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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 416401" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>The D3300 is a fantastic camera, and image wise keeps up with the more expensive D5xxx and D7xxx. What is missing is in my opinion of no consequence if you are used to manual focus film camera.</p><p></p><p>The 18-55 is a great lens and you should not skimp on it. Any way the difference while purchasing the camera, with and without the lens is very small and not worth letting it go. Here are some salient features of this lens</p><p>. A zoom has many advantages over prime, especially when the light is good. It gives you flexibility of framing in tight spaces, and at 55mm you get a decent telephoto.</p><p>. It has excellent VR, so slow speed hand held shots come out perfect.</p><p>. It has one of the largest magnification factors of a non-macro lens - 0.36 in MF at 55mm. So you can take a lot of close ups of small objects. Coupled with 24MP sensor, you will rarely need a macro lens, at least initially.</p><p>. It is extremely light. The D3300 with this lens is lighter than my SB800 flash.</p><p>. The battery lasts a long time - between 400 and 500 shots for me, so you will rarely need a second battery during travel, as long as there is electricity where you spend the night.</p><p>. With promotions running often, you can pick up the D3300 with 18-55 and the 35mm at practically the official price of the body, and most of the time there is an SD card (4 or 8GB) and bag thrown in.</p><p>. Regarding distortion most of the software in the market have distortion correction. I use Nikon's Capture NX-D, a free software for processing RAW images. Keep in mind that RAW images have the full DR in them (compared to jpg), so recovering shadows or marginally blown highlights is a breeze if you shoot RAW.</p><p></p><p>The 35mm F1.8DX is another lens which is underrated. I have used it for concert & parties and usually at F1.8 you need no flash. As you have already pointed out the lens has the same FOV as the 50mm on film.</p><p></p><p>There are many posts in this forum of images from these two lenses. You can view my posts in the D3300, Prime and Wide Angle sections to get an idea of what is possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 416401, member: 16090"] Welcome to the forum. The D3300 is a fantastic camera, and image wise keeps up with the more expensive D5xxx and D7xxx. What is missing is in my opinion of no consequence if you are used to manual focus film camera. The 18-55 is a great lens and you should not skimp on it. Any way the difference while purchasing the camera, with and without the lens is very small and not worth letting it go. Here are some salient features of this lens . A zoom has many advantages over prime, especially when the light is good. It gives you flexibility of framing in tight spaces, and at 55mm you get a decent telephoto. . It has excellent VR, so slow speed hand held shots come out perfect. . It has one of the largest magnification factors of a non-macro lens - 0.36 in MF at 55mm. So you can take a lot of close ups of small objects. Coupled with 24MP sensor, you will rarely need a macro lens, at least initially. . It is extremely light. The D3300 with this lens is lighter than my SB800 flash. . The battery lasts a long time - between 400 and 500 shots for me, so you will rarely need a second battery during travel, as long as there is electricity where you spend the night. . With promotions running often, you can pick up the D3300 with 18-55 and the 35mm at practically the official price of the body, and most of the time there is an SD card (4 or 8GB) and bag thrown in. . Regarding distortion most of the software in the market have distortion correction. I use Nikon's Capture NX-D, a free software for processing RAW images. Keep in mind that RAW images have the full DR in them (compared to jpg), so recovering shadows or marginally blown highlights is a breeze if you shoot RAW. The 35mm F1.8DX is another lens which is underrated. I have used it for concert & parties and usually at F1.8 you need no flash. As you have already pointed out the lens has the same FOV as the 50mm on film. There are many posts in this forum of images from these two lenses. You can view my posts in the D3300, Prime and Wide Angle sections to get an idea of what is possible. [/QUOTE]
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