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Assuming you had to do with DX, what lens combo would you pick? Lets go with Nikon since that is what I am currently using. i.e. based on a Nikon D90 or D7000 what lenses would you pick? Assuming only one body so picking a lot of primes would mean constantly changing lenses...
I am just interested in what combinations of lenses you guys would suggest (trying to make up my mind). Also keep in mind that one could go the route of a) planning for a future FX upgrade or b) not. I think that is an important factor since the usual 2 workhorses aka 2470 and 70-200 wouldn't be the ideal combo for a DX based system because of the crop factor, would they?
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Good to see you bought the D7000, fantastic camera! As for wedding lenses, I've used the Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 Di SP lens (very good for the money) but I have recently upgraded to the Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 lens, which should arrive by the end of the week - fingers crossed!
I also use a 50mm 1.8D and 85mm 1.8D, and a Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro lens. I had the Tammy attached to my D7000 + SB-900 with BFT, and the 85mm attached to my D90 for a tele (or the macro etc).
I'll let you know how I find the 24-70 on the D7000. I was going to purchase the 17-55mm, but I do plan on going FF in the new year, as well as purchasing the Nikon 70-200mm.
I have had experience with the Nikon AF-D 80-200mm 2.8 on the D90 before, lovely lens with lovely bokeh. I didn't have any problems with focal range etc. Hope this helps.
But if you plan a future upgrade, it has to be the Nikon 24-70mm f2.8
No other mid-range zoom can touch it for image quality. (Canon included.)
Alternately, a used 17-35mm f2.8 AF-S ... a full-frame lens,
that effectively becomes a 24-53mm lens on a DX camera ... and still remains a useful range on a full-frame camera.
Thanks,
Erwin
Thanks for the useful advice. I'll have a look at the Tamron SP AF 17-50mm 2.8 XR Di II VC LD Asp IF für Nikon (B005N) which seems to be very reasonable priced and let you know what I bought when it happens (which might be within the next few months...)
Please let me know about experiences with the 24-70 on the D7000 as I was doubting that combination would be useful to me due to it actually being a 38-112mm on a DX camera...
As an aside, you multiplied by 1.6x which is the Canon crop. Nikon is 1.5x
There's a slight difference then in effective range.
As to quality I don't know the 24-120 lens so I can't say anything about quality...
1/50 s, f2, ISO 800
1/100 s, f1.4, ISO 800
Rams
1/25s, f2.8, ISO 800
Unfortunately, I have always treated FEC as adjusting the exposure on my subject, not my background exposure, so I'm not sure what the calculation needs to be here.
If you are doing a lot more wedding photography, you probably should upgrade to a D300s, which is better at ISO 1600.
I recently hired the D700 and the 24-70 performs better. There will always be the debate of FF/DX . You cant go wrong with the D700.
Are you sure you are not thinking of the D300? I thought the D300s would be better than the D90. I owned a D300 (not D300s) for over a year, and the images were not terrible at ISO 1600. There was a little noise, but Adobe Lightroom was able to smooth it out without washing the detail out.
Otherwise, you should go with the D7000 as Vaenka suggested.
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