Good Morning to all !

Am asking for guidance in regards to my purchasing a new lens for Nikon's D800...

Today, I will be ordering a new Nikon D800 camera body, but would like to order a high quality starter lens to go along with it.. When I say a starter lens, I am referring to a lens that will have zooming capabilities starting on the low end with a focal length somewhere around 16mm and a high end focal length somewhere around 105mm or higher. Yet, my requirements or my needs for such a lens are of such whereas I want the lens to have the best glass that Nikon has to offer for a mild zoom lens within these focal length ranges..

Admittedly, I will say to you that I am not familiar with all of the nomenclature or the acronyms that Nikon gives to their lenses, but if you will bear with me/help me, I am asking for advice which will enable me to purchase the highest quality lens that Nikon has to offer in the focal length ranges which I have just listed..

As an example, I am familiar with Canon's lenses and I know that Canon's "L" series lenses are touted as having better qualities (higher quality glass) when compared to their non-L series lenses... With this said, if I can purchase a lens for my Nikon D800 and the D800 be fitted with a lens much like Canon's 5D Mark III is fitted with Canon's 24-105 "L" series lens, I shall be more than happy :)

In advance, I thank you for your responding, enjoy your day, and if you have a garden, get outside today, weather permitting, and enjoy many of the trees and flowers which are now in full bloom with plenty of bees buzzing ~ well, they are here in Ohio :)

~ Doug ~