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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 591816" data-attributes="member: 24285">Bought the 35mm 1.8 for baby pictures of my granddaughter - does a marvelous job of low light, goes nice and wide.&nbsp; My wife's favourite set up is the 35mm on the D5100.&nbsp; She loves it. Then I bought the 50mm 1.8 - hey it was on sale for $99 and I had $99 burning a hole in my pocket.&nbsp; Best $99 lens I ever bought.&nbsp; I bought the AFD which only works on DX camera with a built in motor so not the 3000 or 5000 line but good on the older D90 or D7000 series so would be a manual focus lens on your D5200.&nbsp; Can be done but a skill to learn .&nbsp; A 50mm with motor AFS or a Siggy Art one or others is not $99.00.&nbsp; I use the 50mm on both the D610 FX and D7100 or D90&nbsp; DX cameras.&nbsp; On the DX the 50 has the FOV of a 75mm so is almost like using the FX 85mm 1.8&nbsp; (which I also use).&nbsp; All depends on what you want.&nbsp; With primes the zoom is in your feet.&nbsp; Need a wider shot step back three feet.&nbsp; Which works until you hit the wall.&nbsp; Same for getting closer.&nbsp; Yes you can crop a 35mm down and get just that smiling face but there is something to be said for using all your pixels.&nbsp; I think having the 35mm, 50mm and 85mm 1.8 set is a very nice collection.&nbsp; But fair warning once you get the fast prime bug there is not stopping you.&nbsp; I'm looking hard at an ultra wide fast lens - maybe the Siggy Art 20mm - which is two grand.&nbsp;&nbsp; Next thing you know you want faster and they don't give away those 1.4's.&nbsp; I like my 16-85mm AFS is a grand upgrade to the DX kit zoom.&nbsp; I'm looking now at getting a super all in one like the Siggy 18-300 as a travel lens for my wife.&nbsp; She'd pack light - the super-zoom and the 35mm with the D5200.&nbsp;&nbsp; Zooms are nice, use them all the time but they are not nearly fast enough to use without flash inside without very high ISO which works but ain't great.&nbsp;&nbsp; Faster zooms (e.g. 24-70 2.8) are a good compromise but are still not a 1.8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 591816, member: 24285"] Bought the 35mm 1.8 for baby pictures of my granddaughter - does a marvelous job of low light, goes nice and wide. My wife's favourite set up is the 35mm on the D5100. She loves it. Then I bought the 50mm 1.8 - hey it was on sale for $99 and I had $99 burning a hole in my pocket. Best $99 lens I ever bought. I bought the AFD which only works on DX camera with a built in motor so not the 3000 or 5000 line but good on the older D90 or D7000 series so would be a manual focus lens on your D5200. Can be done but a skill to learn . A 50mm with motor AFS or a Siggy Art one or others is not $99.00. I use the 50mm on both the D610 FX and D7100 or D90 DX cameras. On the DX the 50 has the FOV of a 75mm so is almost like using the FX 85mm 1.8 (which I also use). All depends on what you want. With primes the zoom is in your feet. Need a wider shot step back three feet. Which works until you hit the wall. Same for getting closer. Yes you can crop a 35mm down and get just that smiling face but there is something to be said for using all your pixels. I think having the 35mm, 50mm and 85mm 1.8 set is a very nice collection. But fair warning once you get the fast prime bug there is not stopping you. I'm looking hard at an ultra wide fast lens - maybe the Siggy Art 20mm - which is two grand. Next thing you know you want faster and they don't give away those 1.4's. I like my 16-85mm AFS is a grand upgrade to the DX kit zoom. I'm looking now at getting a super all in one like the Siggy 18-300 as a travel lens for my wife. She'd pack light - the super-zoom and the 35mm with the D5200. Zooms are nice, use them all the time but they are not nearly fast enough to use without flash inside without very high ISO which works but ain't great. Faster zooms (e.g. 24-70 2.8) are a good compromise but are still not a 1.8. [/QUOTE]

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