Martian, a used Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 would be your best buy at this point. I wouldn’t invest in new DX glass at this point since the chances are very good that at some time in the future you’re going to end up with a full-frame camera.

Neil vN

Again, thank you for the video clip.

I would love to have the Nikon 24-70mm f2.8G ED AF-S and the
Nikon 70-200mm f2.8G ED AF-S.

But on a DX frame, what lens would you recommend as this would mean starting at 24*1.5 and 70*1.5 respectively.

Thanks

Martian

Stabilized lenses are essential in my opinion, especially when it comes to the 70-200 range. Well worth the extra $$

Neil vN

thanks!
amanda

Amanda … I don’t really have a rule of thumb for portraits. With wedding photography, I usually try and stay at f4 or so for portraits of the bride and groom. But then I make sure their faces are in the same plane of focus .. or I make sure that only one of them is the specific subject, such as in the photograph above

The distance doesn’t really come into play for me in how I work. I don’t think about Depth-of-field like that when I am actually busing with the photo session. It would bring a level of technicality to it which would slow down the shoot.

Depth-of-field is one of those things where it often is best not to over-think it … but just have enough.

Neil vN

Question… at an aperture of 2.8, at what distance away are you “safe enough” to get both subjects in focus. The 2.8 (or even 1.4) is such a short DOF that often I would unwantingly have one subject getting blurred and the other in focus.

Is there a rule of thumb you follow?