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Budget Low Light Lens for Portraits and Indoor Work
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 238922" data-attributes="member: 17556"><p>I would like to add a really <em>good</em>, not top of the line, low light lens to my set so I can occasionally practice indoor low light photography for when that day comes that I decide it is time to actually do the real work.</p><p></p><p>I have been reading for hours about low light lenses and I still have not come up with something that makes sense to me.</p><p></p><p>I have the D90 and will likely be using this camera for at least the next year. I guess that does not really matter so much as it crops all lenses anyway, but it also changes the recorded field of view on wide angle lenses.</p><p></p><p>Nothing I have is faster than f/3.5 currently.</p><p></p><p>What would be some of your recommendations as to the lens I am looking for? Is a 1.8 fast enough? Should I go for an older prime lens in AI-S configuration and use manual mode? I have no fear using manual mode. I come from a Nikon FM2N history anyway.</p><p></p><p> With the crop factor of the small sensor what angle lens makes sense?</p><p></p><p>Older lenses are usually cheaper and cheap is what I need unfortunately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 238922, member: 17556"] I would like to add a really [I]good[/I], not top of the line, low light lens to my set so I can occasionally practice indoor low light photography for when that day comes that I decide it is time to actually do the real work. I have been reading for hours about low light lenses and I still have not come up with something that makes sense to me. I have the D90 and will likely be using this camera for at least the next year. I guess that does not really matter so much as it crops all lenses anyway, but it also changes the recorded field of view on wide angle lenses. Nothing I have is faster than f/3.5 currently. What would be some of your recommendations as to the lens I am looking for? Is a 1.8 fast enough? Should I go for an older prime lens in AI-S configuration and use manual mode? I have no fear using manual mode. I come from a Nikon FM2N history anyway. With the crop factor of the small sensor what angle lens makes sense? Older lenses are usually cheaper and cheap is what I need unfortunately. [/QUOTE]
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