EricJohn216

Hi all!

I am hoping to educate myself further about the different kids of lenses and what's good for what etc. I am fairly knowledgable about DSLRs but still between beginner and intermediate. I will be purchasing a FX format D700 in a couple months.

I have a 55-200mm kit lens
18-55mm kit lens
50mm 1.8
70-300mm

I will most likely be selling the first two also and purchasing a 85mm and or a 24-85mm to add and replace.

I know it takes experience to learn but I'm just not confident on when to use what aperture or focal length etc in what situation. I still like I'm still winging it ugh. Do u know of any good learning material to help with different situations?
I primarily do portrait photography and sometimes landscape. I get that wider makes more bokeh and smaller makes whole picture clear etc. But when someone says for example "I like the 85mm focal length on a 70-300mm as opposed to the focal length on a 24-85mm" that kind of thing is confusing to me. Am I ever gonna learn this

Thank you!

Eric

Hey!

 

Just wanted to share some shots I took in Washington DC last week.

Hi All,

 

I just wanted to share a couple night time shots I took the other day.  

Hey guys!  Just wanted to share a pretty decent shot of the moon that I was able to get the other night!

Hi Guys!

 

So I am considered between a beginner and intermediate as far as photography goes.  I understand all of the basics but I am still working on getting faster with adjustments, etc. but I feel like I have taken some pretty decent photographs.

 

I up and bought a Nikon D3200 about 2 years ago before I looked into the crop frame/ full frame camera existence.  I now am ready to move up to a full frame DSLR.  I primarly do portrait photography and sometimes some landscape photography.

 

So this is what I have "accumulated" haha:

 

- Nikon D3200

- Nikon DX 55mm-200mm AF-S Nikkor 1:4-5.6G ED (Non- VR) lens

- Nikon 70mm-300mm AF-S Nikkor 1:4.5- 5.6 ED (VR) lens

- Nikon DX 18mm-55mm AF-S Nikkor 1: 3.5-5.6 GII ED (Non- VR) lens

- Nikon 50mm AF-S Nikkor 1:1.8 G lens

- B and H polarizing filter ring

- B and H ND filter ring

 

I have experimented with long exposure photography and I am excited to get more out of the HDR function that full-frame cameras offer (instead of just adjusting the stops on my crop-frame).  

 

So, my questions are:

 

1.  I was thinking about upgrading to a D610 camera; do you think this would be a good place to start?  I can't spend a ton of money (well my budget is about $1,200).

 

2.  Now that I am upgrading to a full frame, I understand that I need to make sure I'm buying FX or full frame lenses.  Do you recommend selling any of my existing ones to upgrade to full frame lenses or should I keep these?  If so, which lenses do you recommend for portrait photography or general landscape photography?  I was recommended to get an 85mm lens which is great for portrait photography I was told.

 

Thank you all!

 

Eric