What type of photos would you recommend taking with this lens?
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I use it in many different situations, but mostly for street photography... 22mm is more or less equivalent to 35mm on analogic camera.
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Parties or anything with people because a lot of people will fit in the image since it is a wide lens. I also like using this indoors or where I am pretty close to the subject. If you don't need the portability I would suggest the regular kit zoom since the autofocus makes it equally good in dark lighting.
466912
Definitely. I bought this lens with that in mind and is very pleased. It takes wonderful pictures with low light and gives you good control over the focus of the image.
427330
A 85mm F1.4 if is for full frame cameras in my personal opinion would be a great great lens to use for portraits. Expect to heve more head-shoulders type of portraits inside buildings due to 85mm and not being able to be far enough from the person you are taking the photo to capture more of the body but it should be more than enough.
606473
I would recommend a 50mm lens that is faster. Say an F1.8 or so. F 3.5 is a bit slow for low light. You can ramp up the ISO sensitivity to compensate, but you increase noise too. The trade off so to speak.
1818662
Or the 35mm F1.8 AF-S which is closer in price to this lens. (I have the 35mm and its fantastic for what that is worth).
2173991
I got this lens for my brother, and I really like it, we used a lot. Take a look of some pictures at www.mediawork.ws
1260178
I don't know about this lens specifically, but I would want a wider range lens. I got a 14mm - 200mm lens and find I use that most and a 14mm (pancake) lens that I use to keep the camera in a pocket. I think the lens you suggested has most of the size of the larger one without as much of the range, but I am not a professional photographer.
702149
I use the Canon 18-200 mm - a good carry around lens for day to day use. Not very expensive either.
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Just make sure you get the 1 w/ the Nikon mount. It will say if you want a Nikon or Canon? It's a cool lens!
599074
Do almost everything hand held. No IS is not a problem as long as your above 180 range but ideally you want to be in good light above 500 IMO. Depending on your camera low light can be decent with ISO cranked up. Overall great lens but not ideal for low light.
609598
I used to use Canon 60D with this lens that didn't come with really good photos. Yet when I upgraded to 5D Mark III that takes a extremely good photos.I won't suggest you to get this unless you upgrade to more high class body.
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either the 200 2.8L or 70-200 2.8L are excellent for that purpose. They are significantly better than the lenses you own. In that focal length they are top of the line.
812303
Thanks very much for your advice.Any recommendations for a fast 50 or 30 mm prime lens?
1647405
One thing to keep in mind if using this lens is that it does not have image stabilization (IS). So if your shooting quick action shots; such as soccer, you may want to use a mono or tripod.
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If you want versatility, I'd definitely go with the 18-270 lens. I absolutely love mine. I'd also look at the 16-300 Tamron as well. It's a couple hundred dollars more, but I feel well worth the investment.
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There are many different lenses available, and many vary based on what type of pictures she will be taking. Something like AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR is a basic lens that's would work well and is easy to use.
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I use my 50mm for some portraits, but mainly detail shots (close up). The 85mm is a fan-freaking-tastic portrait lens. I also use it for some landscape shots and it does a great job with that as well. I would recommend this lens to anyone I know.