I posted a question about this yesterday and am slightly less confused but still needing opinions.
I've been using a Nikon D50 for years and next month am getting a D90. It's pretty much necessary to have higher resolution images now that I'm doing newspaper work and also it seems like it'll cope with low-light situations well.
I really hate using flash so I want to get a lens that will work well enough with the D90 in low-light to (mostly) eliminate the need for flash. At the moment I only really use the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and love it to bits but for newspaper photography it just doesn't have the focal range. I also have the 18-55mm kit lens and a Sigma 105 f/2.8.
I'm considering the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8. I know I'd lose one (?) f-stop but the D90 works well at high ISOs and the focal range is pretty important.
I could also just get a fairly cheap speedlight just for any situation where it was absolutely necessary. Perhaps the SB-400?
I know press photography normally needs something more like an 18-200mm but I don't have the budget and a lens like that would also be pretty awful in low-light. Plus I'm going to be doing candid wedding photography too so would like my kit to work well for that.
So would a Nikon D90, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 and small speedlight for emergencies be a good combination?
Sorry for the very long-winded question! Any help will really be appreciated.
I've been using a Nikon D50 for years and next month am getting a D90. It's pretty much necessary to have higher resolution images now that I'm doing newspaper work and also it seems like it'll cope with low-light situations well.
I really hate using flash so I want to get a lens that will work well enough with the D90 in low-light to (mostly) eliminate the need for flash. At the moment I only really use the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and love it to bits but for newspaper photography it just doesn't have the focal range. I also have the 18-55mm kit lens and a Sigma 105 f/2.8.
I'm considering the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8. I know I'd lose one (?) f-stop but the D90 works well at high ISOs and the focal range is pretty important.
I could also just get a fairly cheap speedlight just for any situation where it was absolutely necessary. Perhaps the SB-400?
I know press photography normally needs something more like an 18-200mm but I don't have the budget and a lens like that would also be pretty awful in low-light. Plus I'm going to be doing candid wedding photography too so would like my kit to work well for that.
So would a Nikon D90, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 and small speedlight for emergencies be a good combination?
Sorry for the very long-winded question! Any help will really be appreciated.