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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 118965" data-attributes="member: 9187">Looking at your signature Sam(49), I would say the 18-105mm you have is sufficient to your needs and I wouldn't spend the extra money on a 18-55mm lens - you'll end up with a huge cross over in focal length that you'd probably end up lens swapping more then taking pictures.The current standard 'kit' lens you get with the D5100 is the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR DX.I believe the other two variants are older models.As for a zoom lens for portrait work... well what's your budget - this is the single most important overriding factor for you.Also, what do you class as portrait?&nbsp; I for one would say it's head and shoulders (but I'm no expert), but I've read others saying it's just head, or head and torso, or even full body...Question - why not a prime?(I'm certainly not an expert at all this, but these are questions I would ask myself and others if I was after new kit)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="§am, post: 118965, member: 9187"] Looking at your signature Sam(49), I would say the 18-105mm you have is sufficient to your needs and I wouldn't spend the extra money on a 18-55mm lens - you'll end up with a huge cross over in focal length that you'd probably end up lens swapping more then taking pictures. The current standard 'kit' lens you get with the D5100 is the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR DX. I believe the other two variants are older models. As for a zoom lens for portrait work... well what's your budget - this is the single most important overriding factor for you. Also, what do you class as portrait? I for one would say it's head and shoulders (but I'm no expert), but I've read others saying it's just head, or head and torso, or even full body... Question - why not a prime? (I'm certainly not an expert at all this, but these are questions I would ask myself and others if I was after new kit) [/QUOTE]

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