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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 214882" data-attributes="member: 12496">I worry about this.&nbsp; She's gonna be pissed when she learns enough to know the poor&nbsp; way you set her up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you have a DX camera now?&nbsp; Do you know the&nbsp; significance of a 50mm on a DX camera?&nbsp; Have you ever used&nbsp; one?&nbsp;&nbsp; You should go to a camera store and look through one, and examine&nbsp; what the zoom lens does. Notice what the viewfinder shows when zoomed to 50 mm, and&nbsp; contemplate that view as the only picture choice available.&nbsp; Compare it to when zoomed out to wide angle.&nbsp; Isn't wide angle nice?I don't mean to meddle, but I fear this notion suggests you may have been listening to some really poor advice.&nbsp;&nbsp; A 50 mm lens on DX&nbsp; is a modest telephoto lens.&nbsp; On DX, it would only see a field width of&nbsp; about 3 feet if from a 7 foot distance.&nbsp; A two person subject on a couch&nbsp; probably could not scrunch quite that close together.&nbsp; You would have&nbsp; to stand back about 14 feet to include the full couch width (many rooms are not that large).&nbsp; This would prevent most general purpose usage, the view is not wide enough.&nbsp;&nbsp; It would make many things&nbsp; impossible.&nbsp; Many things indoors needs wide angle, not telephoto.&nbsp; A&nbsp; head and shoulder portrait might be an exception, since that is hardly a&nbsp; wide view.&nbsp; 50mm may have uses, but it seems a poor choice for the only lens.&nbsp; Say you go on vacation and see Notre Dame catheral in Paris.&nbsp; If you had a 18mm zoom, you could stand across the street and get much of the front of the building in the picture.&nbsp; With 50mm, maybe you can get the front door.&nbsp; It's good to have choices.So of course,&nbsp; a zoom can provide it all, ready for anything.&nbsp; This is why the kit&nbsp; lenses are like 18 to 55 mm, easily adjustable from wide angle to mild&nbsp; telephoto.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why they are so overwhelmingly popular.&nbsp;&nbsp; The idea is to be generally useful.&nbsp; Choices are always very powerful. I hope you give this aspect a little more thought.&nbsp;&nbsp; When you can have a few lenses, that is when you can specialize on some of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 214882, member: 12496"] I worry about this. She's gonna be pissed when she learns enough to know the poor way you set her up. Do you have a DX camera now? Do you know the significance of a 50mm on a DX camera? Have you ever used one? You should go to a camera store and look through one, and examine what the zoom lens does. Notice what the viewfinder shows when zoomed to 50 mm, and contemplate that view as the only picture choice available. Compare it to when zoomed out to wide angle. Isn't wide angle nice? I don't mean to meddle, but I fear this notion suggests you may have been listening to some really poor advice. A 50 mm lens on DX is a modest telephoto lens. On DX, it would only see a field width of about 3 feet if from a 7 foot distance. A two person subject on a couch probably could not scrunch quite that close together. You would have to stand back about 14 feet to include the full couch width (many rooms are not that large). This would prevent most general purpose usage, the view is not wide enough. It would make many things impossible. Many things indoors needs wide angle, not telephoto. A head and shoulder portrait might be an exception, since that is hardly a wide view. 50mm may have uses, but it seems a poor choice for the only lens. Say you go on vacation and see Notre Dame catheral in Paris. If you had a 18mm zoom, you could stand across the street and get much of the front of the building in the picture. With 50mm, maybe you can get the front door. It's good to have choices. So of course, a zoom can provide it all, ready for anything. This is why the kit lenses are like 18 to 55 mm, easily adjustable from wide angle to mild telephoto. This is why they are so overwhelmingly popular. The idea is to be generally useful. Choices are always very powerful. I hope you give this aspect a little more thought. When you can have a few lenses, that is when you can specialize on some of them. [/QUOTE]

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