Walkaround lens for the D7100 (Page 3): If you want a compact, versatile "walk around" lens the Nikon 16-85 takes some beating, giving a true equivalent of 24mm at the wide end. Lens...

Dave B Loc: Ramsey,Cambridgeshire UK

If you want a compact, versatile "walk around" lens the Nikon
16-85 takes some beating, giving a true equivalent of 24mm at the wide end. Lens is compact and balances nicely on a D7000.

GrahamS Loc: Hertfordshire, U.K

craggycrossers wrote:

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I have one on my D7k as a travel lens and I am very happy with it. I find the 18-300 far too heavy.

deepdiverv Loc: arizona

I get my D7100 this thursday. My favorite lens for my D7000 is my 18-300mm nikon. I used it on my recent trip to Vietnam and it took care of just about any situation .

18-300mm

F16 Club

Jazzer
As craggycrossers said, sigma is not spensive a very good lens.
However, if not for business I think the best is a zoom 18-250 from sigma; with the advance of D7100 provably it make sense.
Not worried much for lenses, actually neurosciences are working with Nikon to made a brain sensor that get direct the imagen from brain what you see with your eyes and load to a memory card . So cameras will be soon obsoletes or use only for those with low vision.

Edmund Dworakowski

I ams shooting with a D300s. My walkaround lens has been the 18-200 VRII which has been a pretty good all-around lens for the 12MP. I hope to upgrade, hopefully to a D400 if/when it ever comes out but I think for either a d7100 or a new D400, I'd go with the 17-55 f2.8. A bit more expensive,but much finer build and image quality for the 24 MP. I find that I shoot most of my landscapes at the wider end or with the excellent Tokina 11-16 f2.8.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Jazzer wrote:

Within a matter of days I should receive a D7100 from B & H. I own A D90 with a n 18-70 zoom that gives me perfect results with the 12 meg sensor. Just wondering if anyone in the group could suggest an affordable lens for the D7100's 24 meg sensor that would not require post process sharpening.

Not sure what is wrong with your 18-70 lens ! ? ALL digital images require post processing ! The Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 OS is good, and affordable for most.

F16 Club

imagemeister wrote:

Jazzer wrote:

Within a matter of days I should receive a D7100 from B & H. I own A D90 with a n 18-70 zoom that gives me perfect results with the 12 meg sensor. Just wondering if anyone in the group could suggest an affordable lens for the D7100's 24 meg sensor that would not require post process sharpening.

Not sure what is wrong with your 18-70 lens ! ? ALL digital images require post processing ! The Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 OS is good, and affordable for most.

imagemeister;
the wrong with almost all nikon lenses is the price, and the quality of glass material alway bring a blue imagen.
Nikon shall realize that with the quality mp of point and shoot cameras the photography business is down so if they not lower the price their lenses will have spider ned in stores :thumbup:

RustyEire

imagemeister wrote:

. . . ALL digital images require post processing !

Now there's a provocative statement, ImageMeister! This discussion's been had a few bazillion times, I'm sure, but I'll wade in anyway and opine that, if you know your camera and exposure triangle . . . and have had a bit of experience making the kind of images you like to make, your digital images don't require PP. Is it an option, a creative tool, an occasional fix-up-a-screwed-up-image implement? You betcha. Is it a no-exceptions requirement for "ALL digital images"? Not a chance. . . .

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Jazzer wrote:

Within a matter of days I should receive a D7100 from B & H. I own A D90 with a n 18-70 zoom that gives me perfect results with the 12 meg sensor. Just wondering if anyone in the group could suggest an affordable lens for the D7100's 24 meg sensor that would not require post process sharpening.

All digital images can stand some sharpening, even if the best lens is used. But if you shoot jpg the camera does it in the camera. Sharpening can be adjusted for jpg output by most cameras, but it's best to shoot raw so that you have more control over it.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Jazzer wrote:

Within a matter of days I should receive a D7100 from B & H. I own A D90 with a n 18-70 zoom that gives me perfect results with the 12 meg sensor. Just wondering if anyone in the group could suggest an affordable lens for the D7100's 24 meg sensor that would not require post process sharpening.

It's my understanding that the D7100, like the D800e, might require less sharpening because it does not have the anti-aliasing filter in front of the sensor.

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

jerryc41 wrote:

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Lucky you, Jerry - the E-Type Jaguar is the most beautiful car ever made -- the 4-wheel equivalent of the immortal Supermarine Spitfire. Both 'Made in England', of course ! What a saga was encompassed in those three words.
Today, I guess it's all about 'Made in Japan' (the title of Akio Morita's autobiography) or 'Made in Korea'....

craggycrossers Loc: Robin Hood Country, UK

subroto mukerji wrote:

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Had to respond, Subroto, to your kind expression of "those immortal words" - here's the "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" Spitfire at its home in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, not far really from me, where it's based with the Hurricane, Lancaster and a few other Spitfires under "refurbishment" under the watchful eyes of the RAF.

Kind regards from England

Spitfire 1

Spitfire 2

Spitfire 3

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

craggycrossers wrote:

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This plane, along with the Hurricane, saved England during the Battle of Britain -- not to forget the heroic RAF pilots and other support ranks, of course. Whether Merlin or Griffon-engined, it was more than a match for the ME 109 with its BMW engine !!

Fond regards to jolly old Blighty from India -- once the 'Jewel in the Crown'. Now we own Land Rover, and one has to admit that Ratan Tata's made a huge success of it. Our shared past inevitably draws us closer together ... :D

craggycrossers Loc: Robin Hood Country, UK

subroto mukerji wrote:

craggycrossers wrote:

quote=subroto mukerji quote=jerryc41 quote=crag... (show quote)

This plane, along with the Hurricane, saved England during the Battle of Britain -- not to forget the heroic RAF pilots and other support ranks, of course. Whether Merlin or Griffon-engined, it was more than a match for the ME 109 with its BMW engine !!

Fond regards to jolly old Blighty from India -- once the 'Jewel in the Crown'. Now we own Land Rover, and one has to admit that Ratan Tata's made a huge success of it. Our shared past inevitably draws us closer together ... :D

quote=craggycrossers quote=subroto mukerji quot... (show quote)

Kind and sweet words, my friend. And happy to give you these photos. I was born in 1947 so have only the memories and recollections of those older than I of those wartime days. My dad served with Bomber Command 617 Squadron, "The Dam Busters", of which he was very proud, and his two sons as well. It gives me a nice warm feeling inside that such a small nation as ours can have gained such a standing around the world. And I'll do my utmost to continue it !

Long may you assist the Land Rover name retain its position in the world of 4x4 !

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

Jazzer wrote:

Within a matter of days I should receive a D7100 from B & H. I own A D90 with a n 18-70 zoom that gives me perfect results with the 12 meg sensor. Just wondering if anyone in the group could suggest an affordable lens for the D7100's 24 meg sensor that would not require post process sharpening.

I think ALL lenses need sharpening... However, suggest you consider the 1.8 35. It's a VERY good lens, and translates to 53mm considering crop factor...all for around $200 or so.

Don't know about 24 Meg's by experience, but I'd bet my money on it.

BTW, are you a fan of Muggsie Spanier?
Cheers, tom