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hi would these two lenses be ok for a novice, the camera is a nikon d90 and the lenses would be 50mm 1.8d and 70-300vr, i wil be taking pictures of my grandbairns and family indoors and out, and wildlife,thank you in advance for replies.
 
I would imagine they would be fine. The 50mm will be good for portrait shots and the other obviously has huge range so wll do about everything else. Not sure about quality as i use Canon but the range is fine for what you've mentioned.
 
Both the lenses you mention are good sharp lenses, but for indoors you will need a lens that goes wider. As mentioned before, the Nikon 18-70 is an excellent lens, or the Tamron 17-50 f2.8 for shooting in lower light.
 
the reason i am asking is that at the moment i can only afford two lenses,so to get started do you think the 18-70 would be a better option than the 50mm 1.8.
 
reedwarbler said:
the reason i am asking is that at the moment i can only afford two lenses,so to get started do you think the 18-70 would be a better option than the 50mm 1.8.
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For all round purposes the 18-70, 70-300VR combo would do nicely for most circumstances. The 50mm f1.8 is a more specialised lens with wide aperture for low light and narrow DOF portrait type shots.
 
thanks for that jomike,do you think the lack of vr woulb be an issue for a novice,also i read that the 18-70 suffers from vignetting(thom hogan) what does that mean?
 
VR is more useful at longer focal lengths like 100mm +. If you feel you would like VR, the Nikon 18-105VR is a nice cheapish lens with VR. Keep an eye on the cassifieds here as they come up S/H quite often.

Vignetting is when the corners of the image are dark. It can be fixed easily in PP.
 
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The 70-300VR is a very good lens, but not very usefull indoors, but very good for candid shots outside.

The 50mm 1.8 again is a brilliant lens, and for the money should be in any photographers bag. These can be picked up for about £60-80. However on a crop body like the D90, its still sometimes a bit long indoors, so something wider would certainly suit your brief of indoor portraits
 
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