Which models of Nikon SLR and medium telephoto lens are the best?

When it is difficult to choose, it is recommended to refer to the following three criteria when choosing the fuselage:

1, shape, feel. Machines that don't like the appearance and feel bad are uncomfortable to use, so I won't consider them for the time being.

2. Pixels. At present, the mainstream is a 10-megapixel SLR, so Canon's 400D, Nikon's D200/D80/D40X, Sony's A 100 and Pentax's K 10D are the main models.

3. price. This is very simple. How much do you need? 100000 megapixel machines are mostly between 5K and 7K, and only Nikon's D200 is around1w.. It's not wrong to make a budget before you buy something.

4. Don't pay too much attention to the dust removal function on the current fuselage. The effect of this new function is far from as good as advertised. There is no need to care too much about this now. The vibration release function of the fuselage is still very practical.

The characteristics of Nikon lens are simply: fixed focus is better than zoom, the price is relatively cheap, the imaging style is sharp, the high-end products are lost to Canon, and the low-end products are not inferior or even slightly better. Nikon and Canon, as the major brands of lenses in the world, have been playing for decades. Nikon's lenses belong to the middle and low-end grades, which are relatively cheap and kind in workmanship, so they are deeply loved by photographers. Canon is in a leading position in professional fields, such as sports photography, so you will see many people holding Canon cannons in football matches and tennis matches.

According to the focus part

In fact, the traditional 135 lens is generally divided according to the focal length. The more traditional approximate division is:

10- 17mm is an ultra-wide angle-it is mainly used to shoot landscapes, especially large scenes, such as grasslands, deserts and the sea.

17-35mm wide angle-scenery, culture, the main focus of this kind of travel photos, especially suitable for travel shooting.

35- 135mm medium coke-humanities, portrait. The focal length of 85mm is especially considered as the best focal length for portrait shooting, so we can often see that a lens like 85mm F 1.8 is called portrait head.

50 mm-this focal length is said to be the most suitable for people to see, so it has become the standard focal length. We often refer to the 50 mm lens as the "head", which is the origin of it. But recently I read an article saying that 42mm is the real standard focal length. Well, I don't care so much. Since tradition calls it that, let's call it that first.

135-200mm- telephoto, suitable for close-up of people, taking some lotus flowers, stage and the like.

135mm is considered as telephoto. Generally, it's only 200mm, but some people like to shoot wild animals and birds with a focal length of 300, 400 or even 600 mm ... But the first batch is tens of thousands, which is beyond the average person's affordability. I haven't played with them, so I won't say it.

Macro-a macro lens specially used to photograph insects, flowers and other small things. This focal length is special, but the kind is very simple. Nikon usually has two macro lenses, 60mm and 105mm, which will be discussed in detail later.

I'm mainly talking about 10-200mm, which is the most common, commonly used and possibly the most troublesome lens choice. However, I want to emphasize one point in particular:

The focal length mentioned above is the focal length of a traditional 135 camera. In fact, in the digital age, these focal lengths are often converted, and the focal length multiplied by a coefficient is the real actual focal length. For example, Nikon's current SLR fuselage coefficient is 1.5, and Canon's different models are different, and D400 is 1.6. It is worth mentioning that the coefficients of Canon's 5D and Bunny's 1Ds MARK II are Quan Huafu's 1. So an 85MM F 1.4D Nikon lens, on a Nikon digital camera similar to D80, is actually the focal length of 85x 1.5 or 128MM, and so on.

The existence of this coefficient has caused a great trouble, that is, the wide-angle focal length of 17-35mm on the traditional Nikon 135 camera has actually become a strange focal length of 26-53mm on Nikon's digital SLR, and the wide angle is almost gone. This is why some people will buy 12-24 mm ultra-wide angle for digital SLR. (12-24 multiplied by the coefficient is just a very traditional standard 18-36 mm wide-angle focal length). This is one of the reasons why some people admire full-frame cameras like Canon 5D.

3. Other points of the lens:

Focus and zoom-this should be easy to understand. Fixed focus means that the focal length is constant. For example, Nikon's 105mm macro lens is 105mm fixed focus. Zooming means that the focal length can be adjusted. For example, Nikon's 17-35MM F2.8d lens can freely change the focal length between 17 and 35MM.

Dog's head, bull's head-this is what photographers call it. Most manufacturers say "economical and practical ordinary head" and "professional head with excellent imaging". There's actually nothing to say about this. After all, if manufacturers want to make money, it is impossible to have a good and cheap image.

