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PHW Loc: Madison, WI

ebrunner wrote:

I have a D700. It has a cropped sensor like your.... (show quote)

You mean you have a D7000. The D700 was the first Nikon full frame camera.

deanc2006 Loc: lancaster ohio

if you save $3 a week you can buy the nifty fifty in about a year and still have the 35 you already bought. and I think at least in the case of cannon you will find if you research it that it is actually sharper than the 1.8 50mm which is way more expensive. just my 2 cents hope this helps

Alfresco

The 50mm 1.8 is what I consider a pure simple lens, it doesn't zone, if you want it close up you move up if you want wide angle, you move back. It is photography pure and simple. I feel the 50 is a great lens to learn on, not "necessary" but a useful,
easy, fun lens. I think the more you use that lens, the more you appreciate the other lenses in your bag. Just saying.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Alfresco wrote:

The 50mm 1.8 is what I consider a pure simple lens, it doesn't zone, if you want it close up you move up if you want wide angle, you move back. It is photography pure and simple. I feel the 50 is a great lens to learn on, not "necessary" but a useful,
easy, fun lens. I think the more you use that lens, the more you appreciate the other lenses in your bag. Just saying.

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coco1964 Loc: Winsted Mn

Use the 50mm and let your feet make the adjustments........

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

momofmany wrote:

I was told in a photography class that the 50mm 1.... (show quote)

My first really pro level camera was a Nikon F with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens. I didn't add to my lens collection until sometime later. At that point it was a Nikkor 135 f/2,8.

The 50mm was a real workhorse for me. I made thousands of images with it and still use it to this very day, on that same Nikon F.

I don't think you'll be disappointed with that lens and will probably be using it years from, as well.
--Bob

katbandit Loc: new york city

50mm is not a mistake to have..it is the first basic lens to learn on..kit lenses aren't usually the best quality but doable while you are learning..so with that said you should figure out your own. "Must haves" to suit your needs..
I use 4 lenses and am saving up for my next "must have lens..the 70-200 nikon vr..but I still use my 50mm and 85mm for portraits..

momofmany

Thanks again for the advice.... Taking a lot of pictures with the 50mm in the last few days. The more I take, the better they get. Just keep changing the aperture and shutter speeds. Hoping to get better with it.

gr8five

jd7000 wrote:

I shoot with a D7000 which has the same sensor as the D5100.
A 50mm lens is considered a "normal lens" on full frame cameras. However the D5100 is not a full frame camera.
A normal lens on the d5100/d7000 is 35mm.

amfoto1 wrote:

On your camera a 50mm lens is a short telephoto... It

This is interesting, as I was starting to look for a 50mm lens for my D5300. I'm going to purchase a 10/24mm to add to my 18/270mm lens. I thought the 50mm would be a good "as the eye sees it" lens but you have put doubt in my mind. May I ask how you both came up with this? I'm not doubting you both just wondering why I didn't come up with this myself if it's correct.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

gr8five wrote:

This is interesting, as I was starting to look for a 50mm lens for my D5300. I'm going to purchase a 10/24mm to add to my 18/270mm lens. I thought the 50mm would be a good "as the eye sees it" lens but you have put doubt in my mind. May I ask how you both came up with this? I'm not doubting you both just wondering why I didn't come up with this myself if it's correct.

It's because some cameras have a smaller sensor than a standard "full frame" sensor, and so because of that, the camera sort of "pre-crops" what you see, resulting in the equivalent "field of view" of a lens that's 1.5 times as long as a 50mm...it will "look" to you as if you put on a 75mm lens.

So...to get the "field of view" of a 50mm on a full frame camera, you have to put on (about) a 35mm lens.

(the numbers are approx, I don't know how much smaller your sensor is, I just took a guess at 1.5X)

gr8five

My sensor size is 23.5mm X 16.6mm. The sensor in the 800E is 35.9mm X 24mm to use as a comparison. The fog is lifting in the back of the brain and some memory is returning. I'm trying to do the math and but not doing well with it. I will say that I'm moving in the direction of the 35mm lens.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

gr8five wrote:

My sensor size is 23.5mm X 16.6mm. The sensor in the 800E is 35.9mm X 24mm to use as a comparison. The fog is lifting in the back of the brain and some memory is returning. I'm trying to do the math and but not doing well with it. I will say that I'm moving in the direction of the 35mm lens.

I checked...it's 1.5 factor.

So...whatever field of view you want to end up with...you start with something that takes 1.5X to get there.

My fuji is the same way...my 35mm field of view is about a 52mm and my 60mm is a field of view of a 90mm lens (on a full frame camera)

You'll get used to it.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

amehta wrote:

I really, really dislike the "you i must /i ... (show quote)

The 50mm1.8G doesn't loose much value if its clean. What you will want to do is add a longer zoom. The 55-300mmVR is a good, reasonable lens

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

momofmany wrote:

I was told in a photography class that the 50mm 1.... (show quote)

I do not think you made a mistake at all in purchasing the 50 f/1.8. It is approximately the full-frame equivalent of 75~80 on your D5100, a very useful focal length and, particularly when photographing active children, you will appreciate f/1.8. Just my opinion.

gr8five

rpavich wrote:

I checked...it's 1.5 factor.

So...whatever field of view you want to end up with...you start with something that takes 1.5X to get there.

My fuji is the same way...my 35mm field of view is about a 52mm and my 60mm is a field of view of a 90mm lens (on a full frame camera)

You'll get used to it.

Thanks again I'm going with the 35mm.