Just Dawn Loc: North Carolina

And that's true even for a dx lens on a dx camera? Interesting. Thank you.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Just Dawn....I added a second paragraph to my last post, if you're interested.

Just Dawn Loc: North Carolina

Read and understood. Thanks again. I think now I know I can buy the much cheaper 35mm dx lens, rather than the full frame lens, and get a 52mm fov since I already have the 50mm and get a 75mm fov. That's awesome!

Franku Loc: Wallingford, PA and Parrish, Fl

Thank you all for your informative input!
I read quite a bit yesterday and also waited for all of your input.
Time ran out for ordering at B and H but I will be ordering this afternoon.
I expect to order the AF-S NIKKOR 50mm F/1.4 Lens.
It will be an FX lens for use in both of my cameras.
Thanks again.

bcspeer Loc: Turlock, CA

When I wanted to purchase a new Nikon lens, I did a chat on the Nikon website asking their opinion on what I needed to fill my requirements. They were very helpful and even recommended B&H as a good place to get what I was looking for.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

No one single lens you list will do all the things you want well. Portraits usually call for 85 mm and up, or you risk accentuating the nose. Street work takes any/everything, depending on the shots you're looking for. I've shot that with everything from 14 mm to 400 mm. For that kind of outing, I'm becoming more partial to my 24-105 Sigma Art as it gives me quite a bit to work with without changing lenses and doesn't scream "camera!" quite as loudly as a 400 mm. (There is a Nikon 24-120/f4.) IMHO only!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Play with these lens simulators. Interesting.

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/9059751105/photos/2518330/olympus-zuiko-lens-field-of-view-comparison

rbfanman

The DX camera will have a 1.5 crop factor, and so give the field of view of a longer lens. The 35mm lens will produce images like a 52.5mm lens, the 50mm lens will produce 75mm like images, and the 85mm lens will produce images like a 127.5mm lens. The 35mm, and 50mm, would be OK for street photos, though not ideal, but be less than ideal for portraits, though the 50mm will do better on portraits than the 35mm. The 85mm will do good portrait work, but not be so great for street photos.

You should maybe get two lenses, or a long zoom lens. Maybe consider a 24mm f/2.8 lens, for streets, landscapes, etc, and a 55-200mm lens for other shots plus portraits. Or, perhaps just an 18-105mm zoom, which will produce the field of view of a 27-157.7mm lens, for use as an all around lens....landscapes, streets, portraits, etc. The images from a Zoom lens will not be as sharp as those from Prime lenses, but carrying one lens will be less of a bother / strain than would carrying two, or three lenses.

You decide. Let us know what you choose.

Franku Loc: Wallingford, PA and Parrish, Fl

Thanks Jerry.
The websites were very informative.

Franku Loc: Wallingford, PA and Parrish, Fl

Thank you all!
Very good info and advice.

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

Go with the 35mm for street.

Graham

mdsiamese Loc: Maryland

Portraits - to flatter the subject of a portrait, you want over 50mm. That makes the 85mm the better lens for portraits of the ones you listed.

Wide angle lenses like the 35 mm spread your subject out. When you get above 50 mm, or telephoto, you narrow your subject.

I would want all three of these lenses. But if your primary goal is portraits of people, 85mm will be the most flattering to people.

mdsiamese Loc: Maryland

This is a not accurate. A 35mm crop sensor lens has the same depth of field as a 35mm full sensor lens. The crop factor simply enlarges the photo, it doesn't change the depth of field in the photo. Both lenses spread the subject out and push it away, exactly the same way. If I take an image with a 35mm crop sensor lens on a crop sensor camera and do the same with a 35 mm full frame lens on a full frame camera,
from the exact same spot, and crop the full frame images to match the crop sensor images, they resulting images should be identical.

But a 52.5 mm lens, both crop and full sensor will produce images that have a different depth of field than the 35 mm lens. The images will not be equal. If I take a 35mm crop sensor lens on a crop sensor camera, take the same image with a 52.5 lens on a full sensor camera, crop them to the same size, the images will not be equal, the depth of field will be different!

This is important in portrait photography since with portraits of people, you want to go to the telephoto side of 50mm for the more flattering depth of field rather than wide angle side of 50mm with the spread out depth of field. A 35mm or 50mm crop sensor lens on a crop sensor camera will not get you the effect you want for portraits.

Franku Loc: Wallingford, PA and Parrish, Fl

35mm it is....

CO

I've recently been reading reviews of the new Tamron 35mm and 45mm f/1.8 lenses Di VC USD lenses. They've added vibration compensation to those lenses. I've never seen prime lenses in those focal lengths that have vibration compensation. It could really help out when you can't use a tripod.