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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 131033" data-attributes="member: 4923">So you have the camera in house? Then you MUST open it to make a proper decision on the 35 vs 50 before your birthday. The kit lens won't help you decide on bokeh, but you will get a better feel for framing. For indoor pictures of people, the 50 will have you taking two good steps backward to get the view of the 35. Not always possible indoors especially if you are trying to get several people in the pictures. On the other hand, if you are doing head shots, you don't want to be too close with the 35 so the 50 will get you out of their face.I don't know if I would choose between those two lenses based on bokeh. Both are sharp, so the decision would be more what you want to shoot. Bokeh is pretty similar at close range, I guess the 50 is better, but I have the Tamron 60mm macro and that is my go to lens for good bokeh with close subjects. Check out this calculator to compare depth of field:<a href="http://dofmaster.com/dofjs.html" target="_blank">Online Depth of Field Calculator</a>It won't show you how it looks, but will give you a numerical comparison of depth of field at various distances.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 131033, member: 4923"] So you have the camera in house? Then you MUST open it to make a proper decision on the 35 vs 50 before your birthday. The kit lens won't help you decide on bokeh, but you will get a better feel for framing. For indoor pictures of people, the 50 will have you taking two good steps backward to get the view of the 35. Not always possible indoors especially if you are trying to get several people in the pictures. On the other hand, if you are doing head shots, you don't want to be too close with the 35 so the 50 will get you out of their face. I don't know if I would choose between those two lenses based on bokeh. Both are sharp, so the decision would be more what you want to shoot. Bokeh is pretty similar at close range, I guess the 50 is better, but I have the Tamron 60mm macro and that is my go to lens for good bokeh with close subjects. Check out this calculator to compare depth of field: [URL="http://dofmaster.com/dofjs.html"]Online Depth of Field Calculator[/URL] It won't show you how it looks, but will give you a numerical comparison of depth of field at various distances. [/QUOTE]

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