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Advantages of a Fast Prime Lens
An 85mm f/1.8 lens gives birthday party photos a fresh look
Today's lenses are so oriented toward zoom lenses that many photographers don't know about prime or single-focal length lenses. Such lenses offer some great benefits, including the ability to shoot indoors with a lower ISO or faster shutter speeds and to limit depth of field far more than is possible with a zoom. In addition, they can force you to better think about composition since you can't just zoom in and out to get the shot. This short video tells and shows you more. The example used is a Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.
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I was just going to write a post about the zoom lens, as my second major photo peeve. I may still do it to get it off my chest but you've covered it well.
Great piece, you have me convinced! But after hunting around and reading about a few of the lenses available, I'm a bit confused and some expert advice would be great.
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts regarding the nikon prime lenses between 35mm and 50mm for use on a D3100 (obviously the focal lengths will change for those designed for the FX bodies). There are a number available of inexpensive options with apertures at 1.8 and I'd be interested in how you would rate them against each other? I've only bought my camera recently and thought a 'normal' lens would be a great way to cut my teeth, so to speak. I'm also confused about the difference between the 'D' range and 'G' range, does the G designate the most recent range? Cheers.
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