bargain.
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
Put the 35mm f/1.8G on and shoot with nothing else for a month.

It's an excellent exercise in learning what you can do when you have to.
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coolbus18

Senior Member
I think Don is right.
Until such time as I am 100% certain that I a getting maximum out of my gear (body and lenses) I should spend the time mastering them.
And of course continue to look for the odd bargain.

Always looking for the bargain but seriously stay with one lens for a week. I'm still exploring. Go know that a 200-400mm lens could do portraits? And a 35 is cool glass. Here's a cat closeup with long glass. Giving up 100 mm is a lot.

_DSC3492.jpg oh and have fun!! :cool:
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
I know, I have both lenses too but I find the 85 f\1.8G in a whole different league.

What about your budget?

I haven't given much thought to budget as I was thinking of selling two to replace any new stuff - there's obviously a limit but I haven't worked that out.
You have two similar focal length lenses and 5 camera bodies so I can understand that.
 

TheCROW

New member
As I said, similar FL but very different beasts! But back to your initial post: i would recommend the 70-200 f2.8 because it is great for portraits. But you will lose the 200-300mm range which frankly i don't think you would miss much considering your main area is portraits. Same goes for the wide end.
Can you keep the 18-105?
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Put the 35mm f/1.8G on and shoot with nothing else for a month.

It's an excellent exercise in learning what you can do when you have to.
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Why would you want to torture my friend @Lawrence? I would jump off the Empire State Building if I had to use just one lens for a whole month. Especially a 35mm. What a boring focal length. Suicide city right there, Fish!:dejection:

I suggest some hard drinking and nothing but 5 exposure HDR for a whole month.
 
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