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Hi guys and dolls, I was just woundering about buying a new camera.

So my qustion is, do I buy a camera with the lense that come with it, or do I buy a cheaper frame with a better lense. Now I no the question gose deeper then that so let me explian better.(i hope)

My thoughts are that I can always upgrade both of them later, but witch would be better to start. also I would be taking mostly sports photos like moutian biking, soccer and motor sports.

Soo what brand, What frame and what lense?

Pick the best lense you can afford.....then the body.
Presume you'll need a decent fast(ish)zoom?

What is your total budget?

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Nikon D700 & D7100 bodies + Nikkor 300mm F2.8 VR11, 1.7TC, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldcarlos/

Here's one opinion of the less body - more lens option - which, btw, you will fine many people subscribe to.

http://www.digitalrev.com/en/pro-dslr-a ... ticle.html

It's worth the 12 minutes to watch.

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Olympus e-620 / 14-42mm / 40-150mm
Metz 48 AF-1
Kata 3-N-1 20, LowePro Orion Mini, LowePro Nova 2
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hey guys thanks for the help, although im not ready to buy, I can now start to look.

Think of it this way. The second you walk out of a shop, the camera body is worth nothing. Worse again is that later down the road it will be one upped and old news.

A lens on the other hand holds its value and never gets old.

I know where Id rather put my money

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Nikon D5000 and D300 with 12-24mm, 35mm f1.8, 50mm f1.4, 60mm f2.8 Macro, 18-200mm, 17-55mm f2.8 (all Nikon)

Thanks for that vid jwnrw

I love digitalRev! I already got the 550D like in the video, but I'm afraid I'm going to lack the budget for a few L-lenses

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550D + 18 - 55mm kitlens
50 mm F1.8
I apologize in advance for my poor spelling..

Haha, Kai and Lok C are brilliant!

As mentioned, glass is worth more and holds it's value. I still use my old primes that are probably at least 30 years old! As I like to say, bodies come and go but glass is forever! Try to spend around half the value of the body on a lens at least, you'll be pretty much guaranteed to have a good, quality lens if you do.

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

You don't NEED L-lenses. They have an excellent build quality but at least you can get a similar image quality with some "lower" lenses, too.

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Yes I know, but I'm afraid I lack the budget for those too

And I find the zoomrange on the kitlens quite restricting, as wel as the maximum aperture.. but I'll get there some day, for now I just need to save up and keep taking photos

Now back on topic!

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550D + 18 - 55mm kitlens
50 mm F1.8
I apologize in advance for my poor spelling..