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Whalers11 (original poster member #27544) posted at 6:25 PM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013
I am not a professional photographer, and have no aspirations to be one. I took some photography classes when I was younger, and was told I have a knack for it, and it was something I enjoyed doing... but I ended up giving up that hobby (long story).
My company has a "reward points" system, and you can shop in a catalog for items when you accumulate points. I finally have enough points to get something meaningful and I decided to get a Nikon D3200 D-SLR camera and get back into my photography hobby.
I've owned SLRs in the past, but this is my first digital one. The camera is costing me nothing, but I am thinking about purchasing a lens if I can find an affordable one.
My primary uses would be shooting youth/high school sports, concerts (mainly outdoors) and nature/animals.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a good quality but affordable lens?
wifehad5 ( Administrator #15162) posted at 10:16 PM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Does it come with any lens at all? I've found the base 18-55MM lens to be very useful.
From what you're saying about your use, you're going to want a bigger telephoto lens. I went with a 55-200 due to price. I still have a 70-300 from my old film Nikon, so I have that as a backup.
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NotDefeatedYet ( member #33642) posted at 10:35 PM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Because it's a crop camera, the 35 1.8 lens is really, really good and not real expensive.
I would suggest getting Bryan Peterson's book 'Understanding Photography'. That will give you a very good head start.
Oh, and that whole 'costing you nothing'...you'll laugh at that later when you've spent a zillion dollars on camera stuff.
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Whalers11 (original poster member #27544) posted at 12:54 AM on Friday, September 13th, 2013
It comes with a kit lens - a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR NIKKOR Zoom.
wifehadfive, I was thinking of getting the Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR NIKKOR Zoom as it is relatively inexpensive and will give me some additional versatility...
NotDefeatedYet, I am prepared for this to turn into an expensive hobby over time... 
[This message edited by Whalers11 at 7:20 PM, September 12th (Thursday)]
wifehad5 ( Administrator #15162) posted at 1:09 AM on Friday, September 13th, 2013
Those are the two lenses I was referring too. I was too lazy to get up and look in the camera bag 
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Kajem ( member #36134) posted at 12:37 PM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013
I have a DSLR from a different manufacturer and those lenses are the ones I use the most. They worked well for what I was shooting: sporting events, band competitions, theatre productions, kid stuff in general.
Enjoy.
K
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