What prime lens next ?

[jamiebonline]

Hi all

So right now I have a 28, 50 and 85. I have a sad old D90. Unfortunately my second D7000 was stolen along with a Sigma 17-50 2.8 lens. That's about 700 euro gone. Anyway... I have a crop body and think I will always have one. I plan to get a D7100. They look great and nice price now. I also have an old 35mm Nikon film camera which I use the same lenses on. My plan is to also buy an fx camera some time this year. Obviously this means that right now I have the same sensor sizes as I will have for the foreseeable future.
The primes I have mostly work out OK on the two cameras. I like all three on FX. On crop, 28 is a bit weird (?) I wonder if anyone has a 28 prime on crop here? The 50 is nice for 3/4 portraits on DX. The 85 is too long for my liking but I still find some use for it.
What I am looking for is a carry-around lens for the crop body. A prime again. As I said, I think 28 is not so suitable. It is 42mm fov. I am not sure what to make of that So I thought about a 24mm. This would give me fov of 35mm on the crop one. Not bad. I could also buy the 35 1.8 DX G lens but then it would not work on my FX camera. 50mm fov as the main lens seems less useful than 35mm but I might be wrong. As usual I am on a tight budget. I don't want to spend more than 200 euros.
Your thoughts and ideas are very appreciated.

Thanks

 

[frod]

42mm-e is as normal as normal gets. I could live with just that length alone for most shots.

 

[Peter123]

24mm 1.8 is worth a look.
35mm FF equivalent on Crop body.

 

[Retune]

I would also say the 24/1.8 but it's outside your budget. For me, the 35 would be too close to the 28 on DX, but just might be better for you if you really don't like the 28 (and the 35 DX is within budget). You could get a manual focus 24, but it wouldn't meter with your D90. Have you completely ruled out zooms? Something cheap but good like the 18-70 DX would cover the wide end and be a nice general walkabout lens, and you could always get your money back on ebay if you move to FX. It has a bit more distortion than I'd like at the wide end, but it's sharp and focuses fast - I've taken some of my favourite shots with this lens. Sorry to hear about the theft - it might be worth checking any home contents insurance policy you have just in case it's covered.