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<blockquote data-quote="bluenoser" data-source="post: 49597" data-attributes="member: 6351">Hi Claudia.&nbsp; A 50mm lens is always a 50mm lens no matter which camera body it is attached to.&nbsp; However what does change is the field of view.&nbsp; A 50mm lens (whether it be the 50 1.8G or the 50 1.8D) is going to &quot;look&quot; like a 50mm lens when mounted to an FX body.&nbsp; However when mounted on a DX body lik the D7000, that same 50mm lens will have a field of view of 75mm.&nbsp; That is a 50mm 1.8 lens on the D7000 will show you the same field of view that a &quot;75mm&quot; lens would give you on an FX body like the D700.&nbsp; Again, the lens is the same - it remains a 50mm lens - but it is the field of view that changes when using it on either a crop sensor camera or a full frame sensor camera.&nbsp; The Nikon crop sensor multiplies whichever lens you use on it by 1.5.&nbsp; If you are using a 200mm lens on the D7000 the field of view will be that of a 300mm lens on an FX sensor.&nbsp; A 200mm lens on an FX sensor body will give you a field of view of 200mm (no multiplier).&nbsp; I know this may seem like semantics to you but I hope you realize what people are talking about when they say that a 50mm lens on a DX body equals a 75mm field of view on an FX body. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I own the D700 and D7000.&nbsp; I love the the 17-55 on my D7000.&nbsp; So when I bought my D700 I wanted something with a similar field of view.&nbsp; Therefore I got the 24-70 lens which gives me a very comparable view when I look through the viewfinder the D7000 and the 17-55 (which withe the 1.5 multiplier is roughly 25.5mm-82.5mm - close enough to the 24-70 lens.)I'm a bit tired so I hope I haven't made things worse with my explanation! lol! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="bluenoser, post: 49597, member: 6351"] Hi Claudia. A 50mm lens is always a 50mm lens no matter which camera body it is attached to. However what does change is the field of view. A 50mm lens (whether it be the 50 1.8G or the 50 1.8D) is going to "look" like a 50mm lens when mounted to an FX body. However when mounted on a DX body lik the D7000, that same 50mm lens will have a field of view of 75mm. That is a 50mm 1.8 lens on the D7000 will show you the same field of view that a "75mm" lens would give you on an FX body like the D700. Again, the lens is the same - it remains a 50mm lens - but it is the field of view that changes when using it on either a crop sensor camera or a full frame sensor camera. The Nikon crop sensor multiplies whichever lens you use on it by 1.5. If you are using a 200mm lens on the D7000 the field of view will be that of a 300mm lens on an FX sensor. A 200mm lens on an FX sensor body will give you a field of view of 200mm (no multiplier). I know this may seem like semantics to you but I hope you realize what people are talking about when they say that a 50mm lens on a DX body equals a 75mm field of view on an FX body. :) I own the D700 and D7000. I love the the 17-55 on my D7000. So when I bought my D700 I wanted something with a similar field of view. Therefore I got the 24-70 lens which gives me a very comparable view when I look through the viewfinder the D7000 and the 17-55 (which withe the 1.5 multiplier is roughly 25.5mm-82.5mm - close enough to the 24-70 lens.) I'm a bit tired so I hope I haven't made things worse with my explanation! lol! :) [/QUOTE]

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