what lens to buy for travelling

[rawryder]

Hi all..

i will travel to Malaysia am planning to buy a lens so i don't have to take with me a lot of lenses
what do suggest

budget until 400$

thanks all

[jerryph]

Depends on the quality you want and what you will be shooting. Honestly, for $400, you are not going to get a lens with a high quality level.

[coffee]

I don't know if Nikon has an equivalent, but Canon makes a 50mm 1.8 that is a great lens and less than $100.00. I may be not be wide enough for a walk around lens, and certainly longer than you may want inside at times, but the quality and cost is wonderful. Oh and extremely light too.

[jerryph]

They do, we call it the plastic fantastic, its under $120, but for travel, one wants a broad range of versatility... maybe something like the 18-200... but thats more than double the $400 budget. The best walk-around lens anywhere, but still has it's limitations.

[rawryder]

there was a lens for nikon maybe about 18-200 something like this it was about the same price that i want to buy it's ok if it's 500$ but not more, cuz i want it just for traveling with a good good quality i want it too shooting ppl, nature scene, animal ... everything you know Malaysia you want to take a shot for everything
please mention the name of it i will search it in ebay maybe i will find a used lens looks new

thanks

[eyevan]

18-200mm.3.5-5.6 VR its a very nice lens .itll run 550-600.You can check craigslist or ebay and you could get for maybe 500.At your price level you could get a very nice sigma in 3.5 -5.6 range.They make many at like 449