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<p>The 35mm f1.8 seems a natural. The 18-55mm is the versatile lens that works well in good light, the 35mm is the lens for poor light. Nothing wrong at all with a variable aperture zoom as long as you have a lens that works well in poor light to fall back on. The 35mm is cheap and it is good.</p>

<p>I am a member of another forum which is frequented by mostly fashion photographers. Someone recently posted the question, which one should I buy (D300 vs. D3200), being that they are about the same price? I spend much more time reading photo.net than I do this other forum so I am more familiar with the advice generally given here. I would personally prefer the D300 but said in my reply that I suspected that most would choose the much newer D3200. I believe the majority advice would have been for the D3200 had the question been posted here. The term "older technology" comes to mind. To my surprise the advice from the large majority was to purchase the older D300 rather than the consumer D3200.</p> <p>This got me thinking.<br> <br /> Either I am wrong and he would have received the same advice here or photo.net members tend to have different needs in a camera than members of that other forum and therefore would give different advice in this situation.</p> <p>What would you have advised? Would your advice change knowing that the camera was to be used mostly for fashion (he said in the post portraits, weddings and newborns but it is a fashion forum)?</p> <p>I could not find the forum rules on photo.net and do not know if it is ok to post links to other forums. If someone tells me that it is ok I will post the link.</p>