Is this lens helpful in newborn photography and portrait photography?
1882763
It is fantastic for newborn photography as you are able to focus on a smaller subject. It also works great for portrait photography it just takes a little bit of getting used to moving back and forth to get the right composition because it does not zoom.
874544
Absolutely. It is my favorite portrait lens on both crop and full frame bodies. All of my best portrait shots were taken with this lens.
908417
Personally I like this lens a lot... so I think it will work for anything you're wanting to shoot with it. The only issues I've run into with it are images can be soft at times. Not sure if that's the lens or the photographer! :0)
855771
The lens you have would be perfect for the family portrait. I use my 35mm for most of my work.
2054215
The best way to answer your question is to ask what you're using it for. If you are using it for portraits of family members, I prefer this over the 50mm. However, if you are looking for point and shoot lenses, this is not the one for you.
633825
Yes, this lens would get very close ups of a newborn. The pictures would be very sharp but unless you stopped down on the f/ stop, the depth of field will be very shallow. This shallow dof may or may not be what you're looking for. For fingers or toes you can focus down to about 4 in. away but you have to watch your lighting. This lens is excellent for portraits.
1891732
I have used it for taking portraits, as well as for macro shots. You have to stand back a bit for portraits, especially full body shots. It works great and it's my favorite lens!
948952
Remember that the d700 is a FX, full frame camera and while you can use the 18-200 it will crop your photos to roughly a 5 megapixel equivalent. This of course lowers the usefulness of this pairing. If you want a similar type all around lens to work best with the camera i would use the Nikon 28-300 lens. This is a full frame lens that will let you use 100% of the camera's sensor while still giving you that focal range you are looking for. And yes this will work great for newborn and family portraits, newborn's photos benefit very well from this large focal range as photographing them can be a little tricky sometimes. Remember that the d700 is a FX, full frame camera and while you can use the 18-200 it will crop your photos to roughly a 5 megapixel equivalent. This of course lowers the usefulness of this pairing. If you want a similar type all around lens to work best with the camera i would use the Nikon 28-300 lens. This is a full frame lens that will let you use 100% of the camera's sensor while still giving you that focal range you are looking for. And yes this will work great for newborn and family portraits, newborn's photos benefit very well from this large focal range as photographing them can be... » Read More Remember that the d700 is a FX, full frame camera and while you can use the 18-200 it will crop your photos to roughly a 5 megapixel equivalent. This of course lowers the usefulness of this pairing. If you want a similar type all around lens to work best with the camera i would use the Nikon 28-300 lens. This is a full frame lens that will let you use 100% of the camera's sensor while still giving you that focal range you are looking for. And yes this will work great for newborn and family portraits, newborn's photos benefit very well from this large focal range as photographing them can be a little tricky sometimes. « Show Less
1114828
Yes - I believe so, though I've never used it. Mainly macro lenses are more expensive to produce to allow them to focus so close to the subject. This 35mm f/2.4 has become one of my favorite lenses for its sharpness - I often use it to shoot panoramas, although I have an old A-series 50mm f/1.7 and an ancient Takumar 135mm f/2.5 I also use for that. But for the price this 35mm has outstanding image quality.
143457
It definitely can be used for both. It is an excellent telephoto lens, but may be too long for extensive portrait photography. Other lenses - f2 and f2.8 - will enable more background blurring and a softer focus.
294921
Yes, it will be a fine lens for a newborn session on a D700. It's tack sharp!
464339
Absolutely!!! I use my lens for portraits also, It gives a nice flat perspective of features that you expect with a lens from about 85-200mm. Great for head shots as well as environmental shots.
509387
It's a very good, an excellent lens for low light shootings. It's manual focus , and on f 1.2 it's quite soft, though you can find the point of sharpness on the photo, but from f1.4 it starts to be sharper and more interesting! Happy New Year)))
1603519
Yes, we did our family portrait and some professional portraits! My brother is a photographer and we used it with high quality lens, he really likes it! Def a geat camera!
1929058
No, not exactly. It is a fixed focus lens. For making portraits it's really fantastic!
350402
Yes, this is a terrific lens for the D5100. It will auto focus on this camera as it has the focus motor built into the lens itself. This lens is fantastic in low light situations. But it can be a bit tight in small spaces. This is the lens I love for newborn photography and with pets...Love the Bokah this lens gives.ETA: I use this lens with my D40x, D7000 and D700...
402928
Not really,not for this lens. It lets in a good bit of light and shoots a pretty wide shot,so it isn't something you would use like a telephoto lens. I've not had any times with it where I wished I had it.