35mm or 50 mm

[Robert Eva]

I am thinking about either the Sigma 50 mm 1.4 art or the Sigma 35mm 1.4 art, to go with my d500.
I assume the 50mm will have the better bokeh (I hate that terminoligy), but is there much difference in the build quality between the two?
I know the d500 is a crop sensor and the 50 mm would be more like 75 mm , however I would be happy with that as it would sit in between the two other prime lenses I have (Nikon 35mm 1.8 and Sigma 105 mm 2.8.
Or do I get rid of the Nikon 35mm and get the Sigma 35mm?
Use would be street and portraiture.
Cheers ,
Rob.

 

[Lemaildetom]

I have both, build quality is identical has they are the same generation of lens built in the same way.
I find the 35mm is much better the the nikon 35 1.8.
I find the 35 art is a very nice size, the 50mm art is verging on being too big. I use my on FF so focal are not the same as yours.

 

[odd jim]

It depends really.

Do you want to shoot at 50mm or 35mm?

 

[JJ!]

What about the Sigma 30mm art?

What do you not like about the Nikon 35?

For street the 50 might be too long. I use 50 a lot but on FX. Still you can pick one up pretty cheap in the classifieds and sell it on if you don’t like it.

 

[HectorHughMunro]

What about the Sigma 30mm art?

What do you not like about the Nikon 35?

For street the 50 might be too long. I use 50 a lot but on FX. Still you can pick one up pretty cheap in the classifieds and sell it on if you don’t like it.

Both of those suggestions are good. I had the Sigma 35mm art on a full frame camera which was optically brilliant but on the heavy side. If you’re on a D500, the 30 mm would be my call for street photos as it would give you something close to 40mm equivalent on a full frame and is also built specifically for APSC.

The build quality between the 50mm and the 35mm is close to identical.

For 50mm, I particularly liked the Nikon 50mm 1.8G full frame lens which has the advantages of being light and cheap. The difference between 1.4 and 1.8 are relatively small in most instances.