What are some good affordable lenses for a Nikon D5300?

So lost in the whole lens searching business. I recently got a Nikon D5300 with the 18-55mm kit lens. I'm looking to slowly grow my collection of lenses over the next few years and I was wondering what some good (If there are any) $100-$200 lenses? I like to shoot long exposure, and it can also just be for casual uses.

I have the 55-200mm and 50mm 1.8g that pretty much fill my lens needs. ( as well as the 18-55mm )
Look for " refurbished ", they're as good as new.
You can do wonders with just the kit lens.
It all depends on what you shoot.

Your budget of $100 to $200 is pretty small.

Here are three links which should help you decide

1) is a list all all the current Nikon lenses. You need to buy AF-S lenses if you want to beable to auto-focus on your D5300
2) this link shows you what all the different focal length lenses "see"
3) the third link is to a company that sells used Nikon (and other) camera/lens gear

After visiting these three links, decide what lenses you want to buy and start saving your pennies. That is exactly what most of us do

The kit lens is perfect for casual use. It was meant exactly for that. You can also use your kit lens to do long exposure. If you don't get it yet, the kit lens is very useful and can be used in almost all common shooting scenarios except making distant objects seem near, making small objects seem large, and shooting in low light. So if you feel the need for a new lens, you simply check which among those three scenarios you're having difficulty with and get a lens made for that.

Why do you want to "grow" your collection of lens? Ideally, it would be nice to have only one lens -- for everything you shoot. Currently, something like the Nikon 18-200mm or 18-300mm pretty much fulfills that objective. Professionals often have a collection of lens that fit specific needs, such as low-light fast-action sporting events with telephoto, but us non-professionals rarely, if ever, need such a variety of separate lens.

BTW, $100-$200 won't get you much of anything in the way of lens -- unless maybe something used.

You want long exposures, apply that $200 to the first two thirds of saving up for your tripod.

If you like long exposures, I'd much rather put that $200 to a great tripod and and (neutral density) filters.

You are approaching this the wrong way. You don't build a collection of lenses based on someone else's view that xyz is a great lens.
"casual use" and "long exposure" don't define lens needs. Lens needs are defined by "portrait", "landscape", "street photography", "wildlife", "insects", "motorsport", "aircraft" etc etc.
You approach it like this…
You are taking photographs. You constantly find that your 18-55 kit lens is not wide enough for your landscape shot. You need an ultra wide angle in the 10-20mm range.
You are taking photographs from a bird hide. You constantly find that your 18-55 kit lens is not long enough to get close up shots of the birds. You need a telephoto lens in the 200-400 range.
You want that out of focus background look for you portraits but the aperture of your kit lens is not wide enough. You need a 50mm f/1.8.
YOu want to photograph insects really close up but you kit lens can't get in really close. You need a macro lens.

Get the idea? Buy lenses to fulfil a need not a whim.

To find the best lenses for your needs and budget, go to photozone.de

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