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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 152291" data-attributes="member: 13090">First of all I want to say I take strong exception to the idea that the camera body has little to do with image quality and that the glass is everything. Sorry, that just does NOT jibe with my experience. Having gone from a Nikon D40 to D5100 to my current D7100 with some of same lenses on all three, my personal experience says the body behind the glass has whole freakin' lot to do with image quality, thank you very much. I meant to say this in my first post and then forgot... So, that being said now...I love my 18-105mm and so do a lot of other people here. It's the lens that rarely comes off my camera any more. It's a Jack-of-all-Trades sort of lens I wouldn't be without.If you definitely want more zoom then I'd suggest either the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-55-200mm-4-5-6G-Vibration-Reduction/dp/B000O161X0" target="_blank">Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR</a> for about $250 or the larger, but more expensive <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-70-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000HJPK2C/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369232349&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=nikon+70-300" target="_blank">Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR</a> that goes for around $600. There are less expensive Sigma, Tamron and/or Tokina options as well however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 152291, member: 13090"] First of all I want to say I take strong exception to the idea that the camera body has little to do with image quality and that the glass is everything. Sorry, that just does NOT jibe with my experience. Having gone from a Nikon D40 to D5100 to my current D7100 with some of same lenses on all three, my personal experience says the body behind the glass has whole freakin' lot to do with image quality, thank you very much. I meant to say this in my first post and then forgot... So, that being said now... I love my 18-105mm and so do a lot of other people here. It's the lens that rarely comes off my camera any more. It's a Jack-of-all-Trades sort of lens I wouldn't be without. If you definitely want more zoom then I'd suggest either the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-55-200mm-4-5-6G-Vibration-Reduction/dp/B000O161X0"]Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR[/URL] for about $250 or the larger, but more expensive [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-70-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000HJPK2C/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369232349&sr=1-1&keywords=nikon+70-300"]Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR[/URL] that goes for around $600. There are less expensive Sigma, Tamron and/or Tokina options as well however. [/QUOTE]

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