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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 85703" data-attributes="member: 3903">Luke, you can try to get cheaper manual focus lenses for your camera. Most Nikon F-mount lenses should work on your 5100. That's how I started to get a lens collection. One thing I know for a fact is that if you buy cheaper lenses, you will eventually discard them for better ones. My advice would be to buy lenses you need only when you have the money to get the one you want and need.There is a lot more to photography than lenses. Understanding exposure, composition and post processing come to mind. If I was you, I'd start by getting a 50 mm 1.8. You can get this one for about 100$, then I'd go for the 35 1.8. And you can shop on ebay for a 70-200 zoom with variable aperture and that shouldn't be too expensive.Hope this helped a  bit.Enjoy your Nikon!</blockquote>