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Krs_2007

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It's interesting about these primes. I never thought about the 35 before I got my 18-35, and I now I find myself shooting at 35. Funny how that works. I do have the 50 and 85.

Congrats, now you need a 105


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Horoscope Fish

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carguy said:
Just a little shot as I picked up my third prime lens last week :)
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Congrats on completing the trio! We have all three in my house too bit the girlfriend latched on to my Nikon 35mm f/1.8 and would NOT let go, so I replaced it with a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 instead. The more I shoot with my primes, the more I love 'em.

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carguy

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Yeah. Had my eye on a 35 and ran across a nice deal on one of the Nikon facebook groups. Hope to see what the fuss is about soon :)
 
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J_Murphy

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I'm having a hard time deciding between purchasing the 35mm or the 50mm 1.8 lens. Any advice to help me make the decision?

Thanks.
 
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Horoscope Fish

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J_Murphy said:
I'm having a hard time deciding between purchasing the 35mm or the 50mm 1.8 lens. Any advice to help me make the decision?
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I'll just point out that with the 35mm you can always zoom and crop to mimic the 50mm perspective, but you can't do the same with the 50mm. I say this owning all three lenses, the 35, the 50 and the 85. They're all great lenses and wouldn't want to be without any of them.
 
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J-see

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J_Murphy said:
I'm having a hard time deciding between purchasing the 35mm or the 50mm 1.8 lens. Any advice to help me make the decision?

Thanks.
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For me the decision was easy; I got both. Inside the 50mm lets me frame just that bit tighter to prefer it over the 35mm. But they're both great lenses and both very cheap for the quality they deliver.
 
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Englischdude

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weebee said:
I can never decide! So I got the 35, 40 micro, and 50. The 40 micro is another fun lenses.
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weebee you beat me to it! As an owner of the 35 40 50 and 85 I also want to throw the 40mm micro into the equation. incredibly sharp as one would expect for a micro lens, a very versatile focal length with the macro ability also! fantastic bang for the buck!
 
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J_Murphy

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carguy said:
What glass do you have currently? What focal length do you find yourself at/near most often?
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I currently have a 18-105 mm and a 55-300 mm lens, so I'm kind of all over the place. I don't take many portrait photos but I want to start taking more.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I will try out the 35 mm lens and see how that works out.
 
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J_Murphy

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Horoscope Fish said:
I'll just point out that with the 35mm you can always zoom and crop to mimic the 50mm perspective, but you can't do the same with the 50mm. I say this owning all three lenses, the 35, the 50 and the 85. They're all great lenses and wouldn't want to be without any of them.
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Of all the reading I've done on this question, you are the only one I've seen post this little bit of advice. I was home playing with my 18-105 lens taking the same photo on 35mm and again on 50 mm. I found myself to like the 50 mm photos better because they were tighter to my subject at the distance I was shooting from. However, when I zoom in and crop from the 35 mm photo, I get a good result that is similar to the 50 mm photo. And with a 1.8 aperature, I think my photos will be much sharper so I won't lose the quality with the zooming. In the future, I don't want to be in the situation where I'm forced to leave something out of the frame because the focal length isn't long enough. Working with a D7000, I am getting 52.5 mm with the crop factor anyways.

After much thought I am going to buy the 35 mm lens over the next little while, I will post some photos when I do. Thanks again!
 
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Horoscope Fish

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J_Murphy said:
Of all the reading I've done on this question, you are the only one I've seen post this little bit of advice. I was home playing with my 18-105 lens taking the same photo on 35mm and again on 50 mm. I found myself to like the 50 mm photos better because they were tighter to my subject at the distance I was shooting from. However, when I zoom in and crop from the 35 mm photo, I get a good result that is similar to the 50 mm photo. And with a 1.8 aperature, I think my photos will be much sharper so I won't lose the quality with the zooming. In the future, I don't want to be in the situation where I'm forced to leave something out of the frame because the focal length isn't long enough. Working with a D7000, I am getting 52.5 mm with the crop factor anyways.

After much thought I am going to buy the 35 mm lens over the next little while, I will post some photos when I do. Thanks again!
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I'm glad you found my input helpful. The decision between the 35mm and the 50mm is a common one and the concept of shooting wider than you absolutely need is something that tends to get overlooked. I'm all about getting composition right in-frame, right from the start, but I also pad my shots by shooting just a liiiittle wide so I have the flexibility to tweak them precisely in post and the habit of shooting just a little wide has worked well for me.

Hope you enjoy your 35mm f/1.8 when you get it. It's a gem of a lens.
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Blue_Esq

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I'm wrestling with the same decision as J_Murphy. I just picked up a d5300 and I'm a novice looking for a good and versatile prime lens. My intent is to take some landscape shots and some portrait type shots of family, friends and the coming kid. I'd like to be able to learn to establish some bokeh. I was recommended the 50mm f/1.8 over the 35mm f/1.8 by the local camera shop, but I'm not sure that the extended focal length with the dx format will be versatile enough for what I want to do. I certainly recognize that I'll need a true wide angle for landscape work in the future, but I'm just getting started. Any recommendation would be much appreciated.
 
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LittleTim

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I too just got a 5300. I bought the 35mm. I think if you are looking for good bokeh, than the 35mm is not. It gets bokeh, but not that extreme blur. Just everything slightly out of focus but still distinct. My nikon friend shot with a 85mm and gets really nice bokeh.

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