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robhainer · Joined: 03 May 2010 Posts: 2749 Location: Dallas, GA, USA

For what you shoot, I don't think you'll be satisfied with just the 50. You said you want to do some landscapes. You're stuck with the budget you have. If it were me, and that's all the money I had and couldn't get another dime, I'd get the 35 1.8G to cover all of that.

Like I said, the better option is to stretch your budget up to the $400 range to get the Tamron 17-50 2.8. It's not as good as the Nikon, but it will cover all of your needs in one lens and let you get stock worthy photos. Then you can sell it for $300-$350 and buy the Nikon version after you've saved your pennies.

jeffbanke · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:17 am

If you want to do landscapes go with the 24mm and remember that you need to shoot multiple shots with the camera vertical and stitch them together to get dramatic landscapes.

rinder99 · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 1:28 am

And please remember, You have a crop camera. A 50 will become a 75 and so forth.

mehulnaik · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 172

aynia · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:26 am

I have the 35mm 1.8 and I don't use it as much as I should.

It is good and sharp and very light but suffers from CA as was already mentioned.

I have done landscapes with it... multishot... stitched and it works just fine. I bought it second hand with the camera.

It is a great lens for the money... or just a great lens. A lens fit for a prince... I will use it to photograph the prince when he comes to visit my school next week. (no kidding!) I had been thinking of borrowing all kinds of kit, when I remembered this little lens might just do the job, as I should be able to get close enough to use it! :-) And if I get some nice shots... SS editorial here I come!

If I were you, I would listen to all the advice and perhaps investigate buying second hand or used. That way your budget goes a bit further.

mehulnaik · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 172

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your suggestion. I did check second hand lenses but there were not any good one. Tamron was very expensive so I went with 35mm 1.8g and so far I really like it. Its way sharper than kit lens. Until now I was thinking that I was doing something wrong but I guess it is the lens that makes huge difference. I have also bought Manfrotto 055xprob and Manfrotto Midi Ball Head 498.

I just took this to check the result of the lens but I think it came out well so was just wondering if you could critic for the image.

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:35 pm

Good Call, Good Pic.

mehulnaik · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 172