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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted" data-source="post: 342949" data-attributes="member: 29753"><p>Sorry to re-open my Intro thread, but I think it's a useful note for me in the future on how my initial thoughts & plans developed.</p><p></p><p>A week or so of intensive learning curves, checking weights & lengths of lenses, reading every review I can find & reading forum posts.</p><p></p><p>I started not even knowing that there was FX & DX to choose. Heading down the DX route due to cost, I noticed after a while, that many DX owners were thinking or or actively planning to move to FX. This got me thinking very carefully & I've now decided to jump in with FX equipment. I like the idea of better quality & instead of a high end DX camera (D7100), I feel that a low end FX (D610) makes more sense medium to long term. It was also getting tiring for me to constantly convert focal lengths into DX mode. I have a good idea in my mind what a given shot taken with a 24mm (for example) will look like. I'm just more comfortable thinking in terms of full frame. I think that someone mentioned to me that full frame was close to the 35mm that I grew-up with. Thanks for that thought.</p><p></p><p>So, still not definite, still open for argument & advice, I'm thinking along these lines for my (all Nikon) new kit.</p><p>Body: D610</p><p>Landscapes: 16-35mm f4.0 zoom</p><p>Walkabout/Portrait/Wildlife/Macro: 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 zoom</p><p>Flash: Not sure</p><p>Tripod for Landscape/Macro: Not sure</p><p></p><p>Phase 2</p><p>Macro/Portrait: 105mm f2.8 micro</p><p>Walkabout: 24-85mm f3.5-4.5 zoom</p><p></p><p>I feel that the 16-35mm is an obvious choice for landscapes. The 28-300mm is much more difficult as I was aiming towards the 70-300mm instead. However the 28-300mm has a close focus ability which works for me as a temporary macro lens, also the zoom range gives me a (bulky) walkaround too. The zoom also gives me some wildlife options & I may use DX crop for birds.</p><p></p><p>I still need lots of advice please. Particularly which Nikon flash unit for outdoors macro. There seems a huge range of tripods available which seems very confusing especially the Manfrotto website! I like the Giottos YTL range which looks good for macro. The 28-300mm looks the most difficult to decide on. It's heavy, but not too long physically. Although sharp, there seems to be some distortion issues, which I understand could be fixed in-camera (somehow)? The main plus is that the 28-300mm replaces 3 lenses for me & allows me to try different aspects of photography that I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford - at least for the first phase.</p><p></p><p>Camera, glass & flash-wise, I'd like to stick with Nikon only.</p><p></p><p>More advice please!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted, post: 342949, member: 29753"] Sorry to re-open my Intro thread, but I think it's a useful note for me in the future on how my initial thoughts & plans developed. A week or so of intensive learning curves, checking weights & lengths of lenses, reading every review I can find & reading forum posts. I started not even knowing that there was FX & DX to choose. Heading down the DX route due to cost, I noticed after a while, that many DX owners were thinking or or actively planning to move to FX. This got me thinking very carefully & I've now decided to jump in with FX equipment. I like the idea of better quality & instead of a high end DX camera (D7100), I feel that a low end FX (D610) makes more sense medium to long term. It was also getting tiring for me to constantly convert focal lengths into DX mode. I have a good idea in my mind what a given shot taken with a 24mm (for example) will look like. I'm just more comfortable thinking in terms of full frame. I think that someone mentioned to me that full frame was close to the 35mm that I grew-up with. Thanks for that thought. So, still not definite, still open for argument & advice, I'm thinking along these lines for my (all Nikon) new kit. Body: D610 Landscapes: 16-35mm f4.0 zoom Walkabout/Portrait/Wildlife/Macro: 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 zoom Flash: Not sure Tripod for Landscape/Macro: Not sure Phase 2 Macro/Portrait: 105mm f2.8 micro Walkabout: 24-85mm f3.5-4.5 zoom I feel that the 16-35mm is an obvious choice for landscapes. The 28-300mm is much more difficult as I was aiming towards the 70-300mm instead. However the 28-300mm has a close focus ability which works for me as a temporary macro lens, also the zoom range gives me a (bulky) walkaround too. The zoom also gives me some wildlife options & I may use DX crop for birds. I still need lots of advice please. Particularly which Nikon flash unit for outdoors macro. There seems a huge range of tripods available which seems very confusing especially the Manfrotto website! I like the Giottos YTL range which looks good for macro. The 28-300mm looks the most difficult to decide on. It's heavy, but not too long physically. Although sharp, there seems to be some distortion issues, which I understand could be fixed in-camera (somehow)? The main plus is that the 28-300mm replaces 3 lenses for me & allows me to try different aspects of photography that I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford - at least for the first phase. Camera, glass & flash-wise, I'd like to stick with Nikon only. More advice please! [/QUOTE]
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