2. What do you shoot the most every day? -If you like taking portraits, choose a lens with a focal length of 35- 135. If you like to shoot scenery and travel, you should choose a wide angle with a focal length of 17-35. If you like to shoot lotus flowers and birds, you can consider a 200mm focal lens.

My personal advice:

1. Try to shoot well within the budget.

2. Be sure to buy a good photo of the focus segment you take most often. The shot segments that are not frequently shot can be temporarily ignored or invested less.

I would rather buy an avatar with a good image than make do with it. In particular, some people deliberately bought a bunch of lenses in order to match the focal length of 17-200 when the money is not very abundant. As a result, they spent a lot of money, and none of them had a good imaging effect.

4. It is enough to buy a general wide-angle lens for shooting scenery, because most landscapes need a small aperture. In the case of a small aperture, the imaging of a general lens will be very good, so unless it is particularly necessary, there is generally no need to buy a wide-angle lens with a large aperture.

5, 35- 135 is the most frequently used medium focus, because taking commemorative photos, portraits and humanities are all in this medium focus. Especially, the focal length of 50MM and 85MM is almost the same person, because there is no need to shoot landscapes and insects and plants, but it is difficult not to shoot girlfriends, wives, children, friends and family, well, yes, PLMM.

6, telephoto suggests that people who really like telephoto buy it, because telephoto lenses are generally very heavy, and people who don't like it are generally reluctant to take out the heavy lens. Many people have bought telephoto lenses, and most of them still like medium focal lenses such as 24-70, 28-70 and 85 mm

All right, cut to the chase.

1. What fuselage should I buy?

Nikon's main SLR bodies are D40/D40X, D80, D200 and D2XS. The D2XS is a professional machine, so the price of more than 20,000 won't be discussed. What most people are puzzled about is whether to choose Nikon SLR, D40X and D80 with10 megapixels or the more professional D200.

Judging from the performance of the machine, it must be D200. After all, it is a quasi-professional SLR camera. But it is very important that those professional performances are of great use to themselves and whether they are what they need. The main advantages of D200 equivalent to D80 are:

Magnesium-aluminum alloy fuselage is more durable-I still like this one, but the hands are smaller, and people who don't like to carry heavy things don't like it.

Higher shutter speed can reach 1/8000 seconds-this is actually completely meaningless. Ordinary fans will never use such a fast shutter unless you like to shoot the child through the apple all day.

Continuous shooting speed is 5 frames per second-D80 is 3 frames per second, which is still useful for snapshots. Those who like to shoot sports, especially racing cars, are still worth considering.

Better support for manual lens-it is recommended that novices don't try manual head easily unless you have a manual lens complex. Otherwise, the problem of inaccurate focus will make you depressed for a long time.

The main advantages of D200 and D80 lie in these four points, and the other is the difference between modeling and memory card.

The D80' s current fuselage price is around 6500, except that the above three points are weaker than the D200, and other performances are similar. Now the price of D40X has also been reduced, but many functions have been simplified, especially the cancellation of the body motor, which makes it difficult for non-DX lenses such as 50MM F 1.8 to achieve autofocus on D40X, which is a troublesome thing.

Which fuselage to choose actually depends on your own preferences and budget. These three bodies are all good, with high, medium and low coverage.

2. Practical case: How to allocate the budget with only 1 10,000 yuan?

When I bought the D80, I only had a budget of 65,438+0,000 yuan, and the price of the D80 was relatively high at that time. The fuselage 7200 has only 1 lens and 18-35mm f 3.5-4.5 silver wide angle. Because it was mainly tourism at that time. Later, in order to participate in some outdoor shooting activities, PLMM successively added fixed-focus lenses with focal lengths of 50mm, 85mm, 135mm and 180mm and zoom lenses with a length of 28-70 mm. My personal experience is that you can enjoy changing lenses without buying them one by one, and you can gradually understand what you like to shoot through continuous use. Targeted purchase of lenses is the most ideal.

For those friends who have already entered the door of 10,000 yuan Nikon SLR, it is recommended to consider D80 for the fuselage, because its function is very good, the price is 3K cheaper than D200, and the accessories are also cheap. For example, the price of SD card 4G of D80 is 3 10 yuan, and CF card 4G of D200 is at least 600. SD card stores a lot of digital devices. Buying an SD card can reduce waste.

If you like to travel, please buy the original Nikon 18-35mm F3.5-4.5 silver wide-angle lens. It is economical and imaging, and it is a very valuable wide-angle lens. Digital SLR has a coefficient problem, so the actual focal length of 18-35 on D80 is 27-43mm. Friends who feel that it is not wide enough can consider 12-24mm F4 of Tuli or 10-20 of Shima.

