Which lens would you choose?
Jan 12, 2012 12:45:37 #
reddawg413 wrote:
Neither...Sell that off brand camera and buy a Canon...Spend that extra cash wisely. LOL
Pepper wrote:
Lets say you just sold your boat and you have some extra cash, you want to buy a lens for your Nikon D90 and its (the lens) to be dedicated to taking portraits of the grandkids. Youll not be using the lens for anything other than taking the portraits so flexibility is not an issue. What lens would you choose and why?
Neither...Sell that off brand camera and buy a Canon...Spend that extra cash wisely. LOL
<GASP> off brand?!? What blasphemy! :)
Jan 12, 2012 12:56:48 #
Frank T wrote:
I'd pick the Nikon 85mm 1.8. Great Bokeh and shallow depth of field. Beutiful lens for portraits.
I agree, this is the lens I would get for portraits.
Jan 12, 2012 13:02:45 #
An old Nikkor F1.8 50 mm (75 mm equivalent) lens can be found really cheap, and is an excellent portrait lens. Even the newer versions with autofocus are not that expensive. I use my old one with extension tubes for macros.
Jan 12, 2012 13:10:49 #
Russ wrote:
THE OLD STAND BY, 50mm
A new Nikkor F1.8 50 mm lens is around $220, very reasonable for a Nikon lens. Here is a shot taken with my old series E F1.8 50 mm lens, showing bokeh. It is not considered "good" bokeh because the circles are not soft and smooth, but it illustrates what it is.
Jan 12, 2012 13:20:14 #
dirtpusher wrote:
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It all has to do with the diagonal measure of the camera's sensor being what determines a "normal" lens, perspective-wise. The smaller your chip the shorter the measurement and shorter "normal" focal length.
The standard for SLR's is the 35mm camera format which measures something in the area of 45 or 48 mm. So a 50mm lens is a rounded-up focal length considered to be a "normal", meaning it provides a perspective similar to our normal vision and perspective.
One thing to keep in mind is, along with a smaller focal length, you also get an inherently greater depth of field at any given f-stop. Sometimes that can be a real problem, especially if you are wanting to have DOF control over portraits, etc.
Taken w/ Canon S7- 50mm 0.95
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Jan 12, 2012 21:00:52 #
JohnnyRottenNJ
Loc: Northern New Jersey
I bought a Tamron 60mm f2.0 for just that purpose, and it too is a macro lens. The difference, I didn't sell a boat to afford it because it cost about 1/3 of what a similar sized Nikon lens would cost. And right now, Tamron is offering a $100.00 rebate on that lens. At B&H it is going for $472, but that equates to $372 after the rebate. Sweeeeeet!!!
Jan 13, 2012 20:45:46 #
I would really like to see a 70mm Nikon lens= to 105mm Ideal for all portrait work. A 1.8 to 2.8 is fine No one should need a 1.4 for portrait work unless he/she works in the dark :-)
Jan 13, 2012 22:58:05 #
Back in the days of Nikon F3 &F4 (before Digital and the modern zoom lenses) we wouldn't think of owning a (mid-range focal length) prime lens slower than 2.0. Remember, the GLASS is the most important part of your picture capturing device. I still agree the 85mm 1.8 would be the best prime lens. I personally like the 17~55mm 2.8. On my DX Nikon it is equivalent to appx. 82.5mm.
Jan 14, 2012 09:13:15 #
ephraim Imperio wrote:
japanese for "out of focus background"
Bunnye Edwards wrote:
stupid question , I know but what is a Bokeh ?
japanese for "out of focus background"
:oops: thanks, now I remember reading about that
Jan 14, 2012 16:09:58 #
JohnnyRottenNJ
Loc: Northern New Jersey
Remember too, that a 60mm lens in the digital world is really more like an 85 to 90mm lens in the 35mm film world. That is due to the distance from the lens to the CMOS sensor, compared to the lens to the film plane of a 35mm.
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