What starting lenses for GBP 400?

[insomniac]

Based on the discussions in the 'Price conundrum: D90 vs D7000' thread, assuming I go for the D90, I'll have about GBP 400 to put down on a starting lens.

I did want slowly build up a collection of quality lenses, and was wondering if someone could suggest a good all-purpose one to get started?

I was initially thinking of two lenses - the prime 35mm f/1.8 and another one.

Any suggestions please? With these lenses I'll be concentrating mostly on portraits, travel and general photography.

Thank you.

 

[TordFuglstad]

this: http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/77917/show.html

but go for the d7000 and get some more money for lenses seriously. You want regret it.

 

[wicker_man]

Tamron 17-50mm f2.8? Around £200ish second hand, fantastic performance for the money, a huge improvement over a standard kit lens.

 

[insomniac]

Hello,

I was doing a bit more research and was thinking about these two lenses:
Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8 G DX and Nikon AF-S 55-200mm f/4-5.6 VR DX. They'd both fit my GBP400 budget and would give me a nice mix of prime and zoom.

The latter is available on Amazon from a seller called Swan Dice for GBP 121, which seems like a remarkably low price and less than half the price at Jessops. Has anyone used this merchant before?

Thank you.

 

[insomniac]

Please ignore my previous post - I just went through some of the Amazon reviews and it looks like it's cheap on account of being a grey import.

 

[mrgas]

I've just bought secondhand off here a sigma 50mm f2.8 macro, its an absolute gem of a lens

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-sigma-50mm-f2-8-ex-dg-macro-lens-nikon-fit/p1002622?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-camera-lenses-_-nikon-fit-_-sigma-50mm-f2-8-ex-dg-macro-lens-nikon-fit_1002622&utm_source=googlebase