I like to take portraits, or buy a SLR just to take pictures of my girlfriend, wife and family. For example, my children's friends can consider buying Nikon's 85MM F 1.8D and 50MM F 1.8D, both of which are good portrait heads. The focal length of 50MM is 75mm after conversion, which is more suitable for indoor shooting. This tour can be filmed outdoors. 85mm is about 135mm after conversion, which is more suitable for outdoor shooting, and it is good for bust and close-up.

Friends who want to take care of tourists have a plan. They can consider buying a Nikon/KOOC-0/8-/KOOC-0/35mm camera lens, which is also a D80 camera lens, and they can get a D80 camera directly after buying it. The price is 8500 in Beijing and 8300 in Guangzhou. This lens imaging is not bad, suitable for shooting landscapes, portraits and so on.

Another option is to buy Nikon's D40X body with DX series lenses. Note that it's not a DX lens, so it can't focus automatically. This narrows the choice of lenses, but there are still many DX lenses to choose from. For details, please refer to the above lens introduction.

3. How to match the actual case: 15000?

15000 yuan with SLR is a bit loose, you can refer to the previous 10,000 yuan configuration scheme. It's just that we can make the lens group more perfect As I said in another article, scenery and portraits are definitely what we shoot most often, so a wide-angle lens and a portrait lens are essential. So when the price is 15000 yuan, we can completely configure the fuselage and lens like this:

D80——6500 yuan

18-35mm F3.5-4.5d-3300 yuan

85mm f 1.8d-2750 yuan.

This configuration focuses on good imaging, and the part with insufficient focal length can be completed by moving two more steps, and the remaining funds can be invested in accessories such as tripods and camera bags.

Another set of more unique procedures.

D80——6500 yuan

50mm f 1.8d-750 yuan

18-70mm4.5-5.6ddx-1900 yuan

Af-svr105mm F2.8g if-ed-5300 yuan.

This configuration can take into account all types of shooting. 18-70 covers wide angle and humanities, and 105 has excellent macro imaging, which can be regarded as a bull's head. Not only can you take a macro, but you can also take a portrait. The focal length of 105mm is actually no problem to shoot the auto show around 160mm on a digital SLR. This collocation can be considered as taking care of various themes. The disadvantage is that it is almost impossible to shoot the whole body indoors with the focal length of 105mm, so a 50MM F 1.8D is added as the lens for shooting the whole body bust indoors.

Another change in this scheme is to replace the macro of 105mm with the portrait head of 85mm F 1.8D mentioned many times before. The advantage of this is that portrait shooting is better, but the disadvantage is that without macro, it will not be enough to shoot exhibitions and stages.

Friends who really like to shoot birds, lotus flowers and stage can also configure it like this: the D80' s body+18-70 is used as the wide-angle medium focus, and the telephoto uses the small steel cannon AF 80-200mm F2.8ED or Nikon's new AF-S VR 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens, which is very suitable for telephoto.

3. Many people have experienced the distribution of 20,000-25,000 yuan.

It is very interesting to have a set of SLR with a price of 20,000 yuan or more than 5,000 yuan, because many people feel that investing about 20,000 yuan is their psychological bottom line after being poisoned by the SLR door, and those with better economic conditions may add more, but generally speaking, there are fewer people who invest more than 30,000 yuan at one time. How does 20 thousand yuan match Nikon's SLR? At this time, many people estimate that the body of D200 should be considered. After all, the magnesium-aluminum alloy body, heavy feel and crisp shutter sound are very cool for Nikon fans. Then let's take a look at the fuselage of D200 first. This budget can definitely buy a cow head. Hehe, don't be sorry for yourself.

D200——9800 yuan

Af-sdx17-55mm F2.8g if-ed-12000 yuan.

85mm f 1.8d-2750 yuan.

This is a very convenient configuration. The lens of 17-55 is generally recognized, except that it does not support Quan Huafu. The wide-angle distortion control of 17 is slightly worse than that of 17-35 gold. It's just that the price of this lens is too high now, and I don't recommend this lens very much. If you choose D200, people prefer the following configuration.

D200——9800 yuan

Tuli 12-24MM F4-3500 yuan

Af-s28-70mm2.8dif-ed-10300 yuan.

85mm f 1.8d-2750 yuan.

Wide angle is enough, medium focus is excellent, and there is a head with fixed focus. This configuration takes into account the scenery and portraits.

The following configuration is the configuration of a friend of mine, and the focal length is comprehensive. Personally, this is also a very good choice:

D200——9800 yuan

Af-sdx18-70mmf/3.5-4.5g if-ed-1900 yuan.

