On a budget and for learning how to do everything manually, there are gems in this category for little money, but probably not your first choices.
That includes all lenses made for the Nikon F since 1959.
To sum up what is spread out over the answers already given, for the D3200 the following matters: A good lens is a good lens, no matter which camera you hang on to it. Well, that's only partially true, really. what I was saying is that not all lenses are going to work the best for this camera. Now, the question of just HOW much magnification you want to get will dictate how much you need to pay. That means you can get a lens that does not say "AF-S" but just AF and it will work in ALL other way with your camera, but not auto focus. However, most of the time, when people get in to close-up photography and further, down in to true "macro" stuff, they focus manually, because the camera doesn't know what exactly they need in focus when you're in that close. So, I would suggest a long zoom that has AF-S in the name for your telephoto use. Many Nikon cameras below a given price need that because they don't have a focus motor in the camera anymore. That basically means the focus motor is in the lens. When you say, "macro" do you need it to be a TRUE macro lens, which means it will go down to a 1:1 image or just one that can get rather close-up ? Ones that go down to 1:1 are going to be more specialized and come with a specialized price, if you know what I mean.Īs was said above, for a Nikon lens to be FULLY compatible, you need one that has "AF-S" in it's name. In the telephoto area, do you want a fixed focal length lens or a zoom that goes out in the longer range ?