Quote Originally Posted by lynx
I took your advice and put the 18-200 on the camera and started shooting. What I learned was that I do appreciate having the broad focal length range that the lens affords.

That's the most important factor.


Quote Originally Posted by lynx
I think I'm going to stick with this lens for now, and as I develop some experience and am better able to discern lens limitations I'm sure I'll want to upgrade to better quality lenses

Sounds like a good choice to me. As long as your happy with it, it's good right? After a while you'll figure out what matters most to you and you get a better idea of what you might want to upgrade later on.


Quote Originally Posted by lynx
For now, I need to learn how to compose better shots, and as I've used a point and shoot for so long, to master the manual controls.

Just practice and practice a lot! Memory is cheap and photos are erasable, use that in your advantage. When you start experimenting(I personally shot beer-bottles at different distances on the kitchen table to learn the meaning of aperture) it's no big deal if you shoot 200 photos and you'll delete them all. Just make sure you'll learn from it.


Have fun and good luck with photographing and in your marriage of course...Randy! [Y]


Jan