OlBlueEyes wrote:
Harry Krause wrote in
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RG wrote:

On the other hand, Nikon makes a couple of very good prime lenses
that are great values. They offer an F1.4 50mm autofocus lens for
only $270, and if you don't mind going just a bit slower, an F1.8
50mm for right at $100, a real steal. While these lenses would
equate to 75mm in terms of a 35mm SLR, and therefore are a bit longer
than the Sigma lens, I would suspect that they are superior glass
over the Sigma lens, and can be had for less money. Plus you get to
keep your system all Nikon. One of these Nikon 50mm primes is
probably my next lens for my D70.




But then you wouldn't have a fairly fast approximately 50 mm lens.
You'd have a fairly fast 75 mm lens.

So what? 50mm (for 35mm film) is an artificial choice for a "normal"
lens. A 35mm more accurately reproduces your field of vision, and an 85-
105 works ten times better as a portrait lens.

The shooter whose bag contains a 35mm and an 85 or 105 hardly ever uses
his 50mm.

Bull****! It all depends on subject.