I like to take pictures of wildlife, would this be a good lens to get great wildlife pictures.

"Best" lens depends on several things:

1. What kind of pictures do you intend to take?
2. Do you mind a heavy leans? Some are 10 pounds or more.
3. Your budget.

The "standard kit lens" that most come with is perfectly good for general photography. If you want to take architectural pictures, you'll need something different. If you want wide landscapes, you will need a wide angle, and if you want wildlife/bird pictures, you'll want a telephoto lens. It all really depends on what you intend to do...

For example, I have a very wide lens I use for interior architectural pictures, medium telephoto for portraits, and a variety of long to very long telephotos for wildlife pictures...

Yes, there are some extreme zoom lenses that cover 'normal" to "very long" telephoto. They're expensive, not especially sharp, and very heavy. Everything is a compromise.

check shutter speed, problem to slow, increase aperture if light level permits hand shake can also blur image.If in full auto mode change to manual settings mount camera onto tripod THIS WILL SOLVE HAND SHAKE PROBLEMS the most common cause of blurred images.

hi there,

i used d3100 a few months ago,
for your information this camera only support autofocus with built-in motor lenses
if you have interest on wildlife, you should use tele-lens whose focal length above 200mm
if Nikon lenses cost you too much, you can choose other lenses from Tamron, Tokina, or Sigma

for family photograph, the kit lens is able to do this (18 - 55mm),
for natural beauty, i myself use nikkor 50mm/f 1,8 which has great power in low light condition

hope this will help

That's a question only you can answer. Both are fine lenses. What kind of photography do you want to do? The 50mm is generally better for portraits, while the 35mm will be better for landscapes. Neither is very good for sports or wildlife.

It sounds as though your lens is sticking while trying to extend. Check the lens to see if it binds. Also look at the retracted lens and see if the center portion is properly centered or is cocked to one side and out of alignment.
Once your camera is working properly, as you say it does at times, hold the camera with the lens pointed downward and run the zoom in and out several times to see if there is dirt caught between the lens cylinders. Sometimes that will work any debris out.

Mac, you will depending on the type of wildlife you are wanting to photograph you will probably need something marked with at least 300mm on it. Nikon have lenses in this range at different price levels. I suggest that you maybe look at the 75 - 300mm, from memory it has VR on it... important for use at the 300 mm setting to help reduce camera shake. Cheers Ian

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the picture is blurry due to lack of focus in the lens.
Im using a fish eye lens. my f\stop is 6.3 shutter is 30.
Im trying to due a virtual tour of my kitchen so its a big picture that i want all in focus. i have tried different settings on my camera but i think im making it worse.