"Gary Seven" wrote in message
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Hello all. Can some of you good folks here help me out here? I am
thinking
about buying the Nikon D80. I don't want to start or hear flames either
for
or against Canon/Nikon, just looking for some advice here.

I will probably go for the D80 mostly because it fits my hand much better
than say, the Canon 30D. There are other little "pleasantries" I like,
especially the viewfinder. I'm at a loss though, of the type of lens or
lenses to purchase with the body. There are two types of shooting that I
do: (1) family shots of my two little girls (indoor and outdoor) and (2)
landscape style photography, mostly of my vineyards here in Priorat
(Spain).
Along those lines I like to do shots of vines, overall vine/row shots,
background "mountain" shots, and I would also like to do very close-up
(macro?) shots.

So what to do here? I have the feeling that buying just one lens (I
assume
a tele-wide) will NOT be a one-size-fits-all solution. I get the feeling
I
will need two, but simply don't know which way to go here. Of course, my
budget is not unlimited and I simply can't plop down another $2000 in
glass
on top of the $900 I will be spending on the body.

Thoughts anyone? TIA.

G7


A real "sleeper" of a lens, is the 28-105mm. It is incredibly sharp, covers
most people's most often used range, has nice bokeh, and has a good macro
mode and even better is that it is about $250 US, has no queue of people
waiting to pounce on every one that becomes available, and no battery
draining VR mode (nor does it "need" one). I suggest you go to
www.dpreview.com and search on 28-105mm and see the sample shots people have
posted. It is a very impressive bargain Nikon lens.

George