Af-S VR 70-200mm2.8g If-ED-12000 Yuan

This configuration is that two lenses cover the whole focal length of 17-200 at one time, and the wide-angle imaging is poor, but considering that the aperture is generally small when shooting scenery, it is still acceptable. The imaging quality of the small bamboo cannon is first-class, but every time you shoot this heavy guy, you need some endurance. This configuration is slightly modified, and I have a configuration that I personally feel is more reasonable and comfortable:

D200——9800 yuan

Af-sdx18-70mmf/3.5-4.5g if-ed-1900 yuan.

Ai AF 85mm F 1.4D IF lens -7300 yuan.

Af 80-200mm2.8ded-6900 yuan.

This configuration is better for portrait shooting and can meet the needs of telephoto because of the existence of 85MM F 1.4D portrait poison head. In fact, the imaging of small steel cannon is very good, not much worse than that of small bamboo cannon, except that there is no VR anti-shake function, which is more difficult to shoot by hand. The overall configuration slightly exceeds the budget of 25,000 yuan, but after all, it has written a licensed quotation. If you buy parallel imports or buy these lenses at one time, the price should be lower.

If you match the D80 fuselage, you can save money. It is suggested that this part of the funds should not be moved temporarily. When you are familiar with these shots, you will understand what you are shooting.

4. Budget allocation of 30,000-40,000 yuan

It's really great to have a budget of 30,000-40,000, which can almost realize the cow's head of the original Nikon. In the past, the most traditional collocation method was that Nikon three musketeers won all, which is often called big three yuan.

D80 fuselage -6500 yuan

Af-s17-35mm f/2.8d if-ed-9800 yuan.

Af-s28-70mm2.8dif-ed-10300 yuan.

Af-S VR 70-200mm2.8g If-ED-12000 Yuan

Some people will say: Will the D80 with such a good lens be a small horse-drawn cart? In fact, the body of digital SLR is a new variety almost every year. Although the upgrade speed is not as fast as the mobile phone, it is normal to change it once every two years, and the lens can be used for many years, even more than ten years. This is because the optical design and technological innovation of the lens itself are difficult. Some classic lens designs are still in use today, with little change. Nikon's lens is added with ultrasonic motor and VR anti-shake technology to improve the coating of the lens. So relatively speaking, the lens is more valuable than the digital body, and my personal suggestion focuses on the input of the lens. Moreover, according to the comparison of D50/D70S/D80/D200 I actually use, the key to determine the imaging quality is the grade of the lens, not the body. The fuselage is more about the difference between metering and focusing. The focusing speed and accuracy of D200 is better than that of D50, but for D200, it is difficult to take high-quality photos with the dog's head. At least I prefer the latter to the D50+ bull's head.

Of course, there are also die-hard fans of D200. You can refer to this configuration.

D200 fuselage -9800 yuan

Af-sdx17-55mm F2.8g if-ed-12000 yuan.

Af-S VR 70-200mm2.8g If-ED-12000 Yuan

I think the biggest advantage of Nikon's 17-55 lens is that the focal length can be saved 17-35 and 28-70, and the money saved can be used to invest in other lenses. If this configuration is inconvenient to sweep the street or with such a good lens, it can supplement the lens like 18-70 or 50 mm f1.4d.

In fact, this configuration can also be changed to the following one, which is highly recommended by individuals:

D200 fuselage -9800 yuan

Tuli 12-24MM F4-3500 yuan

Ai AF 50mm F 1.8D lens -750 yuan

Af-s28-70mm2.8dif-ed-10300 yuan.

Af-S VR 70-200mm2.8g If-ED-12000 Yuan

With this configuration, when sweeping the street, you can take out the drawing lens and bring a 50MM F 1.8D as a supplement to cope with the scenery and portraits. All lenses can be eaten in full focus, and there are two bull's heads tied into an array to keep the perfect image of the medium focus, which is bright enough.

Money makes the mare go. With such a big budget, you can also play a cool Nikon focus, such as this one:

D80 fuselage -6500 yuan

Aiaf 20mm2.8d lens -3750 yuan

Ai AF 35mm F2D lens -2 100 Yuan

Ai AF 50mm F 1.4D lens-1950 yuan.

Aiaf 85mm f 1.4dif-7300 yuan.

Af-svr105mm F2.8g if-ed-5300 yuan.

Af 180mm2.8d if-ed-5500 yuan.

The whole set is almost 40 thousand, and the rest of the money is used to buy bags with UV. This is Nikon's focus+tauren series. Only AF-S 300mm F4 IF-ED-7700 yuan, which is mainly used to shoot birds, is not included, because it is really a hobby of a few people. The other two models, 135 mm F2dc and 105 mm F2dc, were not included in the camp because they were too expensive, and the new models were hard to buy and out of stock. As for the legendary 28MM F 1.4D, both hands need more than 20,000, so let it continue to be a legend.

