Prime lens vs zoom lens (nikon)

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Rick M

Senior Member
Cristian_soria said:
Reasons why the primes are more better than the zooms?
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A single focal length and few elements is more precise than multiple elements moving back and forth (one reason).

Although, it depends what you mean by better? Zooms are more convenient, to some that is better.
 
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RON_RIP

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Primes are much better in low light situations, they are generally lighter, they have a simpler design, which can mean less mechanical issues. They tend to be somewhat sharper, although quality zooms have overcome most of that advantage.
on the other hand, zooms are often a better walk around choice than primes. When you are shooting different subjects, at different distances, and in circumstances that do not allow for changing lenses, the zoom will serve you well, but it must be in the range of your most used focal lengths and be as good of a quality as you can afford. But I think you will find numerous threads on this site that explore this very issue
 
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Cristian_soria

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It's more useful if ishot things like this ?
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Or i need a zoom ?

I'm gonna buy mi first lens and what is more appropriate for me? Zoom or prime?
 
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Blacktop

Senior Member
If you are mostly going to shoot stationary objects that you can easily move towards or move away from, then I would recommend a prime lens.
 
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Rick M

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For city shots walking around and low light, a good fast ultra-wide zoom is nice. What camera do you have? You have no lenses now?
 
Marcel

Marcel

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Cristian_soria said:
And i don't know what to buy, what can be the best for me zoom or prime?
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If you don't know what to buy, either you don't buy until you do know, or you start buying and you will keep buying until you know that the lens you need you still don't have it. And the one you need is probably the one you can't afford now.
 
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gqtuazon

Gear Head
Cristian_soria said:
It's more useful if ishot things like this ?
Or i need a zoom ?

I'm gonna buy mi first lens and what is more appropriate for me? Zoom or prime?
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Nice shots. Primes does normally have bigger aperture such as f1.8 which gathers more light than your kit lens. Bigger aperture will result in better subject isolation and lower ISO level. Lower ISO level can result to cleaner images or less noise.

Keep in mind that there is no restriction in owning both prime and zoom lenses. ;)
 
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