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very green hobbiest setup tips?
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 210995" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>I'm going to suggest you skip the kit lens, buy a body and then get the 35mm f/1.8G which I'm suggesting over the 50mm. I'm suggesting the "G" over the "D" so you don't lose auto-focus and 35mm over 50mm because I find the former the more flexible of the two by a slim margin. You're going to need something better than the 18-55mm that comes standard to get the most out of this body, IMO and, while I like the 18-55mm, I think you'll be better off with the 35mm prime which is a real gem of a lens.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to second the suggestion made by nickt for this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VPE1WK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002VPE1WK&linkCode=as2&tag=nikonites-20" target="_blank">Amazon backpack</a>; I have one and it's great for day to day packing around of your gear. It's not built for long expeditions in the Adirondacks so don't do that with this bag. It's built for fairly routine hauling around of your crap in the back of your Honda Civic so if you go into it expecting that's what you're getting for your $30 you'll be happy.</p><p></p><p>For about $50 I'm going to suggest this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D60LG8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001D60LG8&linkCode=as2&tag=nikonites-20" target="_blank">Dolica tripod/ball head</a> combo. It will serve you well and when you're ready to drop big bucks on a serious tripod you won't be crying in your beer over the $50 you spent a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what you mean, specifically, by "digital storage" but if you mean SD cards I'm going to tell you right now to just suck up the extra few bucks for legit cards from legit vendors selling legit brand names like SanDisk, Lexar or Transcend. Don't be one of those dumb-asses that logs on asking if buying 15, 128GB, Class 10 "SanDisk" SD cards from some dude in Russia for $100 via eBay is a "good deal" or not. Yeah pal... Great deal. BY ALL MEANS we're going to suggest you risk your once-in-a-lifetime family vacation pics to such a transaction. Not like they're a critical component or anything, right? Seriously, though, just spend the money and forget about it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 210995, member: 13090"] I'm going to suggest you skip the kit lens, buy a body and then get the 35mm f/1.8G which I'm suggesting over the 50mm. I'm suggesting the "G" over the "D" so you don't lose auto-focus and 35mm over 50mm because I find the former the more flexible of the two by a slim margin. You're going to need something better than the 18-55mm that comes standard to get the most out of this body, IMO and, while I like the 18-55mm, I think you'll be better off with the 35mm prime which is a real gem of a lens. I'm going to second the suggestion made by nickt for this [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VPE1WK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002VPE1WK&linkCode=as2&tag=nikonites-20"]Amazon backpack[/URL]; I have one and it's great for day to day packing around of your gear. It's not built for long expeditions in the Adirondacks so don't do that with this bag. It's built for fairly routine hauling around of your crap in the back of your Honda Civic so if you go into it expecting that's what you're getting for your $30 you'll be happy. For about $50 I'm going to suggest this [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D60LG8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001D60LG8&linkCode=as2&tag=nikonites-20"]Dolica tripod/ball head[/URL] combo. It will serve you well and when you're ready to drop big bucks on a serious tripod you won't be crying in your beer over the $50 you spent a few years ago. I don't know what you mean, specifically, by "digital storage" but if you mean SD cards I'm going to tell you right now to just suck up the extra few bucks for legit cards from legit vendors selling legit brand names like SanDisk, Lexar or Transcend. Don't be one of those dumb-asses that logs on asking if buying 15, 128GB, Class 10 "SanDisk" SD cards from some dude in Russia for $100 via eBay is a "good deal" or not. Yeah pal... Great deal. BY ALL MEANS we're going to suggest you risk your once-in-a-lifetime family vacation pics to such a transaction. Not like they're a critical component or anything, right? Seriously, though, just spend the money and forget about it. [COLOR=#FFFFFF].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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