AF-S Nikkor 35mm 1.8G DX

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aroy

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MeSess said:
Wow that's unfortunate because even today's price is better than any price I've seen for this lens used.
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For once the Nikon product prices are less in India than in US. Usually there is a markup of at least 50% here.

What you can do is.
. Find a friend who is coming to India for a visit.
. Monitor Indian prices on the sites (Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon.in)
. Buy the lense and get it delivered in India to your friend. You can pay online using your US card.

I could take the delivery for you, but then how do I send it to you?
 
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MeSess

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aroy said:
For once the Nikon product prices are less in India than in US. Usually there is a markup of at least 50% here.

What you can do is.
. Find a friend who is coming to India for a visit.
. Monitor Indian prices on the sites (Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon.in)
. Buy the lense and get it delivered in India to your friend. You can pay online using your US card.

I could take the delivery for you, but then how do I send it to you?
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I'll have to check and see if any of my friends will be making a trip there anytime soon. I would take you up on that offer of I knew you better haha
 
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SteveH

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I could be wrong, but I think Nikkor lens warranties are international, so an Indian lens would be covered in the U.S.
 
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aroy

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Continuing. Here are the shots of my Curry Leaf tree

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The tree

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Flowers

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Crop with the bee

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Yep.... Went out for mom's birthday last night, and yes, it actually is on the 1st. Must've sucked when she was younger and after April fool's became popular enough.
 
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marco.montero

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Hey all just bought this lens. Not familiar with it but would you highly recommend this lens for portraits and landscaping? Or go with a 55 mm fixed? Thanks


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marco.montero said:
Hey all just bought this lens. Not familiar with it but would you highly recommend this lens for portraits and landscaping? Or go with a 55 mm fixed? Thanks


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You need two different lenses for portrait and landscaping. Usually an ultra wide for landscaping and a medium télé for portrait.
 
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aroy

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marco.montero said:
Hey all just bought this lens. Not familiar with it but would you highly recommend this lens for portraits and landscaping? Or go with a 55 mm fixed? Thanks


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To isolate the subject you need a longer lense for a formal portrait. But I have taken casual portraits bot with this and the 50mm. Both have different perspective.

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This is at 35mm

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This is at 55mm
 
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aroy

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Some interesting plant shots

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Taken at ground level

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Flowers on the park boundary wall

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The buds look just like tomatoes!
 
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foo

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I was thinking of buying this exact lens this week , but was'nt sure between the 35mm dx 1.8 g or the 50mm 1.8 g . If the 35mm is dx then would'nt that mean its a true 35mm on my D5200 , and the 50mm is the full frame lens meaning around 75mm on a dx apsc sensor body or have I got it wrong . Either way I was definately going to go for one of them .But need a little help deciding , 35mm may give a better field of view but not heard of it being a true portrait lens as the 50mm is.
 
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skene

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foo,

The 35mm on a DX body is 35mm. A 50mm on a DX body is still 50mm the lens does not miraculously change into a 75mm. The sensor takes what it sees of a lens optimized for a full frame camera and the field of view is similar to what is seen off a lens that would be a 75mm. Since an APS-C sensor is smaller the actual image does not cover the full field of view as that of a full frame sensor.

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aroy

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A 35mm on DX sensor has FOV of 50mm on FX. Similarly 50mm on DX has nearly the same FOV as 85mm on FX. The 85mm on FX is preferred by most of the portrait shooter as you can maintain longer distance from the subject. So on a DX a 50mm is a good portrait lense.

Please keep in mind that the DX lenses do not have the image circle to cover the FF sensor area, which means that if you ever switch to FF sensor, your DX lenses will not be of much use on it.
 
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