Owning Nikon D3100 and choosing the right lens

21^st day of November 2010, not a pleasing date but I was hoarded and went to Davao City. Surfing Malls of Davao: NCCC, SM and Gaisano Mall, with a goal of buying a new D-SLR camera.

The 1^st thing come to my mind is, Instead of new features or performance upgrade, Nikon D3000 focus on price and size that is most important to entry level D-SLR photographers. Although, D3000 does not has video recording, suitable for a newbie like me.

Went to G-Mall asking for D3000 unit of Nikon, but they only have body kit and the lens should be paid separately. Thinking, it’s not a good idea of buying them individually and the lens was too expensive. So I went to the next mall, SM, same offer as the previews, as will as NCCC mall.

Next thing come into my mind is, choosing a next unit the Nikon D3100, a little-bit difference in price. It has a video recording feature compared to D3000. I purchase Nikon D3100 and give a codename Hibalag D3100. The most crucial point of owning a D-SLR is base on features and photo quality so we need lenses.

Choose the right lens – the best point of using D-SLR is the ability to change lens. Nikon D3100 kit package come with AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G which provide good zoom range and useful Image Stabilization.

I always recommend friends spend more budget on lens instead of camera body, because different camera body produce almost the same photo quality, but good lens produce much better photos.