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<blockquote data-quote="TieuNgao" data-source="post: 26313" data-attributes="member: 6993">I was in your situation about a month ago considering which camera to buy among D3100, D5100 and D7000. I liked D7000 the most but for budget reason I decided to buy D5100. Unfortunately, D5100 was out of stock in all camera stores in my city, and I had to wait for at least one week. Couple of days later, one store had a sale on D7000 for only $1300 with the kit lense and I bought it.Needless to say I love the D7000 and I like the lense 18-105. I think it's better than 18-55 lense and all the reviews I've read confirmed it.I'd like to have 35mm prime lense but the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 is &quot;made in China&quot; lense and I don't buy Chinese stuff. Instead I bought Tokina 35mm f/2.8 macro lense, which is a better lense according to the reviews. For some reason that I don't understand all the photos I've taken with that lense turned out too soft compared with the kit lense. I returned the Tokina lense 2 days later.I'm thinking of buying 70-300mm lense but at the moment I don't need more zoom than 105mm (I don't take pictures of birds or wild animals).I'd recommend you to buy D7000 with kit lense and don't buy additional lenses until you really need them, and of course after reading a lot of reviews of those lenses.If your budget is good, a better option is to buy D7000 body and 17-55 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8 lenses.Good luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TieuNgao, post: 26313, member: 6993"] I was in your situation about a month ago considering which camera to buy among D3100, D5100 and D7000. I liked D7000 the most but for budget reason I decided to buy D5100. Unfortunately, D5100 was out of stock in all camera stores in my city, and I had to wait for at least one week. Couple of days later, one store had a sale on D7000 for only $1300 with the kit lense and I bought it. Needless to say I love the D7000 and I like the lense 18-105. I think it's better than 18-55 lense and all the reviews I've read confirmed it. I'd like to have 35mm prime lense but the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 is "made in China" lense and I don't buy Chinese stuff. Instead I bought Tokina 35mm f/2.8 macro lense, which is a better lense according to the reviews. For some reason that I don't understand all the photos I've taken with that lense turned out too soft compared with the kit lense. I returned the Tokina lense 2 days later. I'm thinking of buying 70-300mm lense but at the moment I don't need more zoom than 105mm (I don't take pictures of birds or wild animals). I'd recommend you to buy D7000 with kit lense and don't buy additional lenses until you really need them, and of course after reading a lot of reviews of those lenses. If your budget is good, a better option is to buy D7000 body and 17-55 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8 lenses. Good luck. [/QUOTE]

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