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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 738823" data-attributes="member: 13196">As Fred mentioned, something wider would be preferable. That 50mm lens will give a field of view comparable to 75mm on an FX body. So it would still be somewhat of a telephoto lens on your DX body. A 35mm lens typically is considered normal on a DX body (comparable field of view is 50mm on FX).The thing is with your 50mm, it should be fine for small items, but when you try to shoot clothing racks and furniture, you might not have enough room to fit the entire subject into your frame. That's why a kit lens on DX tends to be either a 16-xx zoom or 18-xx zoom. And as Fred said, the ultra wide angle zooms are the ones to stay away from because you might encounter distortion. Using your pop up flash most likely will be better than using whatever light is in the store. The problem is there might be a mixture of florescent and tungsten which would introduce some green light as well as brownish. The flash should help with the white balance. Sorry no specific suggestion for a lens though because I'm not sure how much you will use it other than these store images.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 738823, member: 13196"] As Fred mentioned, something wider would be preferable. That 50mm lens will give a field of view comparable to 75mm on an FX body. So it would still be somewhat of a telephoto lens on your DX body. A 35mm lens typically is considered normal on a DX body (comparable field of view is 50mm on FX). The thing is with your 50mm, it should be fine for small items, but when you try to shoot clothing racks and furniture, you might not have enough room to fit the entire subject into your frame. That's why a kit lens on DX tends to be either a 16-xx zoom or 18-xx zoom. And as Fred said, the ultra wide angle zooms are the ones to stay away from because you might encounter distortion. Using your pop up flash most likely will be better than using whatever light is in the store. The problem is there might be a mixture of florescent and tungsten which would introduce some green light as well as brownish. The flash should help with the white balance. Sorry no specific suggestion for a lens though because I'm not sure how much you will use it other than these store images. [/QUOTE]

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