Which Nikkor Prime 50mm or 35mm

Which Nikkor Standard prime.

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Which standard prime for D7000...Nikon 50mm F1.8D AF Nikkor Lens or Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f1.8G Lens
 
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Adam Priseman said:
What does the 'G' signify? I'm slightly new to Nikon too...
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It's not 'g' but that's important but it just so happens that the 35mm 1.8g and 50mm 1.8g are also AFS lenses which means they have their own internal focussing motor. Without this lower end nikon cameras cannot auto focus as they don't have an auto focus motor in the body itself. For your d7000 it doesn't really matter as your camera has its own AF motor.

Personally, I liked my 35mm better on a crop body than my 50mm so 35mm would be my recommendation.
 
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gad-westy said:
It's not 'g' but that's important but it just so happens that the 35mm 1.8g and 50mm 1.8g are also AFS lenses which means they have their own internal focussing motor. Without this lower end nikon cameras cannot auto focus as they don't have an auto focus motor in the body itself. For your d7000 it doesn't really matter as your camera has its own AF motor.

Personally, I liked my 35mm better on a crop body than my 50mm so 35mm would be my recommendation.
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Same for me :thumbs:
 
gad-westy said:
It's not 'g' but that's important but it just so happens that the 35mm 1.8g and 50mm 1.8g are also AFS lenses which means they have their own internal focussing motor. Without this lower end nikon cameras cannot auto focus as they don't have an auto focus motor in the body itself. For your d7000 it doesn't really matter as your camera has its own AF motor.

Personally, I liked my 35mm better on a crop body than my 50mm so 35mm would be my recommendation.
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Thanks for that, I'm slightly less confused now! :)
 
the 35mm is a fantastic lens
 
I prefer the 35mm on a DX camera. The 50mm is a great lens (mine is the D version), but I find it just that bit too long for general use, and I find myself continually stepping backwards.
I can happily go walkabouts with the 35mm and nothing else, adopting the mindset from when I had no other lens but a 50mm for my film camera.
 
the 'G' represents a newer type of nikon lens. it has evolved from 'D' which was the older style of lens, the 'D' lenses have an aperture ring, the 'G' lenses do not, this means you cannot use a 'G' lens on a manual camera.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikortek.htm
this tells you about the different types of nikon lenses
 
As mentioned already, I have the 50mm and find it a bit tight on the crop sensor. I would prefer a 35mm.
 
My brother has the 35mm on his D90, he loves it and the 50mm hasn't been out of his bag since he got it.
He's had some great results from it as well.
 
35mm G here also, great lens, 50mm equivalent on a crop which is THE standard focal length.

however if you are looking for nice bokeh, the 35mm f1.8G isn't very nice at all. 50mm probably will do better.
 
The 35/2D is a good AF lens for a crop body with motor. Used one for a long time with my D70s and it worked fine on my D700 when I upgraded bodies.

The G version does not have any distance or DOF scale but some people probably only ever use AF mode so would not bother them.
 
Get the 35mm F1.8G as its superb and the crop factor on that body puts the focal range to around 52.5mm compared to a FX sensor. G = gelded, meaning it doesn't have an aperture ring. The lens also doesn't have a distance/DOF scale on it, but doesn't really matter as I never had issues with the D5100 body whilst using one.
 
wuyanxu said:
35mm G here also, great lens, 50mm equivalent on a crop which is THE standard focal length.

however if you are looking for nice bokeh, the 35mm f1.8G isn't very nice at all. 50mm probably will do better.
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i totally disagree with that, the 35mm can produce fantastic bokeh if set up correctly
 
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