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Hi guys,

I just lost a bid on ebay for an film camera fisheye. It is so exasperating to buy stuff there.

Anyway, so I have been looking at lenses for my DSLR instead. I have a Nikon D90 and was looking at maybe getting a f1.4 50mm but what's all these alphabets D, G, AF (autofocus i presume) with the S.. and so on..

I like taking pics of people. Really want to do bokeh as well. What do you guys think I should get? Thanks!!

Thanks guys!!
 
The Nikkor AF-S 50mm ƒ/1.4 G has nine rounded blades (like the Sigma) for better bokeh than the D version. (S means it's got a silent-wave motor; G is the newest coating; D means the dedicated flash, if used, knows the range of your subject.)
 
Thanks guys. I am so disappointed to know the difference between a FX and DX.. Although after some thought, maybe having a DX has its pros as well as cons. I'm not very impressed with the Nikon's DX range of lenses though
 
Snapsh0t said:
No, G means it doesn't have an aperture ring.
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:thumbs: Think I must've been thinking that one of the improvements with that lens was the coating, for better results wide open in bright conditions?

May as well add that the rounded aperture blades only affect the bokeh when stopped down a bit.
 
amandarya said:
I'm not very impressed with the Nikon's DX range of lenses though
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I don't actually know how many 'DX only' lenses Nikon produce but remember that - as a DX user - you can use any lens. It's the other way around that doesn't work, i.e an FX user cannot use a Dx only lens*


*Just to complicate matters, I understand that some FX camera have a 'crop mode' which means that they could use DX lenses to good effect but maybe to avoid complication, it's better to pretend they don't :)
 
One other thing. In terms of what you're trying to achieve, there are 5 relatively cheap (I did say relatively!) Nikon lenses that would fit the bill.

They're:

35mm 1.8 AF-S G (Around £170 new)
50mm 1.8 AF-D (Around £120 new I believe)
50mm 1.4 AF-D (around £200 used, I'm not sure if they're still available new)
50mm 1.4 AF-S G (around £300 new)
85mm 1.8 AF-D (around £300 new)

All will give a lovely shallow depth of field. It's probably up to you to decide which length would suit you best (85mm will be tight indoors for example) and how deep your pockets are.

There are alternatives from other manufacturers as well to consider...
 
gad-westy said:
One other thing. In terms of what you're trying to achieve, there are 5 relatively cheap (I did say relatively!) Nikon lenses that would fit the bill.

They're:

35mm 1.8 AF-S G (Around £170 new)
50mm 1.8 AF-D (Around £120 new I believe)
50mm 1.4 AF-D (around £200 used, I'm not sure if they're still available new)
50mm 1.4 AF-S G (around £300 new)
85mm 1.8 AF-D (around £300 new)

All will give a lovely shallow depth of field. It's probably up to you to decide which length would suit you best (85mm will be tight indoors for example) and how deep your pockets are.

There are alternatives from other manufacturers as well to consider...
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I think all of the above are FX lenses except for the 35mm 1.8. So would the 50mm act like something longer and the 85mm will be sooooooo tight? Tq!
 
amandarya said:
I think all of the above are FX lenses except for the 35mm 1.8. So would the 50mm act like something longer and the 85mm will be sooooooo tight? Tq!
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Lens length is independent of sensor size. The FX/DX just specifies how big a sensor that lens will fill. That is a 35mm FX lens will be the same FoV as a 35mm DX lens on the same camera (they are the same length) just the FX lens will be capable of lighting a larger sensor.
 
gad-westy said:
One other thing. In terms of what you're trying to achieve, there are 5 relatively cheap (I did say relatively!) Nikon lenses that would fit the bill.

They're:

35mm 1.8 AF-S G (Around £170 new)
50mm 1.8 AF-D (Around £120 new I believe)
50mm 1.4 AF-D (around £200 used, I'm not sure if they're still available new)
50mm 1.4 AF-S G (around £300 new)
85mm 1.8 AF-D (around £300 new)

All will give a lovely shallow depth of field. It's probably up to you to decide which length would suit you best (85mm will be tight indoors for example) and how deep your pockets are.

There are alternatives from other manufacturers as well to consider...
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I think all of the above are FX lenses except for the 35mm 1.8. So would the 50mm act like something longer and the 85mm will be sooooooo tight? Tq!
 
amandarya said:
I think all of the above are FX lenses except for the 35mm 1.8. So would the 50mm act like something longer and the 85mm will be sooooooo tight? Tq!
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Erm, sort of...

I've never had a Full Frame camera (or 35mm film camera for that matter) so to me I never need to think about the conversion as I only know what a 50mm lens behaves like on a crop sensor.

Based on the fact that you have a crop sensor, I would say that the 35mm AF-S offers the most usable focal length and allows you to shoot decent length portraits in most rooms. It even makes quite a reasonable landscape lens. The downside is that some people will say that it distorts facial features and that is one of the reasons that most portrait photographers will use something longer. I can't say I've ever noticed any major issues with mine. The downside to something longer of course is that your room may not be big enough to fit what you want to shoot in shot. There is no right or wrong answer I'm afraid.
 
arad85 said:
Lens length is independent of sensor size. The FX/DX just specifies how big a sensor that lens will fill. That is a 35mm FX lens will be the same FoV as a 35mm DX lens on the same camera (they are the same length) just the FX lens will be capable of lighting a larger sensor.
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amandarya said:
I think all of the above are FX lenses except for the 35mm 1.8. So would the 50mm act like something longer and the 85mm will be sooooooo tight? Tq!
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I refer you to my previous answer....
 
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