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My New Crumpler Nikon Bag + limited but great gear! D40 + 18-200mm + 50mm + B+W Filters :) All I need for now!

Depends on your budget for both body and lens?

Agree the 50mm looks funny! Especially when compared to my 18-200!!

Heard good things about the lens, meant to be sharper than the 17-85.

lol - the green dot helps too!!!

My 50mm arrived today! Yay! Manual focus is easier than I thought! Will go do some tests over the weekend. Its a tiny little lens!

I had the 55-200 VR.... Couple of shots:

Just do a search on ebay - quite a few on there! Its only £79.99 at Jessops too. I was going to go for the Sigma 30mm HSM but its over £200, and for a lens that I won't use that much is was overkill!!

I wouldnt fancy 300m without VR or OS unless using a tripod! But thats just me! some people have very steady hands!

Nifty 50 will not autofocus on D40, but I bought it for manual focusing and just to have some fun with it - £70

Nikon have done very well with the 18-200, it really has exceeded my expectations, i find it hard to put down once I start snapping!

Andi-b, I really wanted a lens with VR, especially for long focal lengths, not sure if sigma actually do a 28-300 with HSM either. Tigger, the 18-55 + 55-200 VR is an excellent and much cheaper option than the 18-200 VR. But the all round versatility and image quality of the 18-200 is what made...

Depends where you buy from!! £400+ from UK About £50 cheaper from HK etc.

Erm... yes! lol!

They do a 55-200...... ...and the 18-200: *not my pic - as mine is mounted on D40 not D40x!

Canon 400d

18-200 VR - but not cheap at all! My results have been excellent so far. Have a look at my thread on sports photography for some pics.

Didn't perform as well as I expected, I may have got a bad copy but in lower light it did struggle to produce anything half decent. Much prefer the 18-200 Nikon, its taken some cracking shots so far. Soon to be joined by a secondary lens! Then thats it for me for a while!

^^ thats from the US so not sure on warranty situation. http://www.bristolcameras.co.uk/p-sigma-lens-70-300mm-f4-0-5-6-dg-macro.htm

Thanks guys! I will have permission to get closer next time so can try lots of dfferent things!

Well, I think my D40 did very well on Saturday, the weather was cloudy and was a little worried that the light + not so quick lens would come in to play. Overall I think the pictures came out well, this is the first time I have ever panned moving subjects. Opinions/Constructive Criticism...

Cheers for the advice - just uploading my pics from the Cross Country Horse event now, soon as they are done opinions on pics and lens would be great. I think the 10-20 may well be the next option!!

Retract my ask about the Sigma 30mm!! 10-20 is best bet so far i think!

May well do - the shots from your 10-20 are excellent! Whats the Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC HSM like?

Yeah - i though i might be!! Might just try to get the best out of my 18-200 and get a 10-20 or something as I will be able to get very close to the jumps at some events.

I may be starting to do a few horse shows this year and need to get some good action shots. My 18-200 took some excellent shots this weekend (which will upload later) but ideally I need a lens I can use just for sport, will not be needed for anything else. Here is where the trouble starts...

Cheers mate, cant strecth to a D200 so this may be coming my way! I'm sure it will feel more balanced with my 18-200 too!

I'm considering getting a D80 body to replace my D40.... whats everyones opinion on the D80? A worthy upgrade from the D40?

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