Lens for Nikon D750

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As some of you may know, I have managed to land myself the above camera over the weekend and now am looking at lenses. Funds are not allowing me to purchase the lens of my choice and was thinking of a stop gap lens until necessary. At present own a Nikon 35mm f1.8 DX and a Tamron 17-50mm which I believe I can use under the crop factor setting.

Would the Tamron 28-75mm be a good stop gap lens? and also which version of the lens is better, with built in motor or without?

Saul.
 
What is your end goal (ideal lens lineup)?

35mm DX should work with vignetting in the corners
 
JYC said:
What is your end goal (ideal lens lineup)?

35mm DX should work with vignetting in the corners
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Ideal lens line up as follows

General walk about 24-105 f4 sigma art
A prime lens of somesort
and possibly 70-200 f2.8 (not sure if I would really need this)

My main photography will be portraiture and sort of street.
 
twist said:
Look further down the main page ;)
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On the Nikon D750 page, quite a few pages to go through, any idea approx where to start?
 
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Just my views

I would start with the Nikon 50mm
then go back or forward depending on what you shoot ..... working in stages
you will get some bargains used

I now always stick to Nikon - when I have ventured away I have been a little disappointed, but that was a few years ago

I would rather go for a used Nikon that a new third party

at the shorter end, there are still some very good used Nikon MF lenses around - which are OK if you are happy with manual focus, (I'm not these days as I need all the help that there is)

If you buy a used Nikon well you will normally get your money back
 
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saul01 said:
As some of you may know, I have managed to land myself the above camera over the weekend and now am looking at lenses. Funds are not allowing me to purchase the lens of my choice and was thinking of a stop gap lens until necessary. At present own a Nikon 35mm f1.8 DX and a Tamron 17-50mm which I believe I can use under the crop factor setting.

Would the Tamron 28-75mm be a good stop gap lens? and also which version of the lens is better, with built in motor or without?

Saul.
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I'm just choosing my lenses and toying between a few!

I have the 50mm f1.8g which is a good start - cheap too.

The Tamron 28-75 is a good lens, but not a great lens. I had one on a D600 and it performed well and I had a lot of keepers. Its good as long as you realise it has its limits. I had the one with the motor and never had any focussing issues.

I used the 35mm f1.8g FX over the weekend and on 2nd inspection of my shots, its rather good. For the money its a bit of the steal and bare in mind these were jpgs with no PP.

Nikon 24-85 is ok if you are not looking for a fast lens, the 24-120 is a good walk about (but fairly heavy) lens.

The 70-300 VR is a good tele photo.

As mentioned - watch the classifeds.
 
Using DX lenses and crop mode is far from ideal imo, and you'd be better off buying some cheaper older lenses until you can afford what you want imo. For example, I recently sold my 28-105mm for £50 (or was it £60?). OK it's not go a constant aperture, but it's good enough to get you going and you won't lose any money on it when you sell it on.

50mm f1.8 prime can be had for around £130 new and is a great lens.

Any particular reason you'd choose the Sigma 24-105mm F4 over the Nikon 24-120mm F4? (not much in it price wise)

70-200mm f2.8 VRII is a stunning lens, but not sure it's needed for street and portraiture. the 50mm f1.8 can be used for portraits, but the 85mm f1.8 can be had for a fraction of the price of a 70-200mm f2.8 and makes an ideal portrait lens. The 35mm sigma art would be good for street, but the nikon 35mm f1.8 is a great cheaper alternative.
 
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Should have it all read in time for Christmas 2016.
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Hopefully will be wiser and ready for the xmas sales(y)
 
snerkler said:
Using DX lenses and crop mode is far from ideal imo, and you'd be better off buying some cheaper older lenses until you can afford what you want imo. For example, I recently sold my 28-105mm for £50 (or was it £60?). OK it's not go a constant aperture, but it's good enough to get you going and you won't lose any money on it when you sell it on.

50mm f1.8 prime can be had for around £130 new and is a great lens.

Any particular reason you'd choose the Sigma 24-105mm F4 over the Nikon 24-120mm F4? (not much in it price wise)

70-200mm f2.8 VRII is a stunning lens, but not sure it's needed for street and portraiture. the 50mm f1.8 can be used for portraits, but the 85mm f1.8 can be had for a fraction of the price of a 70-200mm f2.8 and makes an ideal portrait lens. The 35mm sigma art would be good for street, but the nikon 35mm f1.8 is a great cheaper alternative.
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The DX's lenses are just a temporary fix really, will probably sell/part ex these to fund a FX lens.

No particular reason for the Sigma, had just read about it and a few friends have also recommended it, but will have a read on the Nikon.
 
I wouldn't buy anything until you try and shoot with what you have, in DX mode if you need to (though I find it can be tricky framing shots inside the lines). See where the lack of IQ or focal length is hurting you the most and look to replace those lenses first. A 35 and 85 will certainly get you going in terms of portraiture, you'll just have to zoom with your feet.
 
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The 35 is surprisingly good in FX mode, I'd turn Auto-DX mode off.

Also, the 17-55 probably covers the sensor from 24mm, you can always crop afterwards if required.
 
Just having a look and read about the Nikon 35 & 85mm f1.8. Any reason why the 85mm is cheaper?
 
Easier/less complicated design for that focal length I expect, just like nifty fifties are a super simple design and therefore cheap!
 
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