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NIKON or other Prime LEns Sets Vs Zooms

scenedirector said:
Would you guys say I would be sitting pretty solid with these Nikons in my kit:

17-35mm f/2.8
28-70mm f/2.8
80-200mm f/2.8

28mm f/1.4
50mm f/1.4
85mm f/1.4
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Very solid kit, also consider the 35mm f/1.4.
I hope you are aware, the 28/1.4 goes for crazy prices.
 
The 35mm f1.4 is one of my favorite
And good luck to find the 28mm F1.4.
I would love to put my hands on that one and complete my F1.4 Nikon serie.
Brice
 
I have all the lenses that I stated.
I don't have the 35mm. Would it be wise to grab that one too?
Should I get it because its another focal length that I'll need or is it just to say I have all the f/1.4s?

I'll grab it, if I'm going to need it. Thanks!
 
scenedirector said:
I have all the lenses that I stated.
I don't have the 35mm. Would it be wise to grab that one too?
Should I get it because its another focal length that I'll need or is it just to say I have all the f/1.4s?

I'll grab it, if I'm going to need it. Thanks!
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I find 35mm to be a very useful focal length, but this of course depends on you Personal preferences.
 
I recently had the opportunity to shoot the Ai-S 35mm f/1.4 nikkor on my D3 in Norway and it certainly impressed me with its performance. I'd have one myself if my stills style didn't suit itself mainly to AF lenses. It's not awfully expensive and it's quite compact for that sort of lens, at least coming from having played with a 28/1.4 once and owned the Canon 35/1.4L for EF mount.
 
How are the 24mm f/2.0 and the 105mm f/1.8 manuals?
 
I haven't used them personally, but I've worked with a few photographers who have whose opinions I respect (one of them is considered the end-all of Nikon lens reviews). The 24mm f/2 is okay, but not good enough for the latest stuff, really. The 105 f1.8 is an excellent lens, with its primary flaw being a bit of internal flare wide open. Other than that it is pretty resistant to normal flare, and is quite sharp and has low levels of chromatic aberrations until around f/11.
 
Would the 105mm f/2.0 be better than the f/1.8?
 
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