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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blueandgreenmakecyan Tass" data-source="post: 416230" data-attributes="member: 37466">Hi there,I hope this is the right place to ask this. I know they're basic questions, but our budget isn't that large and we don't want to make wrong lens choices when we buy our camera and lenses.We are used to shooting on film with a Pentarex. We bought a Canon 1100D but managed to break it and now we wanted a new DSLR.The new 100D from Canon has a touch screen instead of physical buttons, and the image chip is kind of old.We will buy a Nikon D3300 instead.We're used to shooting with a 55mm 1.4 prime Carl Zeiss on our Pentarex. We like it very much.On our first DSLR, the 15-55 kit lens showed distortion through our viewfinder at 55m. I am guessing that that is something inherent to zoom lenses.  We didn't like that at all.On to the questons we have:-Would the Nikon 35mm 1.8 prime from Nikon be a good choice for us?If I'm understanding it correctly, it should be similar to a 50mm on a  full frame camera, so it should be similar to that 55mm on our Pentarex  film camera? We're looking for a natural looking lens without much  distortion.-If we do get that lens, would there still be a reason to have the 15-55 kit lens? If not we could buy the camera without a kit lens.-Would the Nikon 55-300 f/4.5-5.6 zoom be a good choice in combination with the 35mm prime?-Can a normal person hold that 300mm steady enough and still get a nice shot without a tripod? The biggest focal length on our pentarex is a 135mm prime and it was a much faster lens. Not used to shooting with larger focal length lenses.Thank you.</blockquote>

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