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Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
$265
US (not imported!)
Good reputable seller
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
New or Used?
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| Posted 12/2/08 12:13 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
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New or Used?
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Eh, it's standard.
Not expensive, not exactly a hot deal either.
B&H has it for $264.95 
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smdl
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Posted by BabyAvocado
Eh, it's standard.
Not expensive, not exactly a hot deal either.
B&H has it for $264.95
That's the one I am looking at.
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pinkandblue
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
can someone explain the difference to me between this lens (18-135) and the, let's say 55-200?
sorry for hijacking, I am just not sure what the numbers mean
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smdl
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Posted by Mikismom
can someone explain the difference to me between this lens (18-135) and the, let's say 55-200?
sorry for hijacking, I am just not sure what the numbers mean
That's an all around lense.
Instead of having a lense of 18-55 and a lense for 55-200, that lense does 18-135. There is a lense 18-200 VR (the one I really want) and it's 1 lense instead of 2 but it's $$$$$$. So because it's limited to 135mm it will not get the zoom of the 200mm but I don't have to changes lenses either.
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Posted by Mikismom
can someone explain the difference to me between this lens (18-135) and the, let's say 55-200?
sorry for hijacking, I am just not sure what the numbers mean
It's the lens' focal range.
An 18-135mm lens is a wide to telephoto zoom. At 18mm - it's a wide angle lens - you can be standing very close to a subject and still fit in alot of the scene.
At 200mm you are very zoomed in. So you can be far away and zoom in pretty close.
So if I have the 18-135 on my camera and you have the 55-200 on your camera and we are both standing in the same spot shooting our kid's soccer game for example - you'll be able to zoom in much more.
However if we are shooting a birthday party and standing 5 feet from the kid blowing out the candles, I can fit everyone in the scene and you would have to step back... pretty far back to fit everyone in.
Hope that helps!
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Posted by BabyAvocado
Posted by Mikismom
can someone explain the difference to me between this lens (18-135) and the, let's say 55-200?
sorry for hijacking, I am just not sure what the numbers mean
It's the lens' focal range.
An 18-135mm lens is a wide to telephoto zoom. At 18mm - it's a wide angle lens - you can be standing very close to a subject and still fit in alot of the scene.
At 200mm you are very zoomed in. So you can be far away and zoom in pretty close.
So if I have the 18-135 on my camera and you have the 55-200 on your camera and we are both standing in the same spot shooting our kid's soccer game for example - you'll be able to zoom in much more.
However if we are shooting a birthday party and standing 5 feet from the kid blowing out the candles, I can fit everyone in the scene and you would have to step back... pretty far back to fit everyone in.
Hope that helps!
that helps alot, thanks 
I think the zoom is more important to me at this point. 55-200 it is 
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Re: Nikon 18-135mm lense - Is that a good price?
Posted by smdl
Posted by BabyAvocado
Eh, it's standard.
Not expensive, not exactly a hot deal either.
B&H has it for $264.95
That's the one I am looking at.
Bummer B&H is a NY store so your gonna have to pay tax. IT sucks 90% of the camera stores online are from NY.
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