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<blockquote data-quote="nikonbill" data-source="post: 844632" data-attributes="member: 47024">As pointed out the DX lens are lighter and more compact and cheaper to manufacture, FX lens are fully capable on both formats so when you have &quot;both&quot; bodies it is wisest to have FX lens unless you have a very particular use for a DX lens on your DX camera. Nikon allows DX lens to function on FX bodies but its not desirable to do so as you loose data you would likely want. Some may like to keep DX lens as they are a lighter product and only use them on their DX bodies. As most things in photography, there is no right or wrong way. Some editing software does list the &quot;35mm equivalent&quot; focal length (could help maybe in understanding).&nbsp;BF hammer did a great job explaining why they call the lengths what they do Needa and Burt gave good perspectives also. It comes down to history I think in some cases. Sometimes in our efforts avoid confusion we can create some.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nikonbill, post: 844632, member: 47024"] As pointed out the DX lens are lighter and more compact and cheaper to manufacture, FX lens are fully capable on both formats so when you have "both" bodies it is wisest to have FX lens unless you have a very particular use for a DX lens on your DX camera. Nikon allows DX lens to function on FX bodies but its not desirable to do so as you loose data you would likely want. Some may like to keep DX lens as they are a lighter product and only use them on their DX bodies. As most things in photography, there is no right or wrong way. Some editing software does list the "35mm equivalent" focal length (could help maybe in understanding). BF hammer did a great job explaining why they call the lengths what they do Needa and Burt gave good perspectives also. It comes down to history I think in some cases. Sometimes in our efforts avoid confusion we can create some. [/QUOTE]

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