JTweedie
Well-known member
Hello, I've always been pretty much an amateur with my photography. My DSLR is an old Nikon D50, the entry model of their old range. It still takes OK pictures, although for the last few years I've mainly been using my iPhone as a camera. But the phone has serious limitations especially in poor light.
I've been looking at the Nikon Z6ii and while I'd like to eventually use it for birding, I'm also interested in street photography. I was wondering for those with more photography experience what you would choose from a 28 mm or a 35 mm lens? I saw a video where a 28 mm lens meant needing to get closer to the subject so if you were out taking photos in cities you might end up in people's faces, although apparently it brought more immediacy to photos. 35 mm seems to be the workhorse lens but demands a bit more in terms of composition (although you can fix part of that with good use of cropping). I was thinking of buying the camera with one of these lenses, instead of getting the kit zoom lens you can get with it. The 28 mm seems to be the cheaper option (£259 v £899) so I'm toying with that just to get started.
I've never used a full frame camera before - do you think I'd see a big difference from what I get from the D50?
I've been looking at the Nikon Z6ii and while I'd like to eventually use it for birding, I'm also interested in street photography. I was wondering for those with more photography experience what you would choose from a 28 mm or a 35 mm lens? I saw a video where a 28 mm lens meant needing to get closer to the subject so if you were out taking photos in cities you might end up in people's faces, although apparently it brought more immediacy to photos. 35 mm seems to be the workhorse lens but demands a bit more in terms of composition (although you can fix part of that with good use of cropping). I was thinking of buying the camera with one of these lenses, instead of getting the kit zoom lens you can get with it. The 28 mm seems to be the cheaper option (£259 v £899) so I'm toying with that just to get started.
I've never used a full frame camera before - do you think I'd see a big difference from what I get from the D50?