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Originally Posted by bernadette
Love that last one, Stan. What a beautiful scene!
skibum, Those are nice & very fall-ish. Beautiful place! What lens did you drop that you're missing so much? Just curious... I'm like all kinds of new to dSLR & lenses etc, so yeah, quite interested nowadays in what people prefer to shoot with.
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I got lucky when I got my D70 and got a decent sample of the 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G. Its a cheap lens, most copies are pretty crappy (the other more common kit lenses are much better like the 18-55), but my copy of it was pretty good. Lacked a little on the wide end for many, but shooting in the mountains you don't usually need super wide. Occasionally wanted wider, but I had no need to replace it really. Back in late July I dropped it on a rock and watched it roll into a river. lol. Still works, and shots look good in small sizes, but full res you can see its not right.
So I decided to step up to something better optically. I just ordered a Sigma 10-20mm, which gets good reviews. I wanted the Tokina 12-24mm because I hear great things about it, but everywhere is backordered, and I didn't want to spend 1000 dollars for the Nikkor 12-24. lol. And then for the mid range I will probably get a 50mm 1.8 prime, as its a cheap and amazing lens.