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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 71600" data-attributes="member: 9187">I debated the whole 50mm or 35mm lens question too - what might be better for indoors (and kids), and what fits my budget.Luckily both lenses are more or less the same price (about £15 more for the 50mm here in the UK at the moment)The 50mm is a FX lens so on a D5100 its the equivalent of a 75mm so you need to think of that when deciding.&nbsp; I had a little play around with setting my 18-55 at ~35mm to see how close/far I need to be to my subject, then swapping to my 55-200 and setting it at ~75mm to see what difference it makes to distance to subject.Certainly in my house given the space I have in rooms the 50mm seemed OK especially if I needed to move back to capture a 'wider' picture.I've had a play with a 35mm lens in a shop and its a lovely little lens too - but I'm hoping one day to go FX so at the moment the 50mm is the more sensible option <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="§am, post: 71600, member: 9187"] I debated the whole 50mm or 35mm lens question too - what might be better for indoors (and kids), and what fits my budget. Luckily both lenses are more or less the same price (about £15 more for the 50mm here in the UK at the moment) The 50mm is a FX lens so on a D5100 its the equivalent of a 75mm so you need to think of that when deciding. I had a little play around with setting my 18-55 at ~35mm to see how close/far I need to be to my subject, then swapping to my 55-200 and setting it at ~75mm to see what difference it makes to distance to subject. Certainly in my house given the space I have in rooms the 50mm seemed OK especially if I needed to move back to capture a 'wider' picture. I've had a play with a 35mm lens in a shop and its a lovely little lens too - but I'm hoping one day to go FX so at the moment the 50mm is the more sensible option :) [/QUOTE]

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