Best cheapest all purpose lens for Nikon D5100 and nikon D3100?
Best cheapest all purpose lens for Nikon D5100 and nikon D3100?
Do you want the best or the cheapest? The ideas are not compatible.
The best all-around lens is the Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6.
But like all super-zooms, there are sharpness issues at the wider open apertures. But when you get to f/8, the lens works pretty good. For that reason, this is more or less a daylight lens.
http://www.althephoto.com
The kit lens that comes with it.
Really.
It is a GOOD all purpose lens with decent quality.
Otherwise you get to chose if you want cheap or good.
If you want an all around with zoom I think there's an 18-200 that Ace likes and uses for a walkabout lens, but it's not cheap and will run you about $800 new and $700 refurbished. If you want to compromise some on quality? Sigma makes one for about $400 and if you want to compromise some more on quality Tamron makes one for about $250
You have asked five questions in a row about Nikkor lenses.
Here is a link to all the Nikkor lenses made at this time
http://www.nikonusa.com/...index.page
ANY of the AF-S or older AF-I lens will auto-focus with your cameras
All purpose lenses are few. The two single lens options are the 18-200 mm for the APS-C sensored cameras and the 28-300 mm for full frame Nikon cameras
Here is a link to help you decide which focal lengths you will eventually want to buy