Nikon SLR Cameras

Best lens kit/combo for Nikon D90?

Katie London
Katie London

I love my new Nikon D90. I'd like to buy up to three lenses to go with it. I travel a lot, like landscape/nature photography, and macro work. I'm not really into portraits. I rented the Nikon 70-300mm, which I love; Tamron 90mm, which, considering is not a Nikon, takes rather decent shots; and the Nikon 16-85mm, which is also a great lens. I've read that a must have is a Nikon 35mm lens as a travel lens in conjunction with a 16-85mm. Would this be an accurate statement? If you had your choice, what would be the three must have lenses in your camera bag? I'm on a budget, so try to keep the lenses at under $700 each, please.

fhotoace
fhotoace

Landscape: 10-24 mm zoom
Macro: 60 mm f/2.8 macro
General travel photography: 24-85 mm f/2.8-4

NOTE: When buying lenses, you have to buy the lens you need. Setting a top price is pretty much useless sine lenses cost what they cost and the only way to get what you need/want is to save your pennies a little longer

thankyoumaskedman
thankyoumaskedman

The AF-S 35mm is a good lens, although I'm not sure it is all that "must-have".It gives you wide f1.8 aperture, and by f2.8 it is very sharp. Still, your 16-85mm has VR and is going to have very good sharpness at 35mm. If you need a lens for very low light the 28mm f2.8 AF-D can be a good choice. Sharpness is good at 2.8 and improves by stopping down a little, and it can be manually dialed to infinity in the dark, which the AF-S 35mm can't.
Here is the 28mm f2.8 AF-D at f3.2