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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2

(more info / perspective, FWIW)

A 35 mm lens on a crop sensor (DX) is roughly equivalent to using a 'standard' 50 mm lens on either an full frame sensor (FX) or on a 35 mm film camera. (The D5000 has a crop (DX) sensor, right?) I.e. and IMO, it's generally a more useful lens day-to-day.

The 35 mm is a 'G' type lens and requires a body that controls the aperture with a command wheel.

The 35 mm is a DX lens and will fully image only DX sensors.

The 50 mm is a not a DX lens and will fully image DX, FX and 35 mm film.


For the implicit question of "Which of these two should you get?", unless you plan on getting an FX body or a film body, or plan on doing a bunch of portraits within a year or so, get the 35 mm, f/1.8 (even though it costs more). If I had to choose only one prime lens to use with a crop sensor, I'd choose a 35 mm.


BTW, did you see the stitched images I put in the Photo Tag thread? Two of them were taken with my 35 mm lens. Here are those and a few more:

http://homepage.mac.com/mosquito/2010-BARF-Photo-Tag-Big/large-7.html
http://homepage.mac.com/mosquito/2010-BARF-Photo-Tag-Big/large-8.html

http://homepage.mac.com/mosquito/2010-BARF-Photo-Tag-Big/large-1.html
http://homepage.mac.com/mosquito/2010-BARF-Photo-Tag/large-31.html
http://homepage.mac.com/mosquito/2010-BARF-Photo-Tag/large-32.html
 
I agree on the 35 mm f/2. That's what I have. It's not a bad lens, but it's not a great lens either. Now I wish I had researched them (and had known about borrowlenses) before I bought it. It works well enough, but I prolly wouldn't buy another one.
 
VeloceMoto said:
Portraits with a 35mm on DX? I thought 85-105mm was the standard portrait focal length. :confused
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I meant to be talking about using a 50 mm on a DX for portraits. 50 mm on DX is roughly equivalent to 70 mm on FX, so 'generally' a 50 mm focal length on DX would be better than 35 mm on DX for portraits. (Of course something a bit longer than 50 mm, say 60 - 80 mm, would be better on DX.)

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Hrm. I realise I may not be helping it make more sense with that ^. Maybe rephrasing it instead will help:

If you plan on needing full frame (FX or film) or plan on doing portraits soon, consider a non-DX 50 mm. If neither full frame nor portraits are in the works, the DX 35 mm will be more useful.

Does that help?
 
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cycle61 said:
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The 35mm will also give you a somewhat wider (and IMO more usable) angle of view for normal everyday shooting. I've used mine quite a bit for shooting in low-light situations and it performs quite well. It's not extremely sharp wide open (at f/1.8) but is still much better than the kit lenses.

Both are very good quality for their modest price tags, but I think the 35mm will probably be a better choice for you. :thumbup

Couple of shots from my 35/1.8:

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35mm just ordered! thanks for the info!
 
You know it doesn't come with the model's phone number, right?
 
50mm with full frame, the only way to go. [/smug]

Hey man, I *never* get to lord it over anyone for anything, ever, but I finally have a full-frame and I love it. :teeth
 
Question. My camera strap broke while I was carrying the camera (Canon XSi with 24-70 2.8 L) on my back, and I dropped in in tall weeds. Everything looked ok, and the reminder of the daylight shots from that day came out great. However, when I tried to use it with my flash (580EXII) indoors a few days later, I noticed that the flash doesn't sinc, with pics coming out either very dark or completely washed out, even when bouncing the flash and using a diffuser. I also tried it with the same flash and other lenses with the same results. What could I have fucked up?
 
Baptistro said:
Question. My camera strap broke while I was carrying the camera (Canon XSi with 24-70 2.8 L) on my back, and I dropped in in tall weeds. Everything looked ok, and the reminder of the daylight shots from that day came out great. However, when I tried to use it with my flash (580EXII) indoors a few days later, I noticed that the flash doesn't sinc, with pics coming out either very dark or completely washed out, even when bouncing the flash and using a diffuser. I also tried it with the same flash and other lenses with the same results. What could I have fucked up?
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can u set it up to default and try it?
 
Hey brass, let me know if your done with that spyder. I got a new laptop and need to get it tweeked....
 
oh, ive been done with it forever, just pm me to let me know a good time to drop it by this week (also include your address, dont think i have it still)
 
Reset the camera and it did not make a difference. Silly me I have not checked to see if the flash is set to manual. I will do that tonight when I get home.
 
Argh. Really need to re-evaluate the economics of renting vs buying my equipment. If my schedule were more solid, I could justify the investment, but right now I'm spending 25-30% of my gross on rental gear.
 
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