What to do with my kit lens

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I purchased a new Canon 1000D and to my surprise they ship with 18-55 non IS lens... I am really not happy with the lens as it reduced that one stop of the shutter speed ...

Can someone tell me if I can trade off this with an IS lens...

you should have done it before itself...its a non-vr lens...and not worth...still if u bought from a shop go and exchange it with a VR+1500-2000 ;-)

whats VR lens?

Zangetsu said:
whats VR lens?

vibration reduction...Image stabilisation...Optical stabilisation

VR, IS or OS as per the company....it helps in taking handheld shots

@sujoyp: which is good zoom lens for Nikon D3100?

Tamron SIgma 70-300 are cheap and usable but wont autofocus cost around 8k
Nikon AFS VR 55-200mm zoom is less but very good cost around 10k
Nikon AFS VR 55-300 cost around 18k best for wildlife and birding but very costly

Zangetsu said:
@sujoyp: which is good zoom lens for Nikon D3100?

You need to state your budget. Everything depends on the budget.

sujoyp said:
Tamron SIgma 70-300 are cheap and usable but wont autofocus cost around 8k
Nikon AFS VR 55-200mm zoom is less but very good cost around 10k
Nikon AFS VR 55-300 cost around 18k best for wildlife and birding but very costly

The Tamron and Sigma 70-300 can autofocus on the D3100. Their prices at present are around 7300/- Good lens for the price, but one should not have high expectation from these lenses. Also they can do 1:2 macro.

yaah u r right tamron and sigma can autofocus on D3100 coz it have a mini focusing motor inside :smile: