Originally posted by jcagara08 Hey thank you very much all for your kind responses! But whoah whoah easy guys! I did not start this thread for a flame war ok?
Yes I know I need to do more studying on our course of Photography but I just could not get the results that I want with the 18-55mm kit lens and I don't want to push it.
I am geared towards the automatic focusing mechanism and I want the best bokeh too! As a noob I also care about sharpness contrary to what others say in these line of prime lenses.
So now I am down to three choices (I need a modern lens that has autofocus,
the f/1.4, f/1.7, and f/1.8 but which is best overall really?
Information is so drowning once you compare the three to each of its own attributes, I want a definite conclusion and a suggestion.
Otherwise if I could not decide on the broad confusing choices for a 50mm prime, I might go with the sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 art lens FTW LOL to eliminate carrying around multiple lenses.. see how noobish that line is?? So please guys I need a solid recommendation.
and by the way, I really want to shoot my images at ISO 100 but my hands are really that shaky and I got a cheap tripod that I could not carry everytime hence I get frustrated at all my night shots, indoors, and low light photography, in about 10 images I can only capture 2 good ones so I don't really know what I need to improve.
There are so many 50s available, it would be really hard to know exactly what you might be happy with, and hard for most of us to recommend one, because we have the one we have, and not the others. Personally, I'm less than esoteric about this. A 50 is a 50. If you look at the images, at one point I looked at the 50 macro... I ended up looking at a lot of 50 images... and that's my conclusion, right up there with a lens is a lens.
Unless you're into manual focus, I'm not even sure what the issue would be. Get the DA 50 1.8 and get on with it. If you want macro, get the 50 macro, if you want 1.4 get an F 50 1.4, if you want DA* quality get at DA* 55 1.8. My advice would be, don't think about it, buy what's available. Your needs don't sound particularly specialized or unique.
A Sigma 18-35, from my understanding is a pretty substantial piece of glass. Big and heavy. It's not really comparable to a kit lens or a 50. In terms of weight and size, it's the anti-50.
Any 2.8 lens or faster will improve your AF over kit lenses. If that's your main concern, you don't have to go that wide. Since you're not considering WR, I'd probably advise you to go with the Tamron 17-50 2.8. It'w way better IQ than your kit lenses. It's 2.8 which will make maximum use of the most recent K mount AF systems. The bokeh isn't noteworthy but it isn't bad. And it gives you some flexibility and is a good compromise between the weight of a really fast Aperture lens and a kit lens.
But if you really want fast... one of the 50 1.4s is the way to go. Just remember, it's a telephoto, not a standard lens. The Sigma 30 (or 35) ƒ1.4 might also be more to your liking. More of a standard lens.