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[ephilip1]

I just recently bought my d3300 and have loved the images it produces. I have a friend who bought a full-fram camera and I am a little jealous of the portraiture lens he has for it as it produces nice bokeh, which I had never been able to achieve with my 18-55 or 55-200mm lenses that came with my camera. I've done some research and have been wondering whether the AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G will work for a d3300? And if so, would that be better than the AF-S Dx Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G?

 

[Merco_61]

When deciding between the DX 35 and the 50/1.8 G, try the two focal lengths yourself with the 18-55. Lock the zoom at either 35 or 50 with a piece of vinyl tape and shoot some portraits. Whichever length worked better for you is the one to get. Nobody else can tell you how tight you want to compose or how close to the subject you are comfortable with. One lens I really liked for head-and shoulder portraits on a DX body is the Voigtländer 58/1.4. It is manual focus, but as it is chipped it will meter on your D3300.

 

AF-S lenses work fully on the D3xxx and D5xxx bodies.

[ScottinPollock]

They are both great lenses. The 50mm will give marginally more compressed backgrounds and a little more out of focus bokeh due to its longer focal length. The 85mm is even better and an ideal portrait lens (but a little pricier). Peter's suggestion of working at both 35 and 50 with your 18-55 to see what you'd use most is a good one.

 

Bokeh can also be done in post by isolating the subject and adding blur effects to the background. You don't need to pony up for Photoshop either as Affinity Photo is very good at this task.