Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 1454496, member: 37839"]I agree with everything that Geek said in his previous posts.  IF MACRO is the main need for the lens, the 18-55 is better than a prime 50 mm lens.  I do a lot of nature and landscape photography, as well as coins, so having lenses with variable focal lengths is essential.  I also have two telephotos and a wide angle, all of which are very expensive.  The 18-55 isn't expensive, and does have an excellent macro mode.  All of these lenses will work with any of the recent Nikon bodies in the past 5 years.  I've tried the 1.4G lens, and the only thing it is better at is if you do a lot of night shooting without flash, and long exposures.  As Geekpryde said, any recent autofocus lens will do you well, but I recommend that moderately priced lens--its optical quality is outstanding (I project images onto my 50" TV with it, and have my photos displayed on a 27" iMac, and the quality stands up well). Two other things--if B and H is out of the lens, Abe's of Maine has good prices on Nikon Products, and is honest.  I've dealt with them for years.  Second, for photographing coins, a fixed lens camera can work as well as can a DSLR.  For my travel camera, I have a Sony HX200V, and it is awfully close to the Nikon in terms of image quality.  So, one can get great pictures of anything with decent equipment, and it is more the photographer and the lighting.[/QUOTE]