Tax refund time!

dimme said:

I have a D70 and a few Nikon lenes, 18-35 ED-IF, 24-105D 80-210D, 50mmMF, 35MF 55microMF, 135MF.....

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Some how I doubt a lack of lenses is seriously holding you back. You might even want to sell off a few of them or trade up. I good way to see what you need is to search your photo library. Maybe you use Aperture or something like it. Look to see if you typically shoot "at some limit" For example do you use the 18-55 all the way to 18mm frequently. If you do notice lots of images right at 18 that means you likely could use a wider lens. Like wise if the 80-210 is used at 210 a lot then yes get a 300. But if the 80-210 is mostly used at 100mm then you woud never use the 300.

In other words if you current lens is not being pushed to a limit, don't replace it. Same for f-stop. If you never open the lens even to f/5.6 and mostly shoot at f/8 or f/11 then don't waste money on the f/2.8 lens. But if you do shoot wide open all the time, then pay for the extra few stops.

The logic is that if you turned some control until it reached a limit then you likely would have turned it more. But if you did not reach the limit why pay for more range?

You likely have thousands of photos in your library, do so searches and look at statistics.


That said i'd,

1) sell the 18-55 and buy a used current model 18-55 "VR" lens. You can use it hand held. Net cost is maybe $40 and it's a huge upgrade.

2) That 18-210 is a "dog" it is big and heavy and slow. Sell it for about $80 and get the better 18-300. then get rid of the 24-105 too as it will be redundant.

3) wait until you own an FX body to buy an FX lens.