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ahsan asked in Consumer ElectronicsCameras · 6 years ago

Hello guys im buying a nikon d5300 i want in choosing lens?

Hello guy i m going to buy a nikon d5300 but i dont know much about cameras but i want background blurry photos so should buy the lens which comes in bundle 50mm or 140mm and what are there benefits or i should buy seperate lense

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago
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    You can do the blurry background trick with any lens, but some make it easier than others.

    First thing you need to know is that the D5300 does not have what is called an autofocus motor. As the name suggests, this is a part of the camera which makes lenses autofocus. As the D5300 doesn't have one, if you want to have autofocus capability (most people do, especially beginners), then you need to get what are called AF-S lenses. These lenses have their own motor, so will autofocus on the D5300.

    You could get a 50mm lens, which would do fine. Look for the number 1.8 on it. This means two things: one, that it can take in plenty of light, and two, that it can do the blurry background trick quite easily.

    To get the background like that:

    1) Put the subject of your photo a long way from the background and set the lens to the 1.8 setting (you'll have to read the manual to get the hang of this)

    2) Get close to your subject.

    3) Shoot.

    There's much more to it than that, but to start with it's good enough.

  • EDWIN
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Buy the camera with the 18-55mm zoom lens. Then take time to thoroughly read and study the Owner's Manual section by section until you have a reasonably good understanding of all the features of your camera. Pay especial attention to the sections on Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Shooting in Manual (this section will also teach you to use your camera's light meter).

    This Nikon tutorial will be of great benefit to you:

    http://www.imaging.nikon.com/support/digitutor/d53...

  • 6 years ago

    A downside of the 18-140mm AF-S VR is that it has more distortion than most.

    http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18-140mm.htm

    It is reputed to be pretty sharp for a lens with this much zoom range. A better match for the D5300 than most superzooms, whose deficiencies would be magnified at 24 MP. It is a better buy in a D5300 than buying separately.

    The 50mm is a lens that can be very good for very few uses. As your one lens to start off with, it is not a good buy.

  • 6 years ago

    I have a Canon 50mm 1.2.

    The benefits of it include:

    - receiving a soft bokeh everytime (blurred background)

    - no need for a tripod at nighttime (because of the incredibly large aperture)

    - it being water resistant

    The drawbacks of it include:

    - the price (around £600 for Nikon and around £1000 for Canon)

    - slow autofocus for Canon and no autofocus for Nikon

    - it being rather large and heavy

    I would personally suggest a 50mm 1.4 or an 85mm 1.8 which offer the the same kind of performance but for a much lower price. I know other photographers with these lenses and they are very pleased with them

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  • keerok
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    You can blur the background with any lens including the 18-55mm zoom lens that comes with the D5300. That 18-55mm zoom lens is the most useful one for general shooting.

    If you really insist on not getting that kit lens, buy the lowest f/numbered lens you can afford. The lower the f/number used, the easier it is to blur the background. The best low f/numbered lens for all-around shooting is the 35mm f/1.8. If you can find one with a lower f/number, that would be better (until you see the price tag). 50mm would be fine but the number of shooting scenarios you can shoot will be very limited.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Yeah

  • 6 years ago

    Leica Lens are really good, and Vivitar are excellent as well.

  • 6 years ago

    yes

  • 6 years ago

    Any

  • 6 years ago

    vivitar is **** get a nixon

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