Photograph and Camera talk
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Auto focus will often be a bit slower to focus than ordinary lenses. Some macro lenses have a focus limiter though, so I would recommend that! A few of sigma's macros are quite nice, the 150/2.8 for instance.
many modern "normal" lenses can focus plenty close enough for most of our needs, and a macro lens is bound to have some trade off, be it higher cost, larger physical size, longer focus throw, slower AF, etc. so if you don't have a strong need for the macro performance I'd ignore them. Just my thoughts
hmm i don't think I really need that extra few cm of focus.. but it would've been nice to have if it won't compromise on focus speeds. What would you guys suggest for a lens then? I'm using a full frame Canon 7D and would like a lens of about 12-18mm? It's a pain for me to use my 30mm Sigma F/1.4 indoors..
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I have no experience with superwides, out jn that range you're getting into fisheye lenses and specialty stuff. Why the want for such a wide lens?
oh sorry i've been mistaken! i mean somewhere along the lines of 17-22mm. I've came across the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM. but seeing that it's a macro… it has slower focus speeds right?
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Decision made, just purchased a Nikon D3000 with and 18 - 55mm lens kit, now I just have to work out how to use it.
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oh sorry i've been mistaken! i mean somewhere along the lines of 17-22mm. I've came across the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM. but seeing that it's a macro… it has slower focus speeds right?
seems like a decent lens and I can't say that macro lens always equals slower focus speeds, I just don't know, I'm sure the focus speed would be plenty fast for what you would need it for
seems like a good general purpose lens, I'm sure you can find some in depth reviews from real users, if it fulfills your needs then go for it
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Decision made, just purchased a Nikon D3000 with and 18 - 55mm lens kit, now I just have to work out how to use it.
well done Gav.y little brother has one of these as well…as soon as you figure out what lens you need, I'd upgrade on that though, since the kit lens isn't thy good...still good enough for getting into it! enjoy
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Really? That was one of the main things that made me go for Nikon over Canon, all the reviews said the lens was far better than the Canon 400d kit lens.
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Cool, hopefully going to pick something new up next week, any advice for a versatile, decent quality lens?
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if you're looking for a fixed lens I'd suggest the 35mm 1.8G or 50mm 1.8G (the 50 is the one I use for most of my shots btw.!)…imo the 35 is a bit better though for the stuff "we" tend to do (waywt pics, etc.)...also it's more versatile and can be used indoors as well! the 50 isn't too good for indoors since its a tad too long on a crop (50x1.5= 75mm)...
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Can't go wrong with a 35 f1.8 g. You can pick one up brand new dirt cheap around £100. You could go a 50 f1.8 d would be a cheap way to do macro shots too with some tubes, but on your camera it wouldn't have auto focus as you need g series lenses as they have a motor in the lenses.
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^ backed! always buy G-lenses for this type of camera body!
the D3000 is having a crop sensor in'it, that means it multiplies the actual length of a lens with 1.5!so if you're buying the 35mm, you have to take into account that you're actually shooting with a 52.5mm (=35x1.5) and with a 50mm lens it's 75mm (=50x1.5) on a crop! jfi…
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Thanks guys, anyone know the exact model number for the Nikon 35mm G lens? Don't want to look like a putz, or end up with wrong thing.
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…and check out some photos taken with the lens @ http://www.flickr.com/groups/afsnikkor35mm18/pool/
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Beautiful, thanks Snow Man.
