I don’t have a 85mm lens at the moment, but a 90mm Makro. In fact I sold the 85 to exchange for the Makro. The Makro I use quite often for close ups videos and once in a while for portraits of my family to document them growing (and me aging😅) outdoors I don’t have it with me that frequently because it it a little big and I should need to back off a little bit to much when I am on family trips. Then 50mm suited me better.
Every spring I consider buying a 105mm Macro for the spring flowers and insects but every year I resist the temptation 😅 You could always reduce your age using Photoshop 😂
Thanks 👍🏻. I had a 35mm prime for a short period before I returned it, I'm not such a fan of that focal length. I doubt I'll ever use my zoom lens like a 35mm prime.😅
Good one. I have the 24-120 f4 S which is brilliant but wanted a lighter more compact for street so I took it out a day at a time at 28 35 and 50 and settled on a 35 f1.8 S and it is spot on. Of cause spot on for me that is. Is a great way to try before you make the rather expensive in my case investment, Cheers.
Thanks. Having recently bought the 24-120 F4, i completely agree with you, it's a great lens and I'm happy I traded my 24-200. I have a 50mm 1.8, which I really like and use it often for urban photography, mainly for the smaller size, although I still think Nikon made it too big.
I do like using primes. I will usually just randomly grab one not caring for the focal length and just see what I can do for the day. I only have one 85 and it had been laying out from being used lately, I put it away this morning. It’s an old Nikon ltm mount lens but I like it. D3200 with a 85mm would actually give you around 127mm not that it matters. When using primes I believe that you need to think a little more about how to get the shot that you are wanting.
That's an interesting approach, I can imagine that it really keeps you working on your shots, I know you like to take your time with photography, so I suspect this helps you do that too. Good point about the D3200, I always forget about the differences with a crop sensor camera.
@ if I have a particular shot in mind that I want to get I will try and choose the best lens for the subject. Just going on a photo walk it usually doesn’t matter much to me about the focal length, just not something too extreme.
I have a few 80/85/90mm lenses. The 85/1.8 AF nikkor is about 35 years old and was until recently, my most used prime lens. Nikon sort of dropped the ball on midrange primes for years. The 85/1.8 AF-S was never appealing enough for me to buy one. I found a Tamron SP 85mm f1.8 vcd and that was the lens i was looking for. I regularly use obscure old SLR and medium format lenses adapted to DSLR and mirrorless cameras now. I have a very repetitive set of tasks I do for other people, the adapted lenses are play for me and personal experience.
Really interesting, I had the opportunity to have the 85mm lens I mentioned in the video, but I didn't want to buy the adaptor for the Nikon Z and decided instead just to use my zoom. I believe 85mm 1.8 is popular with photographers who do a lot of portrait photography.
I don’t have a 85mm lens at the moment, but a 90mm Makro. In fact I sold the 85 to exchange for the Makro.
The Makro I use quite often for close ups videos and once in a while for portraits of my family to document them growing (and me aging😅) outdoors I don’t have it with me that frequently because it it a little big and I should need to back off a little bit to much when I am on family trips. Then 50mm suited me better.
Every spring I consider buying a 105mm Macro for the spring flowers and insects but every year I resist the temptation 😅
You could always reduce your age using Photoshop 😂
Good idea, I have a 35mm prime lens, which I use for street photography.
Thanks 👍🏻. I had a 35mm prime for a short period before I returned it, I'm not such a fan of that focal length. I doubt I'll ever use my zoom lens like a 35mm prime.😅
Good one. I have the 24-120 f4 S which is brilliant but wanted a lighter more compact for street so I took it out a day at a time at 28 35 and 50 and settled on a 35 f1.8 S and it is spot on. Of cause spot on for me that is. Is a great way to try before you make the rather expensive in my case investment, Cheers.
Thanks. Having recently bought the 24-120 F4, i completely agree with you, it's a great lens and I'm happy I traded my 24-200. I have a 50mm 1.8, which I really like and use it often for urban photography, mainly for the smaller size, although I still think Nikon made it too big.
I do like using primes. I will usually just randomly grab one not caring for the focal length and just see what I can do for the day. I only have one 85 and it had been laying out from being used lately, I put it away this morning. It’s an old Nikon ltm mount lens but I like it. D3200 with a 85mm would actually give you around 127mm not that it matters. When using primes I believe that you need to think a little more about how to get the shot that you are wanting.
That's an interesting approach, I can imagine that it really keeps you working on your shots, I know you like to take your time with photography, so I suspect this helps you do that too. Good point about the D3200, I always forget about the differences with a crop sensor camera.
@ if I have a particular shot in mind that I want to get I will try and choose the best lens for the subject. Just going on a photo walk it usually doesn’t matter much to me about the focal length, just not something too extreme.
@@davidclippinger3987 That makes sense, I generally use my 50mm prime for my Sunday photo walks, but of course I only have 2 lenses to choose from.
I have a few 80/85/90mm lenses. The 85/1.8 AF nikkor is about 35 years old and was until recently, my most used prime lens. Nikon sort of dropped the ball on midrange primes for years. The 85/1.8 AF-S was never appealing enough for me to buy one. I found a Tamron SP 85mm f1.8 vcd and that was the lens i was looking for.
I regularly use obscure old SLR and medium format lenses adapted to DSLR and mirrorless cameras now. I have a very repetitive set of tasks I do for other people, the adapted lenses are play for me and personal experience.
Really interesting, I had the opportunity to have the 85mm lens I mentioned in the video, but I didn't want to buy the adaptor for the Nikon Z and decided instead just to use my zoom.
I believe 85mm 1.8 is popular with photographers who do a lot of portrait photography.