35mm or 50mm?

[spacester]

I have the 35mm f1.8 and it is a superb lens. I use it for low-light indoor photos of my kids, mostly. Here are some samples:

Never used it for buildings though....

 

[spacester]

Ok that didn't work.... For some reason they are not uploading. Got one online.... Will try some more later!

 

[LCPete]

To be honest,at the moment both the lens you are talking about are covered by your zoom range,to me unless you need a low light lens,both having the faster aperture of F1.8.

If it were me I would work with this lens for a while,and save for an 17-55mm F2.8 or if you need longer range 16-85mm.

thats what I thought, no need to have separate prime lenses
Not familiar with Nikon lenses but your kit lens is probabaly excellent
in my case I went for the tamron 17-50 F2.8

 

[Donk1166]

Wow, I go away for a few days & look what happens!!!

Baring in mind my D5100 was outside of my 'permitted' budget (married!!) I will not be upgrading it.
I took the advice about trying 35mm & 50mm on my kit lens & would probably choose 35mm. Notice I said 'probably' as I think I'll stick with the latter advice & stick with my more than adequate kit lens. I don't want to be carrying too much so why not stick with that lens??!

Besides if the exchange rate improves I might find a bargain whilst I'm in New York!!

'let's get them off auto first' was very relevant. It'll come, think I'll practice more before I worry about lenses.

 

[eddiewood]

Wow, I go away for a few days & look what happens!!!

Baring in mind my D5100 was outside of my 'permitted' budget (married!!) I will not be upgrading it.
I took the advice about trying 35mm & 50mm on my kit lens & would probably choose 35mm. Notice I said 'probably' as I think I'll stick with the latter advice & stick with my more than adequate kit lens. I don't want to be carrying too much so why not stick with that lens??!

Besides if the exchange rate improves I might find a bargain whilst I'm in New York!!

'let's get them off auto first' was very relevant. It'll come, think I'll practice more before I worry about lenses.

Very wise.

 

[Mandoo]

Very wise. The understanding will come with practice, one day you'll find it'll all just click into place in your head and you'll start to feel a lot more confident.