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Can somebody please enlighten me on the differences between the nikon af-s 35mm f1.8g DX lens and the af-s 50mm f1.8g and which one would be best for my nikon D5000
 
Well about 15mm is the key difference! the 50 will be usable on fx bodies as well but if you're only using a d5000 thats irrelevant. It really depends what you are using it for. Indoors in tight spaces, most likely the 35mm on a crop body such as the D5000 would be more usable (imo) as the 50mm would be too tight.

I use the 35mm on a D7000 and its very good.
 
I use a 35mm on my D300 a lot of the time. Had a 50mm, but found it too limiting for me.

35 & 85 are probably my most used combo at the moment.
 
Thanks very much. I'm fairly new to all of this and I was going for the 35 but just saw the review on the 50 and got confused as to which would be best but now that's all cleared up. Yes it will be for mainly indoors and low light conditions really
 
Both are f/1.8 so they will handle light conditions pretty much the same. At 35mm you can use a slightly slower shutter speed too without camera shake (as long as your subjects arent moving fast they remain sharp).
 
Well I have both.. well 50mm 1.8d..

and to buck the trend I prefer the 50...

No infact if they made a 42.5mm I would go with that..

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I have both (well the AF 50mm) and loved the 35mm on my D5000. You can't go wrong with either really though!
 
It seems the 35mm is slightly more favourable really so I think thats the preferable lens for me :-)
 
Moorey said:
Can somebody please enlighten me on the differences between the nikon af-s 35mm f1.8g DX lens and the af-s 50mm f1.8g and which one would be best for my nikon D5000
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Good question! (I've been thinking the same for my D5000 too)

And For what it's worth, I'm leaning to the 35mm too.
 
In the old days with film cameras they were invariably sold with a 50mm standard lens of some sort. This was because the field of view from a 50mm lens roughly equates (apparently) to a similar field of view to our eyes.

Fast forward a couple of decades to today, and that 50mm lens on your 1.5x DX crop sensor now acts like a short telephoto I.e. Approx 75mm. Therefore, by putting a 35mm lens on your crop sensor, it behaves (or at least has a similar field of view) to a 50mm again (35 x 1.5 crop). It's a better general purposes lens for a DX camera, as it will enable a slightly wider view.

It's still not really a wide angle though. We old photographers used to class a 28mm as the start of real wide angle, and that would equate to approx an 18mm lens today.
 
Sootchucker said:
In the old days with film cameras they were invariably sold with a 50mm standard lens of some sort. This was because the field of view from a 50mm lens roughly equates (apparently) to a similar field of view to our eyes.

Fast forward a couple of decades to today, and that 50mm lens on your 1.5x DX crop sensor now acts like a short telephoto I.e. Approx 75mm. Therefore, by putting a 35mm lens on your crop sensor, it behaves (or at least has a similar field of view) to a 50mm again (35 x 1.5 crop). It's a better general purposes lens for a DX camera, as it will enable a slightly wider view.

It's still not really a wide angle though. We old photographers used to class a 28mm as the start of real wide angle, and that would equate to approx an 18mm lens today.
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Thank you for explaining that in great detail
 
I prefer 35mm on a crop. Indoors it usually easier to step closer to a subject that is too small, than it is to step back from a subject which is too large. Better to get everything in rather than miss bits.
 
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