Wich lens is better for my new camera

[rickymd]

I just bought a D3100 and i'm wondering wich lens is best for this camera, i'm stuck in between the 35mm f/1.8 af-s dx vs 50mm f/1.8 G AF-S nikkor, can you assist me

[RichardsonPhotography]

Is it really about which lens is better for the camera or which lens is better suited to your needs?

[inkista]

Do you have the 18-55 kit lens? Or a point and shoot digital camera? If you do, and you've taken a lot of shots with it, I'd recommend using an EXIF analysis tool, like ExposurePlot or Photostats to see which focal length (or its P&S equivalent) you use more.

[Zeke Menuar]

Originally Posted by inkista

Do you have the 18-55 kit lens? Or a point and shoot digital camera? If you do, and you've taken a lot of shots with it, I'd recommend using an EXIF analysis tool, like ExposurePlot or Photostats to see which focal length (or its P&S equivalent) you use more.

I have the kit lens for my D3100.
The average focal length for most of the pictures I take with it is around 30mm give or take a few mm.

I think if I had the 35mm f1.8 AF-S lens it would get a lot of action.
In my world a 50mm AF-S lens would still not get used by me very often. The shorter focal length is more versatile.

I have the 50mm AF lens. I don't use it much. Partially because it won't auto-focus with the D3100. Partially because in most situations the kit lens does just fine for me and it's not worth the hassle to change lenses.
I change back and forth from the kit lens and the 55-200mm lens enough as it is.

FWIW I like the kit lens. It performs way above it's price range. It's light, sharp, reasonably fast and cheap enough to keep a spare or two around just in case of an accident.

[Glenn72]

My friend shoots Nikon and he has the D7000 with 35mm f1.8 AF-S lens and he is very happy with that combination, seems to work well for his style of shooting.