Lens help

[Droxium]

Will this be 35mm or 50mm on my D5300?

Nikon 35mm f 1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras Amazon Camera Photo

 

[chris]

The focal length does not change regardless of what camera the lens is attached to so it will be 35 mm. This will give approximately the same field of view on your D5300 as a 50 mm lens on a FF camera.

 

[480sparky]

It would be 35mm on either camera. Or on an iphone. Or on an 8x10 view camera.

 

[Derrel]

The focal length does not change regardless of what camera the lens is attached to so it will be 35 mm. This will give approximately the same field of view on your D5300 as a 50 mm lens on a FF camera.

That is correct: the 35mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens will have a similar angle of view to a 50mm that is used on a full frame camera. So, if you are looking for a lens that gives that classic normal lens look, then the 35mm/1.8 lens is the right choice.

 

[ruifo]

Lens optics is different from field of view equivalency. As said before, optically speaking, 35mm f/1.8 will always be 35mm f/1.8 everywhere.

But with sensors smaller than 35mm (like the one on the D5300, that is 24mm), the image will be cropped by 1.5x, so that would make the field of view to be reduced, to the equivalent field of view of a 52.5mm lens (if such lens existed), but still keeping the optical properties of the 35mm f/1.8 lens (depth of field, distortion, transmisstion etc.).

Yes, it may be tricky, but in time you get used to this math and logic.

If you want to reproduce the same effects between FX and DX cameras, you have to follow what is shown in the video below:

 

[Designer]

Will this be 35mm or 50mm on my D5300?

Nikon 35mm f 1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras Amazon Camera Photo

Yup, 35mm is the focal length, and that is not going to change.

I've tried to explain this before, but apparently my skill at writing technical stuff is not sufficiently explanatory.

What you read on the internet is that the "effective" focal length is different on a "crop sensor" camera, and that throws everybody off into the weeds.

What IS different is what portion of the projected image is captured by two sensors of different sizes.

Hey, good luck trying to understand that, and oh, by the way; have fun!