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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 291342" data-attributes="member: 13090">Take your time before you start plunking down a lot of money... Most people automatically assume they need a big zoom, but the longer I do photography the less I opt for my bigger zoom lenses and find myself reaching for my fast primes and wide to medium zooms. But that's me and my shooting style. If you KNOW for a fact you're going to be doing a lot of birding, or other wildlife photography, then you're going to want something in the 300mm range easily. Still, no real point in sinking a lot of money into a lens you won't be using, or won't be happy with, three months down the road because it's no longer a good &quot;fit&quot; for what you're doing.While I love my big Sig' 50-150mm f/2.8, I also love my Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 and the newer 18-140mm version is just that much better. Those would be two, excellent, general-purpose lenses. I don't know anyone that has one that doesn't swear by it....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 291342, member: 13090"] Take your time before you start plunking down a lot of money... Most people automatically assume they need a big zoom, but the longer I do photography the less I opt for my bigger zoom lenses and find myself reaching for my fast primes and wide to medium zooms. But that's me and my shooting style. If you KNOW for a fact you're going to be doing a lot of birding, or other wildlife photography, then you're going to want something in the 300mm range easily. Still, no real point in sinking a lot of money into a lens you won't be using, or won't be happy with, three months down the road because it's no longer a good "fit" for what you're doing. While I love my big Sig' 50-150mm f/2.8, I also love my Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 and the newer 18-140mm version is just that much better. Those would be two, excellent, general-purpose lenses. I don't know anyone that has one that doesn't swear by it. [COLOR=#ffffff]...[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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