Which 50mm lens work best for D5000?

[smarc]

Dear all,

I have just bought my 1st DSLR camera D5000 last week~i love it so much. I am wondering which 50mm lens i should go next, any suggestion? I have searched the forum regarding the 1.4 and 1.8 and etc. Still cannot make up my mind. I must buy nikon lens? Or i can buy other brand like sigma?

I think the best is to borrow or see if you can rent and play around with the lens before considering...

I have an old lens with no AF. Its good if you are taking stills.. if your objects are moving like kids... get the AF.

 

[kultoo]

Actually, autofocusing aside, if you want a standard lens on a D5000, 50mm don't make sense. You should get the 35mm which after the 1.5x crop factor will be 52.5mm, quite near 50mm. If you get a 50mm lens, it'll become 75mm on a D5000 and I think that's too much a tele range for a standard lens.

For that, can consider the AF-S 35mm f1.8 lens. I bought it in HK recently for HK$1720 with int'l warranty. Singapore is abt $360 I think.

 

[photobugg]

Actually, autofocusing aside, if you want a standard lens on a D5000, 50mm don't make sense. You should get the 35mm which after the 1.5x crop factor will be 52.5mm, quite near 50mm. If you get a 50mm lens, it'll become 75mm on a D5000 and I think that's too much a tele range for a standard lens.

For that, can consider the AF-S 35mm f1.8 lens. I bought it in HK recently for HK$1720 with int'l warranty. Singapore is abt $360 I think.

Well, it doesn't make sense to you but it doesn't mean it doesn't make sense for others.

 

[shelomoh]

The most common needs are:

1. AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
2. AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
3. AF 50mm f/1.8D
4. AF 50mm f/1.4D
5. Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
6. Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM

I personally owned 3 of these lenses. All I can say is all of them are roughly the same. Like people say that the bokeh of the 50mm f/1.8 is not as good as the 50mm f/1.4G but to me it's not that obvious. At least not as much as 5x different. The price is 5x different by the way.

I have the 30mm f/1.4 and other than the FOV, the bokeh and performance are roughly the same.

Of course I have a body with internal motor so I don't need lens with motor to AF.

 

[mmotl86]

i guess it depends on whether you're going to use it for portraits when your subjects won't be moving or if you need it for candid and general usage.

i'm a new d5000 user and i got myself a 2nd hand nikkor 50mm 1.4 AIS ($150 from the buy and sell here at clubsnap) because it was cheap, it's designed for manual focus... and i just wanted something that i could have fun with- not too bad when used with the d5000 live view

some newbie shots with it:

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/kwanhan/soul%20rock/DSC_0630ed.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/kwanhan/soul%20rock/DSC_0624ed.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/kwanhan/soul%20rock/DSC_0618ed.jpg



if budget is an issue, and u know u don't need it to AF ... maybe u can consider old MF lens?

just a suggestion.

Just a quick question. Can the MF lens meter on your D5000?

 

[kultoo]

Well, it doesn't make sense to you but it doesn't mean it doesn't make sense for others.

And what makes sense to you, doesn't also mean it makes sense to me.