Which lens with Nikon D70S

[riz]

Hi,

 

I am planning to buy Nikon D70S. Please suggest which lens would be a better

option for D70S.

 

a) Nikon 18-70 DX

b) Nikon 18-55 DX

c) Nikon 28-105 3.5/4.5 AF-D IF

 

It would be great if you kindly support your choice with reason in couple of

lines.

 

Thanking you in anticipation.

 

Riz

[shineofleo]

old question and the same answer: a

 

1, it's a DX lens which is good for DSLR

2, not bad performance

3, good price

[geoffs1]

Not to be snide, but what kind of photographs do you want to make?

 

In particular, the 18-70 and 28-105 cover significantly different focal-length ranges. The 18-70 is (IMHO) better "all around", but if you're shooting portaits and the like then the slightly longer reach of the 28-105 might be desirable.

 

If I can mix systems for a moment, I love my 18-70 and D70 for "walking around" shots, and keep a 24-105 or longer telephoto on my 20D for shots where I want to compress the perspective (or need the reach).

 

Cheers,

 

Geoff S.

[riz]

Thanks Leon and Geoff,

 

Geoff:

I want to make all type of photogrpahy (landscape, people, action etc). I also have F70. Tamron 28-300 which I was using with that broke.

 

Now I want to shift to D70S. The reason for the considertaion of 28-105 was to use same lens on both bodies.

 

But main thing is: If 18-70 DX performance is remarkable on D70S i.e. better than 28-105 then I would consider 18-70 DX (and start saving for 28-105.

 

Looking forward,

 

Thanks,

 

Riz

[NetR]

Hi Riz. Your 28-105mm lens will work perfectly well on a D70s, but...

 

Because the D70s sensor is much smaller than 35mm film, on a D70s it will give you an angle of view equivalent (multiply by 1.5) to a 42-158mm lens. The 18-70 on a D70s will give you an angle of view equivalent to a 27-105 on a film camera. So the 18-70 provides the same wide to tele angle of view on a D70s as the 28-105 does on a film camera. The 18-70 also allows manual focus corrections to be made when the lens is set in AF, which can be very convenient sometimes. It is probably worth keeping the 28-105 for now as it will give you a little more telephoto magnification.

 

I think you will need to get one of the 18-something lenses but which one will come down to whether you want to pay more for the better quality lens (18-70). If you are going to be mainly shooting in bright light then the 18-55 will seldome be used wide open and quality may not be such a big issue. Regards, Ross

[cl_ho2]

AFS 18-200/3.5-5.6VRII is a very good alternative.