Best lens for an amateur, 18-105mm?
- I'm buying the Nikon D7000 - no questions.
- What lens? I'm tossing up between the 18-105mm/18mm-200mm lens.
They are both versatile meaning for a while I won't buy a new lens (I'm an amateur I do not want to purchase another expensive lens yet) so of both which one?
Can someone link me what a lens creep is (image)?
Why is it such a biggie?
What disadvantage for me would it have? Seeing as I'm new.
I have never experienced "lens creep" with my 18-200 mm and I have had it for almost 4 years and use it on about 90% of all my editorial shoots and nearly half my sports assignments.
If you shoot sports, you will need the extra reach the 18-200 mm VR gives you over the 18-105 mm.
The ONLY lens I ever had that had any kind of lens "creep" was the old 80-200 mm f/4 from the late 1970's. Having lens creep did NOT prevent me from getting brilliant shots of wildlife
"Lens creep" is when a lens slowly zooms out toward its longest focal length when hanging from your neck. There's NO reduction in image quality from this tiny annoyance.
Some people are OCD and if something is NOT perfect, they go off. As long as a lens can produce excellent images in my hands, I don't give a fig about other imperfections
50mm f/1.8. That will teach you how to shoot pictures correctly.
If you really want a super zoom, get the longer one, 18-200mm for more oomph! You'll be able to pull far objects closer to you.
Lens creep is when the lens zooms itself in (maybe) or out (more oftenly) slowly by its own. That's usually due to a bad lens design. If you know your lens has it (my eldest son has the most notorious one I've seen, a 28-200mm Tamron), just figure out a way to defeat it. He just holds the lens barrel with his left hand as one really should.Me, I just try to shoot quickly (holding the camera with one hand isn't really recommended). The creep doesn't happen immediately anyway even if the lens is pointing upwards.
You can consider Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR ED Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Perfect for low-light conditions, travel, environmental portrait and general photography