I have the kit atm and would like something that works better with lowlight photography (milky way kind of stuff).

So far I've reviewed AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.8G and it seems alright. Though it's pricey and has a 35/1.8 cousin that's a lot cheaper. Let me know folks

sorry what camera will be behind the lense? what kind of pictures are you planing to do? how do you want them to look? what lenses did other use, who did similar pictures? what is your budget?

D3200 nikon

Landscape/skyscape

Assume no budget but cheaper is better. I'm using 18-55 (kit d3200)

I basically want a lens that'll allow me to not rely so heavily on ISO for good quality low light pics

i was looking for some lenses though - i also think the nikkor you picked seems to be quite ok.
i you want to go for a low budget solution i would recommend you buy a fisheye adapter. Funny thing to have and brings in more light
for more lenses see:
http://de.pixel-peeper.com/lens-finder/?qv0=1&qv1=1&qv2=&qv3=50&qc4=0&qi4=1&qv4=&qc5=0&qi5=2&qv5=&qc6=0&qi6=1&qv6=&qv7=&qc8=0&qi8=0&qv8=&qc9=0&qi9=0&qv9=&submitted=1&sortlf=13

This post was edited by Nutribert on Apr 1 2014 05:25pm

Great website, ty. I'll get out sigma 1.8/28

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You wont be shooting milkyway with that body unless you remove the aa filter infornt of the sensor. but for low light general lens something around 28-35 is good, i would say that nikkor you mentioned or sigma 30mm 1.4

Got a 35/1.8

Ty friends



Is that something I can do? I've gotten Milky Way shots before tbh but if there's something I can do to help thts be awesome

This post was edited by SC_Leader on Apr 4 2014 03:02am

Its something that you can do at home if you know what you are doing, if you dont, youll brake your camera. Also this is something that cant be reversed, so your camera wont be filtering out UV and infrared anymore, which affects the normal shots.

The problem with shooting stars is that most of the light coming there is UV/IR and DSLR sensors has a filter to eliminate these light wave lengths(and moire), so if you use a dslr with that filter on sensor, you wont get very good shots. If you want to get good star/milkyway shots, i would suggest getting some older dslr from which you can get the AA filter removed from(if i remember right it costs around 80 bucks) or buy some already modded cheap/old dslr. Removing the filter also allows you to get better shots with infrared filter on the lens.

This post was edited by Antichrist- on Apr 4 2014 08:30am

Awesome, I was not aware of this. Tyvm