Assitance from you picture takers

[mdwyer]

OK so I went into circuit city (since they are going out of buisness).. Well why not I though so I goto the camera len's to check them out.

Do your homework. The sales at liquidations are designed to LOOK like sales, but they very often aren't. here's some examples. So get a good idea of what the price SHOULD be before you walk in the doors and get taken by those neon 30% signs...

[nfpgasmask]

Do your homework. The sales at liquidations are designed to LOOK like sales, but they very often aren't. here's some examples. So get a good idea of what the price SHOULD be before you walk in the doors and get taken by those neon 30% signs...

Yes, good advice. Both places I mentioned above have good prices and are reputable sources. Be careful, there are LOADS of shady online camera outfits just waiting to rip you off. I won't go into detail, but stick to reputable places and don't be fooled by "too good to be true" prices. IMO, B&H and Amazon are the only places I will ever order camera goods from.

Bart

[JoFotoz]

I used a 70-210 almost exclusively for years on my N90...

55-200 is a great range too.

However...I am "in love" with the 18-200 I now use on the D300.

Anything more than 200 can be "achieved" in photoshop given the clarity of Nikon glass , and the raw image size you can get from a D80...

As long as youre not doing poster size(!) or fine art commercial.....just zoom & enlarge on yer computer!


jo

[Ascinder]

. Well cv boots tore again

You don't need CV boots!!!!

[VX KAT]

You don't need CV boots!!!!

Sorry to thread jack, but we don't need CV boots???

[Ldub]

Sorry to thread jack, but we don't need CV boots???

I think Beau was being sarcastic, indicating the need for diff drop brackets, to reduce the need for replacement boots...

[Dumke]

Yes yes i know no cv boots...



Thanks for teh advice all and the thread jacking u bunch scallywags...


Bart I agree tho we do need have a forum or sticky ro something for picture discussions... hmmm

[Ldub]

Yes yes i know no cv boots...



Thanks for teh advice all and the thread jacking u bunch scallywags...


Bart I agree tho we do need have a forum or sticky ro something for picture discussions... hmmm

What!...who...ME?

You mentioned cv boots...

[VX KAT]

I got the 18-200 VR Nikkor lens first month it was out! Same as gasmask & jofotoz have. AWESOME! Love it, wouldn't trade it for anything else. I ended up selling the lens that came with my "kit" (18-55 IIRC) and sold 2 other prime lens I'd been hanging on to.....the 18-200 covers it ALL.

I've tried other brands, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina...but there's nothin' like a genuine Nikon glass! Like you, I do a lot of landscape type pics. The 55-200 would be great, as landscape doesn't usually use the the lower end that much. The 55-200 has a bit lower f/stop (4) vs the 70-300, (4.5)......you may well gain more benefit from that extra stop than from the 200-300 magnification gain. For the $370 difference in price, I think the 55-200 is great. The difference from 55 to 70 is actually fairly noticeable, so the 55 is going to give you more flexibility.

The 55-200 will cover the majority of your needs! But DO stick with the sellers Bart mentioned! I've tried a few of the other "New York" photo houses over the years and have had nothing but nasty New York attitude, non-delivery, bate & switch, up-sell pressure, price discrepancies and off-branded batteries arriving instead of genuine OEM. Never again! (no offense to any NY'ers, but the photo trade there has some tough nuts). B&H is still in NY, but they're a class act.

I do have to say one thing, I have done repeated business with Cameta Camera on ebay (out of NY), & had nothing but A++ experiences. Their feedback reflects that too.

Price compare at some of these places and make sure the C.C. is a real deal. Really can't go wrong with either lens. Good luck!