nikkor - Gizmodo

posts about #nikkor more →
Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
Pistol Camera Makes Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci Happy

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

blash
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
If this wasn't DX only, I'd be all over it. Some of us still shoot film, primary reasons being that it's higher-definition than digital at this point in time (35mm film being the potential equivalent of at least 87 megapixels), and it's more fun (put more into it, get more out of it).
Reply

blash was starred blash was unstarred

balls187
02/10/09

@blash: Film is nice, but the sheer convenience of digital trumps it.
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

jessedybka
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
This is some good advice here. When I shot Canon my second lens (after the kit) was a plastic-fantastic 50mm f/1.8, and having to zoom with your feet, not to mention the great IQ:price ratio really stepped things up.

I personally don't like normal lenses, so 50mm on a DX is a lot more useful to me. Nikon's new 50mm has a built in AF motor so you can use it on the new cheap bodies, but it's a decent amount more expensive than the old nifty fifties.
Reply

jessedybka was starred jessedybka was unstarred

balls187
02/10/09

@jessedybka: Ah yes, the plastic fantastic. At $70 you can't be the price/IQ
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

Monty
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
I have this lens, and I can see an argument for it being a good 'learning' lens, I am not certain it is a need-to-buy.
Reply

Monty was starred Monty was unstarred

ganooch
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
What is a comparable lens for the Canon Rebel XS?
Reply

ganooch was starred ganooch was unstarred

bosskev
02/09/09

@ganooch: Comparable lens? To get Canon quality? A piece of tinfoil with a pinhole will do that for you.

NIKON D3 FTW!

(Oh, come on, people! Just kidding!)
Reply

bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred

John Mahoney
02/10/09

@ganooch: The 35mm f/2 is really really great. It's an older lens, which also illustrates why this is needed from Nikon-a lot of their older glass won't autofocus on the new, low-end DSLRS.

[www.fredmiranda.com]
Reply

John Mahoney was starred John Mahoney was unstarred

spline9
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
Nikon's own "nifty-fifty" :)
Reply

spline9 was starred spline9 was unstarred

Homerjay is utterly alone.
02/09/09

@spline9: Yeah, except its a nifty-thirty-five.
Reply

EqualOpportunityCrasher
02/09/09

@Closed captioning provided by Homerjay: That could go two ways, depending on how you measure it. A 50mm lens is defined as being 50mm from the film plane. So, if this is 50mm from the film plane, it is a true 50mm. If you're talking about the crop factor, then it is a 33 1/3mm lens (if it were a Canon it would be a 31.25mm).

Sorry, I couldn't resist being a douche.
Reply

Homerjay is utterly alone.
02/09/09

@EqualOpportunityCrasher: NEEEEEEEEERRRRRDDDDDD!!!!!!
Reply

Col. Mustard
02/09/09

In reply to Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR
I would not buy this - DX is on its way out.
Reply

Col. Mustard was starred Col. Mustard was unstarred

Emulsifide
02/09/09

@Charlie Brown:

Stick to playing the piano Charlie Brown. Until Nikon AND Canon phase out cropped sensors, DX (and AF-S) will be around for a long time to come. There are far too many people out there who absolutely cannot stand touching a point and shoot camera, but also cannot stand to pay a large premium for a non-prosumer professional SLR camera. That's where DX and AF-S come in.
Reply

Emulsifide was starred Emulsifide was unstarred

jessedybka
02/09/09

@Emulsifide: AF-S = APS-C you mean?
Reply

jessedybka was starred jessedybka was unstarred

EqualOpportunityCrasher
02/09/09

@jessedybka: DX and EF-S are kind of like the digital equivalent of APS film. They suck, but for some odd reason, people insist on shooting with it still. Look how long it took APS to die, DX and EF-S are going to stick around till neither Canon or Nikon make a profit off of them. I'd be willing to bet the profit margin off of a 50mm DX is greater than that of a 50mm standard prime, or a 35mm prime for that matter. With that standard, you have less glass to mill, etc.
Reply

jessedybka
02/09/09

@EqualOpportunityCrasher: Yeah, I completely forgot that Emulsifide meant EF-S. It's been a while since I shot Canon.

I don't necessarily agree that crop sensors suck, though. Obviously larger sensors are going to be better in low-light or blowing things up big-big, but there are some benefits to APS-C sized sensors like being cheaper (for now, anyway) and free telephoto length, like turning a 70-200mm lens into a 105-300mm.
Reply

jessedybka was starred jessedybka was unstarred

Emulsifide
02/09/09

@EqualOpportunityCrasher:

Exactly my point. Otherwise, Nikon wouldn't offer cameras such as the D40/60/90 and Canon wouldn't offer the entire Digital Rebel series. There must be buttloads of money to be made off of DX and EF-S.

This is different from APS because APS was a crappy film format that was smaller than 35mm and really didn't sell well. It's longevity was spurred by stubborn film/camera companies (Including Nikon...not sure whether or not canon has anything APS) that wanted to see their "average layman" film format take off. The digital era eventually sent APS to the grave.

Funny that you bring up APS though. Ken Rockwell (www.kenrockwell.com) has a pretty funny review of a Nikon Pronea S that he picked up off of fleabay for around $25. The photos it produces are very surprising when compared to his Nikon D3...
Reply

Emulsifide was starred Emulsifide was unstarred

Emulsifide
02/09/09

@Emulsifide:

There's actually a damn good article on Ken's site regarding APS and how it was the scam of the photography industry:

[kenrockwell.com]

Very interesting read.
Reply

Emulsifide was starred Emulsifide was unstarred

skaarj
02/10/09

@Emulsifide: You should take what ken says with a grain of salt.
Reply

skaarj was starred skaarj was unstarred

balls187
02/10/09

@jessedybka: You're wrong about a cheap telephoto length lense.

You get a field of view cropping factor equivalent, you don't get a focal length magnification that is equivalent.

Your 70-200 is still a 70-200 for magnification; it's just cropped as a 105-300 instead.
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

balls187
02/10/09

@Emulsifide: FWIW, Ken Rockwell is the nutcase web photographers. He advocates shooting JPEG over RAW.
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

balls187
02/10/09

@skaarj: +1
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

#nikkor

Gizmodo

Gizmodo Team

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo

Nikon's New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR

Pistol Camera Makes Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci Happy

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment