Just bought a Nikon d5200 and moved away from my old Olympus Epl1 . The Olympus has served me well for a few years , so now moved on to the Nikon d5200 .Ok I have only 2 lenses at moment  kit lens 18 -55mm and just purchased the 50mm 1,8g nikon , I require a decent zoom either 70 300mm or 70 200mm as long as its a god quality lens to make the most of that sensor.I wouldl also like a wide angle lens but not neceesarily a UWA lens as its for Landscape a af is not a must and I dont mind using primes either .Ok budget £300 -£500 for the zoom  and £200 for the wide lens  28mm or 35mm any advice would be great thank you . Please bear in mind quality is the key here so I dont mind purchasing used if the quality of lens is worth it over a new one.

twelvebellys wrote:Just bought a Nikon d5200.Ok I have only 2 lenses at moment kit lens 18 -55mm and just purchased the 50mm f/1.8G, I require a decent zoom either 70 300mm or 70 200mm as long as its a good quality lens to make the most of that sensor.I would also like a wide angle lens but not necessarily a UWA lens as its for Landscape a af is not a must and I don't mind using primes either .Ok budget £300 -£500 for the zoom and £200 for the wide lens 28mm or 35mm.Tamron 70-300mm VC finds favour with many. Usually about US$400. See reviews on Third Party Lens forum.http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53516092Nikon 35mm f/1.8 would be an option at that price, but it's not very wide. There aren't too many wide primes for the D5200, so many prefer zooms such as Sigma 18-35mm, 17-50mm or 17-70mm. These are just about as good as the budget primes, (IMO).

Thanks Wrycuda , the 35mm was already on my list as a lens purchase next 2 weeks but as you say its not very wide. The Tamron looks good value but to me there are issues surrounding build quality so I would prefer the Nikon 70 300 mm afs its £60 more or @ $100 but still think its has less problems concerning build quality than Tamron.May look at a used sigma 24mm 1.8 g as well .I know you can still get 20mm nikon d primes but not cheap so see what comes up .

twelvebellys wrote:Thanks Wrycuda , the 35mm was already on my list as a lens purchase next 2 weeks but as you say its not very wide. The Tamron looks good value but to me there are issues surrounding build quality so I would prefer the Nikon 70 300 mm afs , it's $100 more, but still think its has less problems concerning build quality than Tamron.I haven't seen much about the build quality of the Tamron, but I'm hoping it will hang together for a few years. I'll be interested to see what you think of the Nikon.I find the Sigma 17-70mm a good general-purpose lens, as is the Nikon 18-140mm, which is surprisingly good at 18mm:http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53551674