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Originally Posted by chris-p
The only thing I would add to the comments above is about 50mm primes. My advice is to avoid them like the plague. 50mm on an APS-C sensored camera is a really awkward field of view. It's always a bit too long or a bit too short and it's never a happy medium. The Nikon 35mm f/1.8 is the ideal normal prime lens for and APS-C camera as it's pretty close to both definitions of "normal" (geometric and angular) and it's a much more comfortable angle of view.
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You're right about the 'normal' focal length being closer to the 35mm, but the 50 nowhere near as restrictive as you imply. It is also so much cheaper and I absolutely love mine. So, I'm keeping it!
