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Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

What would a good all around lens be? if i'm forced 2 use a 3 party, so be it?
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no12mo

The kit lens that came with my D7000 worked out perfectly. It is an 18 to 105mm DX. Work out the numbers for your FX camera on what's available. That zoom lens works for over 90% of my needs.

Good luck and be safe, Alan

rcarol

no12mo wrote:

The kit lens that came with my D7000 worked out perfectly. It is an 18 to 105mm DX. Work out the numbers for your FX camera on what's available. That zoom lens works for over 90% of my needs.

Good luck and be safe, Alan

The OP is referring to the D700, not the D7000.

rcarol

Carl1024 wrote:

What would a good all around lens be? if i'm forced 2 use a 3 party, so be it?
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One of Nikon's 24-105 variants is a good match for this camera.

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

Carl1024 wrote:

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Carl - Do you have a Nikon D700 or the D7000? If indeed you have the D700 then I recommend the Nikkor 28-200 mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED. They are an older lens, no longer in production, but can be found used for very little $$. Best, chase

User ID

no12mo wrote:

The kit lens that came with my D7000 worked out perfectly. It is an 18 to 105mm DX. Work out the numbers for your FX camera on what's available. That zoom lens works for over 90% of my needs.

Good luck and be safe, Alan

The math works out to about 27-160 for FX. PM me and I’ll offer you my extra Sigma (super affordable in great shape).

User ID

rcarol wrote:

The OP is referring to the D700, not the D7000.

Read it twice, and slow down. Then you’ll see what was actually written.

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

PM?
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Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Carl1024 wrote:

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If I only wanted one lens, it would be the 28 to 300 Nikon lens. It is reasonably sharp all the way through. In addition, it will close focus at less than 12 inches at all focal lengths, eliminating the need for a macro lens. A butterfly at 300mm from a short distance will fill the frame nicely. At 28mm, it doesn't provide the same sweeping landscape view a 24mm lens would (my favorite length for landscape), but it comes close enough that with only one lens, it will do nicely.

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

I used it ounce @ the park & it came out ? can't go very far?
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rcarol

User ID wrote:

Read it twice, and slow down. Then you’ll see what was actually written.

Okay, Mr. UserID. I've read it twice and no matter how much I slow down, I read Nikon D700. What do you want me to see?

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

You sound angry?

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

User ID wrote:

The math works out to about 27-160 for FX. PM me and I’ll offer you my extra Sigma (super affordable in great shape).

User - Sounds like the OP may not know or realize how using A DX lens on A FX body reduces the area covered on the FX sensor. Most of the newer Nikon FX bodies have a mode that the shooter can select in the camera to shoot DX format but at the loss of many pixels. I do not know if a D700 has this option. chase

Perhaps this link will help: https://photographylife.com/using-nikon-dx-lenses-on-fx-cameras

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

The D7000 is a crop sensor camera. The D700 is FX. That lens would be entirely inadequate for the D700's capabilities.
--Bob

no12mo wrote:

The kit lens that came with my D7000 worked out perfectly. It is an 18 to 105mm DX. Work out the numbers for your FX camera on what's available. That zoom lens works for over 90% of my needs.

Good luck and be safe, Alan

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

A good all-around lens, which is one I've used on my D700 is the Nikkor 28~300.
https://www.adorama.com/us%20%20%201344808.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0MD_BRCTARIsADXoopZw2waf50qCKIE-TslVFgqZP0ikY0UGjQLoBxEw84WPPtrX7cKsmS8aAg0REALw_wcB&utm_source=adl-gbase
--Bob

Carl1024 wrote:

What would a good all around lens be? if i'm forced 2 use a 3 party, so be it?
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