Nikon D70S opinions on the camera?

Any suggestion on an average lens for all round photography?

Ob.So. Leet.

Most people who are just starting to learn how to use a fully adjustable camera, start with a 18-55 mm lens. It is inexpensive and covers landscapes, groups, full body and portrait, head and shoulder shots.

Buy the time you are shooting intuitively with the D70s, you will be ready to buy an upgrade (this usually can take from two to three years)

The D70 and D70S cameras are probably one of the forgotten gems on the second hand market. If you really want to play with photography, it's the camera to get. So it doesn't have crazy megapixels of a D3200, but it makes up for it in so many other ways. The D70/S has a built in focus motor, meaning you have full function on AF lenses (not only AF-S/AF-I lenses), you get AWL function which means you can use Nikon Speedlights as slaves without triggers or a command unit, there's a very simple addition of a front control wheel which makes operation a little faster, and nice top down LCD which will reduce battery consumption. With all honesty, in your price bracket, the ONLY camera I'd consider is the D70S.

Now onto lenses, I don't see much wrong with an AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 VR if that is in budget, also the AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f1.8G is a really nice choice if you want to really explore creative photography.

Now please stop repeating the question.

There's no best lens. The recommended lens if you're just starting is the 18-55mm lens. It's versatile enough to cover most shooting conditions you will encounter.

Just to add to the list of great things about that camera that Caio supplied, it also has a hybrid shutter, so if you evert get into flash work, it'll sync at pretty much any speed!

You can't really beat the 18-55mm lens or the 18-105mm lens as good all rounders for general photography. Until you find your feet & explore what genres interest you (sport, wildlife, portrait, landscape), a 'general purpose' lens will help you learn about the camera & practice with it.

When you start to specialise, you'll know what focal length/aperture lens you'll be wanting next.