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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 164563" data-attributes="member: 13090">Can you get the D7000 body only? If you can, that's what I would suggest you do and here's why... Your 28-80mm will serve as a general purpose, walk-around lens. It's not a superb lens but it's entirely adequate. A little wider than a standard lens, a little touch of zoom but not much of either. It's light as feather and fast enough for most types of shooting. The 18-105mm would give you more of both but that lens isn't going anywhere so it's not like you need to drop dime on it today. Your 70-30mm is a pretty decent zoom with plenty of reach. Between these two lenses, you're pretty much covered for what you want to do. Is it a perfect setup? Probably not. But it's PLENTY enough to get you started until you gain some practical experience with the D7000 and better figure out where you want to go based on where you are.As for third-party lenses (Tamron, Sigma, Tokina...) some of them are superb lenses, some are not so superb; unfortunately it's an &quot;It depends,&quot; question. There's no single answer to who makes the best glass these days; you have to decide what sort of lens you want and examine the available options....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 164563, member: 13090"] Can you get the D7000 body only? If you can, that's what I would suggest you do and here's why... Your 28-80mm will serve as a general purpose, walk-around lens. It's not a superb lens but it's entirely adequate. A little wider than a standard lens, a little touch of zoom but not much of either. It's light as feather and fast enough for most types of shooting. The 18-105mm would give you more of both but that lens isn't going anywhere so it's not like you need to drop dime on it today. Your 70-30mm is a pretty decent zoom with plenty of reach. Between these two lenses, you're pretty much covered for what you want to do. Is it a perfect setup? Probably not. But it's PLENTY enough to get you started until you gain some practical experience with the D7000 and better figure out where you want to go based on where you are. As for third-party lenses (Tamron, Sigma, Tokina...) some of them are superb lenses, some are not so superb; unfortunately it's an "It depends," question. There's no single answer to who makes the best glass these days; you have to decide what sort of lens you want and examine the available options. [COLOR=#ffffff]...[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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