Deciding on a Prime lens for Nikon D5300 (Page 5): Straight out of a D5300? Did you miss that question, or ignore it on purpose? When you retake them, take them from a tripod without...

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

CraigFair wrote:

I'll have to retake the photos and post because I posted the others right out of the camera

Straight out of a D5300?
Did you miss that question, or ignore it on purpose?
When you retake them, take them from a tripod without shifting it so that they are taken from the same spot.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

lighthouse wrote:

Straight out of a D5300?
Did you miss that question, or ignore it on purpose?
When you retake them, take them from a tripod without shifting it so that they are taken from the same spot.

Yes you Have Made It Nessasary To Ignor you On Purpose.
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lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

CraigFair wrote:

Yes you Have Made It Nessasary To Ignor you On Purpose.
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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

lighthouse wrote:

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No. 1

50mm f/1.8 G

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35mm f/1.8 G

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lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Tripod mounted, from exactly the same spot, not handheld?

amehta Loc: Boston

CraigFair wrote:

No. 1

I'm not sure what this is supposed to demonstrate.

The only pictures which we need are
* D5300, 35mm DX lens
* D5300, 35mm FX lens
so you will see that the "DX/FX" lens designation does not affect the focal length or field of view of the lens. They will look identical on the D5300.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

amehta wrote:

I'm not sure what this is supposed to demonstrate.

The only pictures which we need are
* D5300, 35mm DX lens
* D5300, 35mm FX lens
so you will see that the "DX/FX" lens designation does not affect the focal length or field of view of the lens. They will look identical on the D5300.

Yes you are correct, they do look the same on the D5300 and diffrent on the D600. Thank you for getting me straight on that. So what is the benifit for getting a DX lens if it's going to be 52.5mm all the time. And never a 35mm, or is it???
Craig

skiman Loc: Ventura, CA

CraigFair wrote:

Yes you are correct, they do look the same on the D5300 and diffrent on the D600. Thank you for getting me straight on that. So what is the benifit for getting a DX lens if it's going to be 52.5mm all the time. And never a 35mm, or is it???
Craig

They are less expensive to produce since they do not need to project the image to the edge of a larger sensor. They are also lighter for the same reason. The downside is that if you move to FF they will only work in crop mode on the camera.
You can see how each lens looks on different bodies here
http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/#lens

amehta Loc: Boston

CraigFair wrote:

Yes you are correct, they do look the same on the D5300 and diffrent on the D600. Thank you for getting me straight on that. So what is the benifit for getting a DX lens if it's going to be 52.5mm all the time. And never a 35mm, or is it???
Craig

The Nikon 35mm f/1.8G DX is $200, while the Nikon 35mm f/1.8G FX is $600, for exactly the reason skiman said. There are very few DX prime or pro/pro-sumer zoom lenses, because the FX lenses also work with the DX cameras.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

amehta wrote:

The Nikon 35mm f/1.8G DX is $200, while the Nikon 35mm f/1.8G FX is $600, for exactly the reason skiman said. There are very few DX prime or pro/pro-sumer zoom lenses, because the FX lenses also work with the DX cameras.

So the only way to actally get 35mm's is to use one of the , also cheep, DX Zooms at f/3.5 ??? Or my 17-35 croped to 25-52mm???

amehta Loc: Boston

CraigFair wrote:

So the only way to actally get 35mm's is to use one of the , also cheep, DX Zooms at f/3.5 ??? Or my 17-35 croped to 25-52mm???

A 24mm lens would give you a 36mm (full frame equivalent), or use a zoom at 24mm. There are a few good DX zooms, and one excellent DX zoom, the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC.

skiman Loc: Ventura, CA

CraigFair wrote:

So the only way to actally get 35mm's is to use one of the , also cheep, DX Zooms at f/3.5 ??? Or my 17-35 croped to 25-52mm???

Yes, your 17-35 2.8 set to 23-24mm would be your best option.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

amehta wrote:

A 24mm lens would give you a 36mm (full frame equivalent), or use a zoom at 24mm. There are a few good DX zooms, and one excellent DX zoom, the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC.

Thank you very much for putting up with my learning curve.

amehta Loc: Boston

CraigFair wrote:

Thank you very much for putting up with my learning curve.

:thumbup:

amehta Loc: Boston

skiman wrote:

Yes, your 17-35 2.8 set to 23-24mm would be your best option.

Yes, I wasn't paying attention to which lens it was. That is an excellent option.