Help with a Nikon D50 and Lens
Discussion
Hi Guys,
I need some help please, I just went to use our Nikon D50 and the lens has come loose. Can it be repaired and if not what would be a good lens to replace it that would do close up photos for eBay, as well as outside, we already have a good long distance Zoom lens.
Many Thanks
Sue
I need some help please, I just went to use our Nikon D50 and the lens has come loose. Can it be repaired and if not what would be a good lens to replace it that would do close up photos for eBay, as well as outside, we already have a good long distance Zoom lens.
Many Thanks
Sue
Sue said:
The internal lens is rattling around
That sounds rather bad - normally you'd have to drop it to do that kind of damage.Assuming it doesn't work then you have to decide whether to repair or replace. www.fixationuk.com will give you a quote for repair but if this is the 18-55mm I'm guessing it is, it's probably not worth it. You could either get the same again, or the 18-70mm which is a good lens.
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 2nd February 13:40
Simpo Two said:
Sue said:
The internal lens is rattling around
That sounds rather bad - normally you'd have to drop it to do that kind of damage.Assuming it doesn't work then you have to decide whether to repair or replace. www.fixationuk.com will give you a quote for repair but if this is the 18-55mm I'm guessing it is, it's probably not worth it. You could either get the same again, or the 18-70mm which is a good lens.
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 2nd February 13:40
Cheers,
Sue
Have a look at this: http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.as...
Kinky said:
Actually John - is there a good lens that would give you really good close-ups (jewellery and suchlike) through a good mid-range general lens?
MTIA,
K
It depends just how close you want to get. A true macro lens has a magnification of 1:1; i.e. a subject 5mm across will fill 5mm of film or sensor. Almost always these are fixed focal length lenses so although they can be used for normal photography, their usefulness as an all-round lens is limited. There are quite a few mid-range zoom lenses that have a better-than-normal but still not quite macro level of magnification ability (somewhere between 1:2 and 1:4). Often these have "macro" in the name. That might be good enough for stuff like jewellery.MTIA,
K
Another alternative is to make a normal lens focus closer by using extension tubes, close up lenses, reverse mounting it or reverse mounting another lens onto the front of it. Some of those things result in the loss of some functionality and the image quality might not be quite as good as dedicated macro lens, but they are cheaper.
Edited by SamHH on Monday 2nd February 20:46
Kinky said:
Actually John - is there a good lens that would give you really good close-ups (jewellery and suchlike) through a good mid-range general lens?
I'm not sure that any true macro lenses are zoom lenses, so that and 'general mid-range' are mutually exclusive, although you could press a 60mm macro into service as a standard/portrait lens. Alternatively you can hire my Nikkor 105mm and you get a free Simpo behind it 
SamHH has the rest of the info. The Sigma 18-50 f2.8 is not a proper macro lens (much as their marketing department would wish it) as the magnification is only 1:3 - that may be sufficent, or you could use a kit lens and crop like fury; it all depends what you want to photograph. Here are two links from a watchstrap:
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 2nd February 21:54
Simpo Two said:
it all depends what you want to photograph.
Yeah - the inevitable $1m question As Sue says - ebay photography, and such like - mainly small sized items , but then at the same time can be used as a general purpose, every-day portrait-type lens.
I know quality is not a key issue specifically to eBay, but it is still a specific requirement .... to go along with the the tent & lighting that you so kindly advised about a few months ago
K
Assuming you already have a 'mid-range' zoom lens, a macro lens in the 50mm to 100mm range can be quite useful; they're usually fastish (f2.8) and have good optical quality so like Simpo says, you can use it for all sorts of stuff. This was taken with a 105mm macro lens:
Sorry to drag this so far off topic BTW.
Sorry to drag this so far off topic BTW.
I linked that Sigma as I have it. It'll focus fine from about 15-20 cms back from your subject. Obviously if you're going for the type of photo Simpo posted above it's not going to be the best hitter, but it's fairly cheap and makes a good job of most things.
Constant F2.8 was the attraction for me over the kit 18-55 F3.5-5.6, other ability was an added bonus
Constant F2.8 was the attraction for me over the kit 18-55 F3.5-5.6, other ability was an added bonus
andy-xr said:
I linked that Sigma as I have it. It'll focus fine from about 15-20 cms back from your subject. Obviously if you're going for the type of photo Simpo posted above it's not going to be the best hitter, but it's fairly cheap and makes a good job of most things.
Agreed, if budget is a factor then it looks like a good deal!(I suppose we'd better go away and leave the OP in peace now!)
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