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Nikkon 50mm f/1.4D vs 50mm f/1.8G?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 308502" data-attributes="member: 17556"><p>If the only choice was between the 50mm and 35mm, then sure, 50mm wins. But, with either of those two lenses you will not get close enough to a wild animal or insect to make a good shot that fills the viewfinder. Even if you could, neither of those lenses focus close enough. You need to have about three to four feet between you and your subject for minimum focus distance. I have tried to shoot butterflies with my 300mm lens and getting close enough to them with that lens, to fill the viewfinder, was a chore. You can shoot the shots, but, to get a good tight shot afterwards requires such a huge crop of the picture that you lose any resolution and quality that would make the shot worth keeping. You need to be able to pretty much fill your viewfinder with the subject, all while keeping a distance from the subject so as not to scare it away. That is difficult with any fast moving or flying animal or insect. Also, you have to keep in mind that getting <em>really</em> close to a subject will cast shadows across what you want to photograph. This is why macro lenses are not always ideal for many things. Lighting is key with close up photography.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would take the 55-200mmlens over the 35mmor 50mm any day for wildlife photography. Properly used it produces pretty good images.</p><p></p><p>Best thing to do is sit down and figure out what your exact interests are, how you want to see your wildlife in frame and how much of any one type of animal or insect you will photograph the most. Choose a lens that will allow you to capture good tight framed shots of that subject without having to stand on top of it or kill it so it will not run away.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would be willing to help you with this in a way that will give you a good idea of what you will see.</p><p></p><p>Give me an example of an animal or insect you would likely photograph and I will shoot that subject, or something very similar, with all four of my lenses and let you see what an uncropped image would look like through each and at what distance I was from the subject. </p><p></p><p>I have the following lenses at my use:</p><p></p><p>- Nikon Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5</p><p>- Nikon Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5 Macro</p><p>- Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D</p><p>- Nikon AF-S 70-300mm VR f/4.5</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 308502, member: 17556"] If the only choice was between the 50mm and 35mm, then sure, 50mm wins. But, with either of those two lenses you will not get close enough to a wild animal or insect to make a good shot that fills the viewfinder. Even if you could, neither of those lenses focus close enough. You need to have about three to four feet between you and your subject for minimum focus distance. I have tried to shoot butterflies with my 300mm lens and getting close enough to them with that lens, to fill the viewfinder, was a chore. You can shoot the shots, but, to get a good tight shot afterwards requires such a huge crop of the picture that you lose any resolution and quality that would make the shot worth keeping. You need to be able to pretty much fill your viewfinder with the subject, all while keeping a distance from the subject so as not to scare it away. That is difficult with any fast moving or flying animal or insect. Also, you have to keep in mind that getting [I]really[/I] close to a subject will cast shadows across what you want to photograph. This is why macro lenses are not always ideal for many things. Lighting is key with close up photography. I would take the 55-200mmlens over the 35mmor 50mm any day for wildlife photography. Properly used it produces pretty good images. Best thing to do is sit down and figure out what your exact interests are, how you want to see your wildlife in frame and how much of any one type of animal or insect you will photograph the most. Choose a lens that will allow you to capture good tight framed shots of that subject without having to stand on top of it or kill it so it will not run away. I would be willing to help you with this in a way that will give you a good idea of what you will see. Give me an example of an animal or insect you would likely photograph and I will shoot that subject, or something very similar, with all four of my lenses and let you see what an uncropped image would look like through each and at what distance I was from the subject. I have the following lenses at my use: - Nikon Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5 - Nikon Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5 Macro - Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D - Nikon AF-S 70-300mm VR f/4.5 [/QUOTE]
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