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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 335132" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Yeah, pretty much. It's what I call the "One Lens to Rule Them All" line of thinking.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You give up a lot, IMO, when doing this... Yes, there are exceptions but you generally give up image quality and the 18-300mm is no exception here. They're also heavy and slow as soon as you start to use any significant degree of zoom. For a D5100 I would suggest a wide-to-medium telephoto like the Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 or the Nikon 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 VR as a general purpose lens; a good fast prime like the 35mm or 50mm f/1.8G and one big zoom like the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 personally. Three lenses and you're pretty much covered. Now if you routinely want to get great shots of hummingbirds, or dangerous game, then that changes things obviously.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 335132, member: 13090"] Yeah, pretty much. It's what I call the "One Lens to Rule Them All" line of thinking. You give up a lot, IMO, when doing this... Yes, there are exceptions but you generally give up image quality and the 18-300mm is no exception here. They're also heavy and slow as soon as you start to use any significant degree of zoom. For a D5100 I would suggest a wide-to-medium telephoto like the Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 or the Nikon 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 VR as a general purpose lens; a good fast prime like the 35mm or 50mm f/1.8G and one big zoom like the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 personally. Three lenses and you're pretty much covered. Now if you routinely want to get great shots of hummingbirds, or dangerous game, then that changes things obviously. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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