Hi,
I usually shoot outdoor, but recently i grew interest on indoor stuff like small object, portrait, creative lighting and whatnot.

What is the (affordable ) lens that people usually use for this stuff?
I mean the good suitable lens, not the best lens ever existed. im not a true professional photographer.

currently im using nikkor 50mm 1.8, 18-55 kit , 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 and Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 on D5100 body.

This post has been edited by razirazo: Sep 4 2013, 08:24 PM

u dont have to buy a new lens everytime u wanna try something different

ur current lenses are good enough for the job (except macro of course)

ah. sure it it.
just wondering what is the most popular lenses out there for this job.
is 2.8 lens worth it?

50mm F1.8 can do lots of amazing things

+1, agree on this

you need flash, learn to control the light, it will change ur photography to the next level, you dont need fancy lens, even a single kit lens will suffice

This post has been edited by alpha001: Sep 4 2013, 10:44 PM

Studio n strobe

Just use d40 n kit lens

Superb result

based on what he wrote, i strongly thinks that 50mm is most suitable

based on what he wrote, i strongly thinks that 50mm is most suitable

it's not so much about lens already, it's the lighting.

yeah. usually use it for night portrait
but the short lens somehow feel so uncomfortable and unbalanced when using it in cramped area with ttl cable dangling over my head lel. thats why hardly use it on controlled indoor setting.
should appreciate this lens more

Based on reply by pros here, youre right i guess.
I thought there are better suited lens out there so i dont have to suffer with low light focusing (especially on tamron and kit ugh.. ), or lens that uhh.. somehow automatically looks better indoor haha
how silly I am.

I never thought lighting play was this addictive
currently using 3 flash. and should get even more interesting when another 2 AWL capable slave arrive later next week.

Here, look at my gallery

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldfries/set...57632141066467/

1. small things
2. portraiture of miniature

I use 100mm / 50mm lens only. the key is the lighting setup.

you are not using trigger?

EOS 60D's pop up as the trigger.

oh. nice work.
about the diffuser, is it okay if I use shoot through umbrella instead of softbox?
will it gives same result? I currently use clumsy makeshift curtain and cardboard lel
(too stingy to to get softbox since umbrella got more use)

This post has been edited by razirazo: Sep 7 2013, 12:36 PM

umbrella and softbox works differently.

umbrella spreads the light everywhere but the softbox, it diffuses but concentrates a particular area / direction.