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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan Lanni" data-source="post: 234279" data-attributes="member: 14629">Re: HELP: D3100--&gt;D7000 or Nikon 85mm f/1.8G AF-S and/or Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S Lens?Congrats on your decision.&nbsp; I recommend you get this:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Nikon-D7000-Darrell-Young/dp/1933952806" target="_blank">Mastering the Nikon D7000: Darrell Young: 9781933952802: Amazon.com: Books</a>It will be one of the best investments you can make for yourself in getting the most from that camera body.Don't be surprised if you start to lust after better quality lenses to achieve the higher IQ.I'm sure you're aware of the dx 1.5 crop factor but just in case, the 85mm fx view angle on a dx will act like 127.5mm and the 50mm fx on a dx will act like 75mm. Depending on the photography you like to do the view angles will make a difference.If you haven't stumbled on these pages yet, Nikon has some cool apps to play around with:<a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/index.htm" target="_blank">Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses Simulator</a><a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/" target="_blank">Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nathan Lanni, post: 234279, member: 14629"] [b]Re: HELP: D3100-->D7000 or Nikon 85mm f/1.8G AF-S and/or Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S Lens?[/b] Congrats on your decision. I recommend you get this: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Nikon-D7000-Darrell-Young/dp/1933952806"]Mastering the Nikon D7000: Darrell Young: 9781933952802: Amazon.com: Books[/URL] It will be one of the best investments you can make for yourself in getting the most from that camera body. Don't be surprised if you start to lust after better quality lenses to achieve the higher IQ. I'm sure you're aware of the dx 1.5 crop factor but just in case, the 85mm fx view angle on a dx will act like 127.5mm and the 50mm fx on a dx will act like 75mm. Depending on the photography you like to do the view angles will make a difference. If you haven't stumbled on these pages yet, Nikon has some cool apps to play around with: [URL="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/index.htm"]Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses Simulator[/URL] [URL="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/"]Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR Lenses[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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