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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 426519" data-attributes="member: 16090">I say D3300 with its kit lens. Postpone the telephoto zoom. The reason is that the consumer grade telephoto zooms are soft at the long end. So if your requirement is for longer end, then it will be better to save and get either the 300mm F4, or the 70-200 F2.8.Here are a few tips. The 24MP of D3300 enables you crop images drastically. Most of my bird images are 800x800 crops from the 6000x4000 frame, and produce excellent web image as well as 5x3 prints. As one article on the WEB pointed out cropping to 3000x2000 will give you instant magnification of 2 times, which is excellent if you are not going to use all those pixels for a high resolution print.<a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/no-telephoto-lens-no-problem-tips-on-shooting-for-the-crop/" target="_blank">No Telephoto Lens No Problem - Tips on Shooting for the Crop</a>. Shoot Raw, and if do not want to invest any money in software download and install the Nikon Capture NX-D. That will enable you to utilise the 13EV DR which means that you can recover a lot more shadows or blown highlights than if you shoot JPEG.. 35mm F1.8 DX is an excellent lens for indoor shooting. The kit lens at 55mm makes a good semi-macro lens. If you are going to shoot wild life at long distance, nothing beats the longer primes in terms of IQ and speed.</blockquote>