50,000 or more configurations

Personally, I think there is really nothing to say about more than 50 thousand. It's basically the body of D200, and then I can buy any lens I like, hehe. In fact, people who can spend more than 40 thousand on SLR will not care about accessories, so they will not discuss accessories.

Then according to some examples in real life, how to match people with different purposes and uses.

1, take pictures of children, family and girlfriends.

Some friends buy a SLR because the image is better than the card, the depth of field is large, the background can be blurred, and they can also shoot their own children, many of whom are their newborn children. Personally, I don't think it is necessary to invest too much. A D80+50MM F 1.8D is enough. After all, taking pictures of family members, portraits with large apertures are the most practical. If you want to shoot something else, it is suggested to choose: D80+18-70mm4.5-5.6ddx+85mm f1.8d. At present, I think it is the most economical combination that can give consideration to scenery, humanities and portraits under a certain imaging quality.

2, the unit to buy, take meetings, leaders, group photos, etc.

The unit purchase requirements are convenient and practical, and the fuselage can be D80. Because it is often necessary to shoot the company's large-scale conference scenes and working environment, we can consider the ultra-wide angle of 12-24 mm F4, and it is also very practical to take a group photo of twenty or thirty people. In addition, it is suggested to buy a medium-long focal length lens to shoot the close-up of the leader's speech under the stage. Please refer to the previous different budget configurations for specific lens selection.

3. Travel enthusiasts

Buy a D80 set, or a D80+ Nikon AF-S DXVR18-200mm F3.5-5.6g IF-ED lens. This lens, which is known as "a mirror goes to the world", has good imaging and VR function is very practical, but the current price is a bit high, about 7K. Don't take too many shots when traveling. First, it's inconvenient. Second, it's property safety. If economic conditions permit, I suggest to consider an 85MM F 1.8D portrait head, because every time I go out to travel, I will see female compatriots asking male compatriots to take beautiful photos of themselves, and it is still useful to have a portrait head.

4. Want to learn photography

It is recommended not to buy too good lenses, otherwise it will be easily spoiled by tauren. If you want to learn photography, you'd better start with the general lens and the most basic exposure and composition. It's too easy to be confused by the advantages of the lens itself by using the bull's head as soon as it comes up. You can buy wide-angle, 50MM head and 85MM portrait head. The cost of lenses is not easy to be too high, because you have to buy tripods, flashlights and the like to learn photography.

Recommended 1 and Nikon D40. The fuselage continues the design style of D50, with good feel and convenient operation. The fuselage size is 94× 126x64mm and the weight is 475g. Comfortable and suitable for female consumers. Nikon D40 adopts 6.24 million pixel CCD, 23.7 x 15.6 mm, APS-C format, and the lens magnification is 1.5 times. The maximum resolution is 3008 x 2000. ISO is 200/400/800/ 1600/3200. The shutter is 30- 1/4000 seconds. It also has a 2.5-inch LCD screen and an optical viewfinder. Use SD/SDHC card as storage medium. The battery system uses a lithium-ion battery of model EN-EL9. 2. Nikon D3 100 is the successor of Nikon's entry-level SLR D3000. On the basis of D3000, D314.2 million pixel CMOS sensor and EXPEED 2 image processor are replaced, and the real-time viewing function that D3000 does not have is added. D3 100 also has 1928. 3. Nikon D90 adopts DX format CMOS sensor, with effective pixel reaching 65,438+0,230,000, and can take photos with the highest resolution of 4,288× 2,848. The 3.0-inch LCD screen with about 920,000 pixels has excellent effect, which can display more image details, and it has a good effect whether it is used for live view or playback photos. The D90 has many practical built-in decorative menus, such as NEF handling and fisheye. With Nikon's Pictmotion function, you can create slides with background music and video stunts. You can watch slides on the LCD screen of your camera and on your computer, TV screen or HDTV. You can also transfer photos to Nikon's online storage and sharing website my Picturetown to share with friends and family. 4. Compared with other door models, Nikon D7000 has stronger body material and better grip. The price is relatively low and the cost performance is high. I hope I can help you.

Then D7000. Needless to say, you must have studied the characteristics of this machine. In terms of lens, you need a wide angle and a telephoto. If there is only one lens, choose the original factory 18-200 (with ample budget, 18-300 is better) or Longteng 18-270 (with little budget). If you want a good image and a good budget, it's not too much trouble to change your head. Original factory16-85,70-300 VR.