Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 vs 50mm f/1.4????

[sk66]

Originally Posted by candleman

to 50 will give bter bokeh as its a longer focal length



i do want a 35 tho' i love that focal length,

to be honest, i doubt anyone but a pixel peeper could detect the difference between a 50 f/1.4 and a 35m f/1.8

if you can afford the 50 f/1.4 "D" i'd go for it, as its a very well constructed lens. better quality than the 50 f/1.8 in terms of build. image quality.. again.. i doubt anyone but a pixel peeper would see much difference.

most people have trouble composing an image, let along worrying about pixel quality thereafter.

Actually the 35mm will probably have less DOF for any given composition because you'll have to get closer (the apertures are close enough to be negligible)...But I'm not addressing the quality of bokeh, I don't know those two lenses personally, and I almost never care about "the quality of the bokeh".

[sk66]

Originally Posted by sk66

Actually the 35mm will probably have less DOF for any given composition because you'll have to get closer (the apertures are close enough to be negligible)...But I'm not addressing the quality of bokeh, I don't know those two lenses personally, and I almost never care about "the quality of the bokeh".

Personally for what you're doing I would choose a fixed f/2.8 zoom around 17-55mm.
Of the two primes you mention I'd probably choose the 35mm but IMO it's not wide enough on a crop body for most "street/ landscape" type work I would want to do.

[For the love of light]

Originally Posted by zona5101

If they made a DX 50 it would also have a fov like 75mm

I don't think I quite understand this statement. Why would a DX lens show a cropped view on a DX format camera? Are you saying that my DX 18-55mm actually gives me a 27 - 82.5 mm view?

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by For the love of light

I don't think I quite understand this statement. Why would a DX lens show a cropped view on a DX format camera? Are you saying that my DX 18-55mm actually gives me a 27 - 82.5 mm view?

Yes. It is still an 18-55 lens and although it will not work properly on a full frame or film camera, you would see a much wider FOV if you put that lens on one of them.

Why do you think, as an example, the FX lens is 24-70 & the equivalent DX lens is 17-55? Because you will get a similar FOV....