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benefits of using 50mm portrait lens instead of 18-55mm lens with Nikon D40?
I have a Nikon D40, which came with an 18-55mm lens. Someone recommended that I purchase a 50mm portrait lens. Is there any benefit to using a 50mm portrait lens, or can I achieve the same results with the 18-55 lens?
For practical purposes, you can achieve the same thing with an 18-55, but within limits.
You will not have the range of f stops that you have on the 50mm, thus you limit some of your choices on how you want the photo to look. As for the 50mm being "sharper," you will never notice the difference.
The problem with most of those answering here is that they tend to be a little specish, look at specifications rather than results. They can argue about those things all day, but in the end, when two photographs are produced, one from the 50mm and one from the 18-55, they will not be able to tell the difference. Most today, however, will have software so that they can identify the specifications of the picture and then comment once they have that. BS
What you do, then, is to purchase the lens that you want if you have the money. If you don't have the money, stay with the 18-55 kit lens and do the best that you know how to do.
I would not use a 50mm for portraits, it is not long enough. If I were using a Nikon, I would look for a 70mm or a 75mm. In 35mm, I use a 135 prime lens when I shoot portraits, but then I don't shoot many any more, so I do mylandscape shots with the kit lenses on my digital.
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