I already told you that I am a hobbyist and I was collecting information from the internet, books and people from this field, but even then I was confused that which prime lens should I purchase and on the basis of my search and research work I thought that nifty fifty is best one and decided to buy 50mm lens.
Here the story starts, you never know what kind of difficulty you face after purchasing the gear. In a startup, one needs many gears in order to cope up with different lighting situation, but from those necessary gears, one is the lens and without which it becomes quite difficult to get good and desired quality of pictures. You never know whether you need a good lens to just take a family portrait or some occasional snap or it can be professional photography also. This is the lens that I use for most of the Portraits and Landscape photography.
Many times I have seen that people buy brand new DSLR and they start taking snaps from that but they don't get the good pictures and start blaming the camera that this is useless as it occupies space as well as blurred the pictures. They say it is better to use compact rather than this. This is my message to them, come out of your comfort zone and play with the P S A M modes then only you will realise the power of a DSLR camera.
When a new DSLR is purchased a kit lens is given and that is 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, but this kit lens is not that good enough to give you good shots in low light as well as that great shallow depth of field and generally beginners ask this question that why they are unable to get the background defocus in their image. They even ask how to take shots in low light condition without firing the flash. In order to take such shots you need a fast lens and they can be of f/1.4 to f/1.8.
People think why they need DSLR when they can take good pictures with compact cameras. One thing they don't realise the editing and many photos that are not correctly exposed can be corrected and can be a winning photograph.
There are 28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm lenses all available in f/1.4 or f/1.8 means quite good lenses but the selection depends on your decision and your decision is based on several factors. One thing is the requirement of a particular lens.
I think one should ask some questions to themselves,
Here the story starts, you never know what kind of difficulty you face after purchasing the gear. In a startup, one needs many gears in order to cope up with different lighting situation, but from those necessary gears, one is the lens and without which it becomes quite difficult to get good and desired quality of pictures. You never know whether you need a good lens to just take a family portrait or some occasional snap or it can be professional photography also. This is the lens that I use for most of the Portraits and Landscape photography.
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| Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G Lens |
When a new DSLR is purchased a kit lens is given and that is 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, but this kit lens is not that good enough to give you good shots in low light as well as that great shallow depth of field and generally beginners ask this question that why they are unable to get the background defocus in their image. They even ask how to take shots in low light condition without firing the flash. In order to take such shots you need a fast lens and they can be of f/1.4 to f/1.8.
People think why they need DSLR when they can take good pictures with compact cameras. One thing they don't realise the editing and many photos that are not correctly exposed can be corrected and can be a winning photograph.
There are 28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm lenses all available in f/1.4 or f/1.8 means quite good lenses but the selection depends on your decision and your decision is based on several factors. One thing is the requirement of a particular lens.
I think one should ask some questions to themselves,
- What is the budget for buying a particular lens?
- What is the type of camera cropped (DX) or full frame (FX)?
- Why they need a particular lens?
- How fast lens they need and is in their budget?
So, the one who can answer all the above questions can purchase the right lens for the right situation.
How much can you spend is a great question and it also affects your decision because f/1.8 lenses are quite under budget and lenses with aperture f/1.4 is quite expensive.
The difference in the sensor size creates different visual effects. If you have a cropped sensor camera then accordingly you have to decide the lens because a 50mm lens in cropped sensor camera gives you a view of 75mm as it is calculated as 50x1.5=75 (means 50mm is the lens and 1.5 is the crop factor and when multiplied it gives you the actual view in a full frame lens view or we can say FX view is 1.5x wider than DX), which means if you want the 50mm focus then you have to go for 28mm and if you have full frame then this calculation is not at all required.
A prime lens is good for bokeh effect, the sharpness of an image and quality in an image which is a better option to capture the marriage or party or outdoor portraits. Mainly it is kind of lens that creates a kind of interest in photography and a person like me don't want to remove this lens from my camera unless and until I have to attach a zoom lens to capture the bird in flight or butterfly. Now you have your answer whether portrait or bird or wildlife photography interests you and then only you have to decide for buying a particular lens.
As I already described that if your budget permits then you can for a prime lens with aperture f/1.4 as it is good for low light condition and even bokeh effect is quite great.
This post is not a review of a particular lens but you can say a helping guide to take the right decision, at the right time so that you don't have to repent later on after spending lots of bucks in these gears. A wisely taken decision gives you a satisfaction, that you bought a right lens which is worth to its price. Any suggestion that you want to make or add to my post you are welcome to leave in a comment box.
How much can you spend is a great question and it also affects your decision because f/1.8 lenses are quite under budget and lenses with aperture f/1.4 is quite expensive.
The difference in the sensor size creates different visual effects. If you have a cropped sensor camera then accordingly you have to decide the lens because a 50mm lens in cropped sensor camera gives you a view of 75mm as it is calculated as 50x1.5=75 (means 50mm is the lens and 1.5 is the crop factor and when multiplied it gives you the actual view in a full frame lens view or we can say FX view is 1.5x wider than DX), which means if you want the 50mm focus then you have to go for 28mm and if you have full frame then this calculation is not at all required.
A prime lens is good for bokeh effect, the sharpness of an image and quality in an image which is a better option to capture the marriage or party or outdoor portraits. Mainly it is kind of lens that creates a kind of interest in photography and a person like me don't want to remove this lens from my camera unless and until I have to attach a zoom lens to capture the bird in flight or butterfly. Now you have your answer whether portrait or bird or wildlife photography interests you and then only you have to decide for buying a particular lens.
As I already described that if your budget permits then you can for a prime lens with aperture f/1.4 as it is good for low light condition and even bokeh effect is quite great.
This post is not a review of a particular lens but you can say a helping guide to take the right decision, at the right time so that you don't have to repent later on after spending lots of bucks in these gears. A wisely taken decision gives you a satisfaction, that you bought a right lens which is worth to its price. Any suggestion that you want to make or add to my post you are welcome to leave in a comment box.
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