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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 572517" data-attributes="member: 13090">I think you can, &quot;What if...&quot; this until you're blue in the face get nowhere. Fact is, photography is not an inexpensive hobby and it's always evolving. In my opinion you need to determine what your budget for this venture is, a serious, &quot;hard number&quot; of what you are willing to spend. With that figure known we can help you maximize your return on investment. You're concerned about the image quality of the 18-140mm but are you willing, for instance, shell out $1,800 for the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, or $2,000 for the 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II? Those lenses will out perform the 18-140mm but are you willing pay for that level of performance? Because if you want to play, you have to pay. If your budget is $5,000 that's one path, if your budget is $500, that's a different path.And finally, and in my opinion what is far more important than the camera-body you buy, or the lens you put on it, will be how well you understand what makes for good a photograph in the first place. Have you given any consideration to that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 572517, member: 13090"] I think you can, "What if..." this until you're blue in the face get nowhere. Fact is, photography is not an inexpensive hobby and it's always evolving. In my opinion you need to determine what your budget for this venture is, a serious, "hard number" of what you are willing to spend. With that figure known we can help you maximize your return on investment. You're concerned about the image quality of the 18-140mm but are you willing, for instance, shell out $1,800 for the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, or $2,000 for the 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II? Those lenses will out perform the 18-140mm but are you willing pay for that level of performance? Because if you want to play, you have to pay. If your budget is $5,000 that's one path, if your budget is $500, that's a different path. And finally, and in my opinion what is far more important than the camera-body you buy, or the lens you put on it, will be how well you understand what makes for good a photograph in the first place. Have you given any consideration to that? [/QUOTE]

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