Hey folks, Matt from rdaimage.com. We've got a viewer rating in this is AbberUp. He's writing in. He says hello sir I've been a long time viewer. I'm writing this because I need some lens suggestions for my Nikon D3400 I will be highly obliged if you could suggest me some budget zoom lenses for portrait photography and a few group shots I already have two primes the 35mm and the 50mm good choices by the way I need a zoom lens for some situations. Please help me decide sir Thank you yours faithfully well, thank you very much for your question and I'm assuming I guess that you didn't get a kit lens with your 3,400 Because it doesn't sound like you have one So in this situation Nikon D3400 capable camera very good sensor I would look at for a budget zoom lens. I would look at the Nikon 18 to 105 I would look at either that or the Nikon 18 to 140 if you're looking for more of Your standard well, those are essentially standard kit lenses Those are better than say an 18 to 55 kit lens because they give you that additional reach If you have a little more money depending on what your budget is which you didn't say exactly what your budget is I will consider if you want an all-rounder the 18 to 300 would probably be my first choice for an all-round travel standard zoom to have on the camera in most situations and then in situations that require you know lower light or a lighter lens Go to your 35 or your 50 so if you're doing street photography you might want the 35 if you're gonna do some portraits You put the 50 on because it gives you close to an 85 field of view and it gives you that fast lens for depth of field separation So that's what I would do. I'd like the 18 to 105 of owned it I like the 18 to 140. I've had it. I had I think I still have it here and shot with it It's very nice But if it was me wanting a general lens for kind of all situations is to stay on the camera for travel and when I'm out and about and around The 18 to 300 really appeals to me It's not gonna be the sharpest lens out there But it's still a good quality lens capable of taking good photos And it gives you that huge range you've got the wide if you need to do group shots You've got the super long the 300 mil which can really zoom in there if you're out and about that and that that that versatility of being able to do that to go from one extreme to the other Outweighs a lot of People's concerns about Ultimate quality and you'll find that a lot of pros like these type of lenses for these type of situations It's always horses for courses But I travel lens I tend to like you know the minimum amount I think I think Scott Kelby's been doing this lately too is trying not to switch lenses And I think for him he's shooting on full frame It's more of something like a 28 to 300 I think was on the night on side And I don't know if he's still shooting cannon, but I can't remember there's something similar to that on the cannon side So with a D3400 you know one of the X lens and that would be the 18 to 300 So that's what I would look at if for some reason you are wanting a faster lens Then the obvious zoom to go to is a standard Sigma 17 to 50 F28 OS Love that lens you probably seen me talk about it before Very sharp very good performing lens constant F28 aperture throughout the lens you just get it It's it's what we would call a standard zoom. So you get a constant two at two eight aperture lens Which brings in more light a little bit more separation not as fast as one eight, but two eight's much better than say a four or five six and Gives you that faster you just you're just not getting the range you're getting 17 to 50 instead of 18 to 300 So an option if you want a faster zoom. So that's what I would do What do you think what do you folks think what are our viewers out there think Do you agree with what I'm suggesting is there another lens you'd recommend let us know what you would do and why leave it in the comments below Let's discuss it. Let's help out Abra here and thanks for your question. Stay tuned. We'll be back soon here at our Daily Image dot com