I know I ask a lot of questions, and I'm sorry, but you guys are a wealth of information for a new to DSLR user like myself. I come to you again with another question, until I get my 50mm lens, would a 35mm be at the very least -decent- with a macro filter?
35s are pretty cool, but to be honest I never use them. They are more a wide-angle type lens so I wouldn't bother with a macro for one; better you macro your 50mm through tubes and/or filters.
Yeah the 35 is my kit lens, I'm just trying to figure out things to do with my 35 so I don't get bored too fast. When I get my 50 I'll probably neglect this lens. But until then all the experiments!
You do have a point though. Wide-Angle=/=Macro compatible. :'C
but the only way you will know for sure if its right for you is to suck it and see, at the very least you will have a set of macro filters for when you do get your nifty 50
macro filters? oh why? ... heehee... just kinding, macro filters could be fun... extension tubes are funner...
I don't see how you can get bored with a 35mm on a dslr... that is a 'normal' lense today on these 'cropped' sensors... all my family shoot with in 70s-90s in 35mm was with a K1000 and a 50mm lens. My father never needed anything else... 50mm on your 5100 will be a short tele or portrait lens... to tight for most living rooms, kitchens and other family gatherings... but nice for taking portraits or some near to sports action shots... if I am running out the door and only get one lens... lets say a kids birthday or friends wedding... 31mm it is... group shots with a step back... first dance... kids playing... vows... silly faces... it all works... day time, night time... all great... but maybe that is just me... I enough the normalness or normal lenses... just look with your eyes and lift your camera... nothing seems closer nor further... just normal...
@Icywarm; I'm considering my 50mm [which I'm ordering in the next week and a half] being my last lens purchase for a while. It seems like a very versatile lens. Decent macro capabilities, even moreso with tubes [also ordering] and a filter. Seems like it has a decent DOF and, it's a little aesthetic, but I've seen nice samples of light stars with it, and that interests me.
Your saying a 50mm would be a short tele gives me hope that I won't have to dole out ungodly amounts of money for 50 different lenses, I don't use my cameras for too many super-distanced shots. :D
@paign Your fifty will work at 75mm on a cropped sensor and 50mm is good for everything at that rate, the nearest you can actually get to 35/50 without forking loads out is a 28mm lens which would give you 42mm.
What ever lens you are looking at multiply it by 1.6 and thats what it will work at, I think it may be 1.5 for some cameras, not certain about that though.
My 28mm lens is my favourite lens right now, a 35mm would be great. I also love using a close-up filter, but I use it with (old manual focus) 50mm and 70mm lenses. I think you'll find the 35mm really useful for lots of stuff where the 50mm will be a bit long.
I personally like the crop factor but would like to have a truly wide lens one day, I just look at my fifty as an 80mm portrait lens, likewise with the 28mm I view that as near to 50 as I'm going to get without splashing the cash so I can live with that. My feet can adjust the for other few mm.
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You do have a point though. Wide-Angle=/=Macro compatible. :'C
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariesturges/6994266438/
but the only way you will know for sure if its right for you is to suck it and see, at the very least you will have a set of macro filters for when you do get your nifty 50
I don't see how you can get bored with a 35mm on a dslr... that is a 'normal' lense today on these 'cropped' sensors... all my family shoot with in 70s-90s in 35mm was with a K1000 and a 50mm lens. My father never needed anything else... 50mm on your 5100 will be a short tele or portrait lens... to tight for most living rooms, kitchens and other family gatherings... but nice for taking portraits or some near to sports action shots... if I am running out the door and only get one lens... lets say a kids birthday or friends wedding... 31mm it is... group shots with a step back... first dance... kids playing... vows... silly faces... it all works... day time, night time... all great... but maybe that is just me... I enough the normalness or normal lenses... just look with your eyes and lift your camera... nothing seems closer nor further... just normal...
Your saying a 50mm would be a short tele gives me hope that I won't have to dole out ungodly amounts of money for 50 different lenses, I don't use my cameras for too many super-distanced shots. :D