new lens? help please.

[smilezoomclick]

hiya

am thinking about getting a new lens - what do you guys think would be a good move?

i current shoot with a nikon d300 and use a nikon 200 f5.6 zoom and tamron 28-75 f2.8 (which i love).

i am being 2nd photographer at a wedding soon (snapping guests as they arrive to the reception) and am trying to fit in some band and portrait photos soon.

budget is limited, prob to £200 max, but 2nd hand no probs

nifty fifty?
paulb

 

[BarryG]

I've got the 50mm f/1.8 which has excellent DoF.

However, the crop factor makes this unusable for me. I am trading in for a 35mm f/1.8.

You can pick them up new for £160, so within your budget.

 

[smilezoomclick]

I've got the 50mm f/1.8 which has excellent DoF.

However, the crop factor makes this unusable for me. I am trading in for a 35mm f/1.8.

You can pick them up new for £160, so within your budget.

sounds interesting. how does the cropping affect you? what do you mainly take pics of? would be good to avoid something that annoys me!

thanks.

 

[BarryG]

Cropping is x1.6, so the 35mm is 56mm & the 50mm is 80mm.

I've used the lens for pictures of my daughter, a wedding and some street photography. Each time I've used it in one of those areas I've had to walk back quite a few steps to get the picture I actually want.

 

[madhouse]

I think I use my fifty less for the same reasons as BarryG - was also thinking of a 35mm instead.

If you buy from a store take your camera down and have a go first to find out what you prefer.

 

[wisemen]

Cropping is x1.6, so the 35mm is 56mm & the 50mm is 80mm.

I've used the lens for pictures of my daughter, a wedding and some street photography. Each time I've used it in one of those areas I've had to walk back quite a few steps to get the picture I actually want.

I went the opposite way, from a 35mm to the 50mm as I always found I needed to be too close the subject with a 35mm. Each to their own and all that. Try them both.