lens purchase
Jan 18, 2016 08:52:53 #
JonThin wrote:
Using a d3300. Consider purchasing a 35mm or 50mm primary lens.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Using the 35mm - you can crop your way to 50mm......
Jan 18, 2016 09:13:22 #
JonThin wrote:
Using a d3300. Consider purchasing a 35mm or 50mm primary lens.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
I believe that your camera is a APS-C sensor, for that reason I would recommend the 35mm.
Jan 18, 2016 09:14:16 #
imagemeister wrote:
Using the 35mm - you can crop your way to 50mm......
Yes, you certainly can, and lose maximum print size due to the pixels you throw away in the cropped area.
Of course, only an issue if enlarging to print and going for maximum printable area.
:-o
Jan 18, 2016 09:21:21 #
Kuzano wrote:
Yes, you certainly can, and lose maximum print size due to the pixels you throw away in the cropped area.
Of course, only an issue if enlarging to print and going for maximum printable area.
:-o
Of course, only an issue if enlarging to print and going for maximum printable area.
:-o
That is why they make pixel enlarging software .....
Jan 18, 2016 09:27:42 #
JonThin wrote:
Using a d3300. Consider purchasing a 35mm or 50mm primary lens.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
On a DX camera, the 50mm is equivalent to 75mm FF. The 35mm becomes a Nifty Fifty...sort of. It works out to the equivalent of 55mm. Both, at f/1.8, are excellent lenses very reasonably priced. Using those lenses depends on what kind of photography you like doing.
My D5100, my 1st DSLR, came with the 18-55mm and 55-300mm lenses. The 18-55 gave me excellent, sharp images with great color. I always struggled with the 55-300mm, but that was my first DSLR, remember.
Advice, decide what type of photography you want to do, then come back and ask the question again.
Jan 18, 2016 09:41:45 #
Jon, Last week I posed the same question and after receiving a large number of responses, many of whom I regard as knowledgeable photographers, I selected the AF NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G ED over the 50 and 85mm.
I see that you have several of the same people suggesting the 35mm as well.
As luck would have it, I found that B & H is currently out of stock.
I'd say the 35mm is a pretty popular lens.
I see that you have several of the same people suggesting the 35mm as well.
As luck would have it, I found that B & H is currently out of stock.
I'd say the 35mm is a pretty popular lens.
Jan 18, 2016 10:06:07 #
It depends on how you see things and what the use will be. The 35 will give you the view of a 50 mm on a 35 mm camera which is said to be the field of view of the human eye. It was the lens sold with most 35 mm field cameras. That said if you are planing on portraits the 35 mm will distort head shots and give folks large noses and you will find it harder to blur the background. I tend to isolate what I am shooting at and find the narrower field of view more to my licking. I do have both. I would suggest that you take your "kit" zoom and set it at 35 mm and spend a day shooting with that setting only and then do the same with the lens set at 50 mm and then decide which focal length YOU like best. Then buy it. - Dave
Jan 18, 2016 10:17:16 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
JonThin wrote:
Using a d3300. Consider purchasing a 35mm or 50mm primary lens.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
This is like asking "I want to buy a hammer... I don't yet know if I will be pounding carpet tacks or railroad spikes or tapping on chisels to carve marble statues or breaking up concrete or just hitting my thumb with it... what hammer should I buy?"
YOU are the only person who can actually answer this question. You first must decide your purpose with the lens... then you can pick the right tool for the job and we might be able to help. But, without a clear purpose, there just isn't any way for you to make a decision or for us to help you with that decision.
If you don't know your purpose, you actually don't need another lens at all. Use what you've got and learn more about your shooting needs and preferences first. Eventually you will identify any shortcomings of the gear you've got now and then you'll know what you'll need or we can help you figure it out.
Jan 18, 2016 10:37:39 #
Cost! This lens is very cost efficient for the quality. $199 at BestBuy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nikon-af-s-dx-nikkor-35mm-f-1-8g-standard-lens-black/9542328.p?id=1218121951399&skuId=9542328
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nikon-af-s-dx-nikkor-35mm-f-1-8g-standard-lens-black/9542328.p?id=1218121951399&skuId=9542328
Jan 18, 2016 10:45:59 #
greg vescuso
Loc: Ozark,Mo.
Have a Sigma 35mm 1.4 on my full frame and I find I use this lens a lot more than any of my other lenses.
Jan 18, 2016 11:11:47 #
JonThin wrote:
Using a d3300. Consider purchasing a 35mm or 50mm primary lens.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
Which would give me more use/function? Any thoughts or suggestions? No particular subjects at this point.
Thanks for your input.
remember you are on a cropped sensor camera body, so a 35mm is actually a 52.5 mm and a 50mm is actually a 75mm. if you have an actual camera store in your area, they should allow you to mount the lenses to your camera so you may compare the two for a better choice.
Jan 18, 2016 11:28:54 #
The 50 mm would give you a little more versatility in that it works great as an all around lens' From landscape to portraits and anything in between.
Jan 18, 2016 11:33:24 #
wilsondl2 wrote:
It depends on how you see things and what the use ... (show quote)
I have done exactly this and the experience is enlightening. Great suggestion. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jan 18, 2016 11:41:06 #
Mark7829
Loc: Calfornia
I would invest in used or refurbished. The 50 is so common. You should be able to pick one up easily for just a few bucks.
Jan 18, 2016 11:46:31 #
orrie smith wrote:
remember you are on a cropped sensor camera body, so a 35mm is actually a 52.5 mm and a 50mm is actually a 75mm. if you have an actual camera store in your area, they should allow you to mount the lenses to your camera so you may compare the two for a better choice.
A 35mm is a 35mm no matter what you put it on. Same with the 50mm. I think that what you meant was a 35mm on a Nikon crop camera will give you "The field of view" of a 52.5 lens on a 35mm or FF camera. The focal length of the lens never changes but the field of view does depending on the sensor size. - Dave
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