Best D7100 Kit Lenses?? I'm planning to upgrade from my D90 to a D7100. It comes in various "kit" packages and would like to know which lenses might be better and which to avoid. I now...

RichardRW Loc: West coast of Florida

I'm planning to upgrade from my D90 to a D7100. It comes in various "kit" packages and would like to know which lenses might be better and which to avoid. I now have Nikon 70-300, Tamron 18-270 and Sigma 10-20mm.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

RichardRW wrote:

I'm planning to upgrade from my D90 to a D7100. It comes in various "kit" packages and would like to know which lenses might be better and which to avoid. I now have Nikon 70-300, Tamron 18-270 and Sigma 10-20mm.

Avoid the 18-300s

RetiredPhotog Loc: South West Ohio

RichardRW wrote:

I'm planning to upgrade from my D90 to a D7100. It comes in various "kit" packages and would like to know which lenses might be better and which to avoid. I now have Nikon 70-300, Tamron 18-270 and Sigma 10-20mm.

I have a D7100 with the Tamron 18-270. It's an excellent lens and physically smaller than other similar lenses.

Ctrclckws

The 18-140 is my favorite of the 18-x group. You already have the 70-300 which is next.

Can you get the dx 35mm prime?

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

The 35mm DX is well worth the money.

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Nikon 18-140....amazing little lens...just keep in mind its a DX lens.

CO

I stay away from superzoom lenses. They usually have a lot of barrel and pincushion distortion. Try to stick with lenses with a conservative zoom range not more than about 5x. The 35mm DX lens recommended before would be great to get. Its large maximum aperture lets you the nice portrait effect with the background out of focus.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Ctrclckws wrote:

The 18-140 is my favorite of the 18-x group. You already have the 70-300 which is next.

Can you get the dx 35mm prime?

I second the 18-140. The 18-55 also works well with the D7100.

MarkD Loc: NYC

Just get the body. You have a nice set of lenses now. If you want one of the kit lenses, both the 18-105 VR and 18-140 VR are very good lenses.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

Maybe a prime like the 35 or 50. I would really recommend that you acquire the body only considering the lenses you have. Good luck. You will enjoy the D7100.

RichardRW wrote:

I'm planning to upgrade from my D90 to a D7100. It comes in various "kit" packages and would like to know which lenses might be better and which to avoid. I now have Nikon 70-300, Tamron 18-270 and Sigma 10-20mm.

RichardRW Loc: West coast of Florida

Thanks to all for your comments. Since I will probably pas on the D90 and Tamron to my grandaughter, will probably go with the 18-140, and also either the 35 or 50.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

If I were you I would only buy the body now and wait until you hand the camera down before buying another lens. Then you will know what you want.
I bought a 7100 in September with the 18-140 and the 70-300 nikon kit lenses. Thoroughly enjoy them both.

Drala2k Loc: Vermont

IMO for what you are getting vs cost, the 35 is a must have.

Kmgw9v wrote:

The 35mm DX is well worth the money.

RichardRW Loc: West coast of Florida

Drala2k wrote:

IMO for what you are getting vs cost, the 35 is a must have.

Are you meaning the 1.4 or 1.8 Nikon?

jmcarp Loc: Colorado

My D7000 bag contains a 16-85mm/1:3.5-5.6G (my normal walk-around lens), a 70-300mm/1:4.5-5.6G, and a 12-24mm/1:4G. I seldom use the latter, but I carry it anyway for the occasional ultra-wide shot. If I'm traveling and want a one-lens solution, I carry my old 18-200mm/1:3.5-5.6G or else borrow the 18-140mm/1:3.5-5.6G from my D5000. Of these two, I'm leaning more and more to the 18-140 because the images are just a bit sharper and it doesn't suffer the lens creep problem of the 18-200.