50mm F1.8 lens vs kit lens

[Harkamals]

since you already said its worth getting, so just get it o haha (bbb virus)

but for me 50mm is abit tight, I prefer 35mm =) haha

Hey bro
How's the bokeh in 35mm ? And cost
Cheers

 

[ellery]

It is not a real comparison to pitch a 50mm/1.8 against a kit zoom. Why ? Even in the film age, the 50mm's were the best made/designed lens in terms of sharpness, saturation, resolution, contrast. Simply put 50mmers were the best a camera maker could make. A zoom lens always has some compromises and will seldom be able to be best in some many areas. It is a no brainer if you have a choice and the focal length needs to be around 50mm use the prime it will out perform the kit zoom. If you only have the kit zoom, then again another no brainer - use it. Push up other variables - iso, f stop used ect to make the picture happen.

In some shooting cases, where size of shooting rig has an impact/effect on subject, use the 50mm if you have a choice. Babies, insects, animals are afraid of large dark colored object in front of them- that's a fact deal with it.

 

[D800X]

35mm is the best!

 

[D800X]

Give another chance, I will buy it again!

 

[Blur Shadow]

It is not a real comparison to pitch a 50mm/1.8 against a kit zoom. Why ? Even in the film age, the 50mm's were the best made/designed lens in terms of sharpness, saturation, resolution, contrast. Simply put 50mmers were the best a camera maker could make. A zoom lens always has some compromises and will seldom be able to be best in some many areas. It is a no brainer if you have a choice and the focal length needs to be around 50mm use the prime it will out perform the kit zoom.

That a 50mm is the best and sharpest lens a lens manufacturer can produce is hardly true.

Quite the contrary, the 50mm is rarely good at its largest aperture, technically speaking. The 50mm was designed to be an easy to use and manufacture lens. Any photographer in the '80s and before will be familiar with the term "f/8 and stay there" - this is because lenses back then needs to be stopped down to be sharp, once again, technically speaking. This relates to prime lenses.

What a 50mm brings, in my humble opinion, is a quick and inexpensive way to bring in a shallow depth of field. Outright sharpness is rarely demanded in casual photographs, but the shallow depth of field may be easily employed by the photographer to achieve a creative and appealing photo. All this at possibly just a couple of hundred bucks. Excellent deal, if you ask me.

The kit lenses produced today are actually pretty sharp, which indicates just how advanced technology is.

You may refer to various review websites and you may be amazed to see that at the same aperture and focal length, the kit lens can hold its ground against the 50mm prime.