f/3.5 version $600 and variable aperture version $450. You have to buy version II with AF-S for D3200. II was announced but I don't know if they are selling it yet. You have to buy version II with AF-S for D3200. I don't think you can get used in reasonable condition for $400. The prices are from summer 2012, when I was in the market for UWA lens. 250 British pound (which is US$400) is a bit low, so you have to buy used. Hi digital davie, I assume when you say Wide Angle for landscape, you want wider than 18mm offered by kit lens. Tamron makes a very good 70-300 VC which is priced between the two Nikons. Nikon makes a very good 70-300 VR and a smaller, lighter, less expensive 55-300 VR. If you don't need the f/2.8, a 70-300 or 55-300 is a good choice. You could save a bundle buying used, but a good used one is still expensive. A new Sigma or Tamron runs around $1200 and a Nikon over $2000. The problem is that these lenses are expensive and way over your budget. If you shoot indoor sports or if you shoot a lot under low light you might consider a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. When you go for a tele zoom the choice depends on what you shoot and how much you can spend. It's a very good lens and it has a more useful focal length range. The 18-55 VR is a good inexpensive lens, but if you can, I suggest getting the Nikon 18-105 VR instead. The D3200 is a very good camera at a very good price. They differ mainly in features and ergonomics. Within a given price range Nikon, Canon, Pentax, and Sony are more or less equal in quality. If I had all the money in the world, I would look at either the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII or possibly the new Nikon 70-200 f/4 VR, which is noticeably lighter weight - but I haven't seen any detailed reviews of that lens yet. But that makes it a pretty dark (slow) lens. It has excellent stabilization and is perfectly acceptable once it is stopped down below f/7 or so. The Nikon is my least favorite of the lot. The Tamron is my default lens for just about everything. It doesn't have VR, but I don't really care about VR until I get up above about 100mm focal length. It also is very sharp wide open and tack sharp stopped down one stop. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would still keep this lens. The Tokina is an absolutely wonderful lens, with excellent color contrast. Each of these ran me about $500 when I got them, and they are all quite respectable lenses. I got a cropped sensor Nikon, and put together a "poor man's Holy Trinity" consisting of the Tokina 12-24 f/4 DX II for wide angle the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 for standard zoom and the Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6VR for the tele.
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