- Hey everybody, it's Roberto.
And welcome to another DSLR tutorial video.
I'm here with my Nikon D3100
and I have a special lens on this,
this is the 35 millimeter lens that I use
to get a lot of my best shots.
The great thing about having a 35mm prime lens
is even though you can't zoom with this,
it's OK because you can just move closer
and get further back, but what you can do with this
that you can't do with many zoom lenses,
is you can get shallow depth of field.
You can create these great bokeh effects
in your images and you can really make
the subject pop off of the background with them.
And it's tack sharp when you do it right.
This camera's also great when you use a 35mm lens
for low light situations, whether that be for
photography or for video.
So, that's the basically great thing that I like about
using a 35mm prime lens, or a 50mm prime lens
with this type of camera.
So, whether you're doing photography
or you're doing DSLR video, a 35mm or 50mm prime lens
is a great starter lens for you,
besides the kit lens that comes with your camera,
in terms of getting either great portraiture shots,
or handling shots whether it be photo
or video in low light situations.
I like to use this a lot when I'm doing interviews
or when I'm doing head shots, because
I just think it's really great for that.
I love being able to, again, make the focus
be on the subject and just drop off
the background completely by shooting at
f1.8 or shooting at 2.2 or even 2.8.
If I still need something to be tack sharp,
I'll shoot at like maybe f4 and I'll still be able,
just depending on the situation,
to get some depth of field,
and that works out just fine.
And I also do that when I want to do
a drop off like that in group shots as well.
So, the 35mm prime lens is great for photojournalism,
it's great for portrait photography,
it's great for weddings, and it's my primary lens
that I use when I'm going out and I'm shooting
cosplay photography or cosplay video.
So, the one other thing that I will mention about
getting a prime lens like this is
whether you're getting the 35mm
or the 50mm, these are actually
relatively inexpensive.
These are about $200 a piece,
which is really good for the quality of glass that they are.
So, if you're gonna get into portrait photography,
or wedding photography, and you need a great lens,
for when you're doing your posed shots,
then I would go with this 35mm because it's cheap
and affordable, until you can do something bigger.
You don't need the larger telephoto f2.8 lenses
when you're just starting out,
even if you can afford them, you won't necessarily
know how to use them.
This is a great lens for learning composition,
getting great shots, and working in
a lot of different situations.
So this is a very strong lens if you're going to be
focused primarily on shooting portraits.
If you're gonna shoot stuff like stage photography,
events, stage performances and concerts,
then maybe you do need an f2.8 at either
something like a 24 to 70 or 70 to 200.
You might actually need that in those situations,
but if you're just going to do basic weddings
you can use this and you can use a standard
telephoto lens, it's gonna be of a lower quality,
it's gonna be of a lesser build, but it's gonna be
affordable for you and allow you to get the shots,
and you're not gonna need necessarily
as much depth of field for those particular type of shots,
for what those events are.
So that's just an option.
If you are gonna get another lens besides this,
I would say that another good affordable lens
to go with, is an 85mm prime.
I wouldn't get a 35 and a 50, just because
there's not enough difference.
You can actually just take two steps forward,
and it's the same lens, two steps back,
larger focal length does have some
compression benefits to it,
so that is an option.
But, my preference is to go with the 35,
it's a more flexible lens for tight situations
and if I'm gonna get something else,
I'd get the 85mm, just because it's a bigger gap
in terms of focal length.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this DSLR tutorial video.
If you have any more questions about 35mm or prime lenses,
go ahead and let me know in the comments section below.
If you guys have any photos that you want me to critique,
I'm doing that over on my Facebook page:
Facebook.com/RobertoBlake2.
So head over there if you want to post a photo
that you want me to critique,
remember that my specialty is portraiture,
but I'll be happy to give you any advice that I can
on your photography.
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