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I personally use the 300mm f/4. I used to have a Sigma 150-500 but did not like the quality of pictures I was getting. I do have a 1.4 TC, a Kenko one though. I have shot with the 300mm f/4 and Nikon 1.4 TC, but prefer my shots without the extra glass. I am not too sure about the Tamron 150-600mm. The extra reach is a good thing to have. I have been hearing rave reviews about this lens, but will be wary of giving a recommendation till I have shot with it. Third party lenses also suffer from QC issues so you will need to be lucky or persistent or both.

Carry your kit lens and ditch the 50. Take a shot of the hall at 18-20mm before and after the ceremony. And at all other times keep the 70-200 on. Be wary of obstructions from enthusiastic guests and relatives as you will have to stand a bit off to frame your shots. I would have preferred to have the 24-70 instead.

Guys after almost shortlisting this,
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR,

came across this lens which seems to be another allrounder.

Tokina AT-X 124 PRO DX II AF 12 - 24 mm f/4 for Nikon Digital SLR

Which one should I choose. As a recap, this will be on my D5100 accompanying 50mm since I do not have the kit lens.

This is a confusing ask. :) You are comparing a general purpose zoom with a wide angle one. What is your purpose in buying a new lens? If you ask me, the Tokina might be a better choice as it will complement your 50. But it is no all rounder.

I own a Sigma 150-500 at present.:)

Since I will be using the lens on my FX body, I am a bit concerned about the maximum reach of 420mm [ 300 F4 + 14E] even with TC. I also heard the latest Nikon TC 14E III is not compatible with 300 F4.

Is lack of VR a deal breaker as I will be shooting handheld mostly ?

As mentioned earlier, I just have the 50mm which is good for portrait. I am looking at a better replacement for the 18-55 kit lens which I skipped to purchase. The lens i am looking should be a all rounder like 18-140mm
My need of lens is for landscape

Not too sure about the TC 14E III. But I always shoot handheld. And get reasonably good shots even without VR. The flying heron has been taking recently. Handheld, No flash, No TC, No crop. 1/400s, f/4.0, 400ISO.

The Tokina would be ideal for the purpose of landscapes. But there still is a focal length mismatch. :) Being an allrounder with greater reach is a totally different question / proposition. Very difficult to judge between 24mm and 140mm at the long end. If you want more flexibility in terms of reach, then the 18-140, 18-105 or even the 18-270 (Tamron) are good enough.

If you are only going to shoot at long distances, the 300mm+TC14 will give better IQ. If your subjects are going to be at variable distances, then a zoom is a better choice.

Please note that a sharp lense - 300+TC14 on a 24MP sensor, is much better than a soft 600mm. The crop in the former case will be much sharper.

Point noted and taken. Ignored 18-105 since 18-140 is the successor. Will look at 18-270 too.

How do I achieve infinite focus with the 18-55 canon lens? I want to shoot something like the miniature photography with car models and real cars interspersed. That requires a camera that can focus at infinity.

Assuming that you have a crop sensor, this combination should work.

Set aperture to f/5.6 and focus distance to 24mm. With that, everything for 5 meters to infinity will be in focus.

More combinations here : http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...l-distance.htm

This is called "Hyperfocal" distance and is a very useful calculation for landscapes. There are various Apps / Sites to do the calculation.

This distance in a picture:

Thank you. Will try this and update here. :)

Basic question on Adobe Camera Raw:

How does it stand against the native RAW process tools from Camera guys (Canon, Nikon etc) e.g. DPP. I was of opinion that its always best to use native S/W to process RAW files before importing them into processing. If that line of thought is correct where do tools like Adobe Camera RAW come in?

Pretty close nowadays. I have been reading that the gap has been narrowing with every version.

I have been holding off on switching to Lightroom, or Photoshop. Will have to do it soon. Nikon NX-D is inferior to NX2. If I upgrade to D810 or any newer camera, I will no longer be able to use the NX2 special features.

Thats not the question I was asking. Mother S/W like Aperture, LR, PS are the core softwares. Here I was referring to RAW pre-processing. Adobe also has its own RAW processing. How does that stand against Native Canon/Nikon solutions?
The data flow is :

Camera -> RAW -> RAW to TIFF -> Aperture/LR/PS etc.

Now I thought RAW to TIFF is always better in Canon (DPP) or Nikon. Instead of Adobe.

When I replied, I was referring to RAW processing. The pre TIFF stage.

My comment about NX-D vs NX2 was an add-on ramble.

Another ramble: if this is true: http://nikonrumors.com/2014/11/03/ni...ns-maybe.aspx/

- I would sell my D7100 and buy this in a heartbeat.

A D810 + D9300 (or whatever) - will be a very nice combo when shooting wildlife + nature.