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[el chico]

hi all

i'm new to the forum and old time analog nikon user.i quitted.now it's a long time gone and i'm back to photo.

i'm on a budget, but i've got a used  nikon d750 it's loaded with a AF-S NIKKOR 24-120 mm 1:4G ED VR .not my cup of tea.

i'm going out of my mind with all those settings and i decided to get rid and go for the old time Manual mode. blame me.

question is ,as my preference is for travel landscape and nature photo , which 35 mm under euros 600?

apologies for my bad english

[Merco_61]

Are you comfortable with manual focus? If you are, an Ai-modified Nikkor O 35/2 can usually be found at or below €200. A 35/1.4 Ai or Ais can be found within your budget if you are lucky.

 

If you want autofocus, an AF-S 35/1.8 G ED is within budget new or well within budget used. Beware of the DX lens with a similar name as it doesn’t cover the full FX format.

 

The old screw-drive AF 35/2 D does not look good in combination with the D750 sensor as it doesn’t have enough resolution.

[Ron]

I can vouch for the Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8 G ED FX lens. It's a really beautiful lens and balances well on recent Nikon cameras. Image quality is amazing, even up close. It can be purchased these days for under $500US either directly from Nikon or through dealers. I'm sure it can also be found for much less on the used market.

 

As Peter mentioned... be sure to ask for the full frame (FX) version. There is also a crop sensor (DX) version that, while also being very good, is designed for crop sensor cameras.

 

--Ron

[Merco_61]

I found this old thread.

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[el chico]

hi all

thanh you.

i think i'll go the Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8 G ED FX .

now the question is :

in the good old times when stealing pictures in a crowded market i used to set aperture priority 

and i could read on the lens the area in focus .today how can i manage such a situation 

since those data are not written on the lens

[Merco_61]

You have to shoot more so you get a feeling for the depth of field. As the circle of confusion varies so much more than it did with film, the tick marks aren’t *that* useful anymore. On the other hand, the DOF preview is much more useful with the bright viewfinder.

[el chico]

Nikonian

thank you for the quick response. i had a nikon fmn camera and in addition to the aperture priorty and the check on the body of the lens  there was a button on the camera to check dof by the viewfinder. i'm with you i have to shoot more and manage my camera

[Merco_61]

You can set one function button to close the aperture to the set value to check DOF. I don’t remember exactly how, but I can check it for you later today. I don’t have my D750 with me right now, so it will have to wait until I am home.

[el chico]

Nikonian

thanks for your help.

 

[Merco_61]

It is custom function f3. The correct sub-menu is the one with a pencil symbol. It is the top entry on page 361 in the user's manual.

 

If you don't have a manual, you can download a pdf version in Italian here.

If you prefer it in English, it is here.

[La Bikina]

The 35 mm that I used more is Nikon Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-s ; Chico, surely it's not your kind of favorite 35mm because is MF but is a great lens.

 

https://www.kenrockw...on/35f20ais.htm

[el chico]

thank  you guys

[lightcapture]

 

question is ,as my preference is for travel landscape and nature photo , which 35 mm under euros 600?

apologies for my bad english

 

I use D750 and don't have wide or normal zoom lenses. I carry a 35/1.8G and 24/1.8G prime lenses. Here's my logic that works for me.

 

I carry a 35mm for street, travel and nature because it's not to wide for people but is capable of nice nature photos.

I carry a 24mm for nature because it produces a natural landscape/nature photos, but it is capable of people and travel street/architecture too.

Both are compact and I mostly go out w/ only one lens or the other and I can 90% or what I want.

I also have a 70-300 but seldom use it unless I definitely intend to shoot telephoto.

This is my 2¢ that works for me.