Nikon SLR Cameras

Difference Between the lenses?

syed
syed

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would a 85mm to 90mm range for a Nikon D5200 be a good choice for both Portrait and Macro!
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Andrew
Andrew

The AF-S/G lens will autofocus on your D5200 because it has a built-in motor, the AF/D doesn't and won't.

While a little slow, either could be used quite well for portraiture, just don't expect the narrow depth-of-field of a 50mm f1.8.

retiredPhil
retiredPhil

The first one is an AF-S lens, so it has a built in focus motor, so it will autofocus on your D5200.

Both of the lenses you chose are 60mm, but you ask about 85mm. The advantage of the greater focal length is that it allows you to get further from you subject. For portraits, it helps flatten the face, think smaller nose. For macro, it allows you to be further from your subject, think distancing yourself from that bee or spider.

John P
John P

On a 'crop-frame' sensor such as that in the D5200 and all mid-price DSLRs, 60mm is a better focal length for portraits, and is fine for macro unless you need a big stand-off distance from the small objects you are photographing. 85 to 90 is rather long for portraits, but not horribly so.

AWBoater
AWBoater

If you are doing high-end macro, either lens will work fine as accomplished macro shooters use manual focus anyway. The only time the AF lens autofocus issue will be a problem is if you use it for non-macro photography.

The 85mm (f/1.8 or f/1.4) lens is still the best portraiture lens - regardless of whether it is on a cropped camera or not.

There's way too much emphasis placed on crop factors - a lens is a lens. The focal length does not change regardless of whether the lens is used on a Dx or Fx camera - but the Depth-of-Field does change.

Those that emphasize a focal length change on a DX camera are ignoring this important fact.

Using a 50mm f/1.8 rather than a 85mm f/1.8 lens for portraiture is not a valid substitute on a cropped camera.

I own a 85mm f/1.8 - and use it on a cropped camera, so my opinion comes from experience - not conjecture. It is far superior to a 50mm f/1.8 for portraiture (and I also own a 50mm f/1.4).

Waleed
Waleed

The difference is that one of them has a focus motor and the other doesn't. The 60mm f2.8G will auto focus if mounted on the D5200, the 60mm f2.8D won't. The reason is that your camera doesn't have an internal focusing motor so you will have to either manually focus or buy a lens that has an internal focus motor.

The D5200 is a DX camera, a crop censor not a full frame. If you buy a 60mm lens, considering the crop factor of your camera (which is 1.5x), it will be a 90mm lens. If you buy a 90mm lens it will turn out to be a 135mm lens. You can try it yourself, use a 50mm on an FX camera and then try it on a DX camera and you will notice the change in the focal length not depth of field (depth of field depends on the APERTURE not the focal length and doesn't change between FX and DX cameras) because many people are confused between them. The field of view of a 75mm on a DX camera is almost the same as a 50mm's field of view on a FX camera and the DOF stays the same (if the same aperture is used).

For portraits you need a lens that is sharp, probably a macro lens to be able to manipulate the focus range, and has a wide aperture, f2.8 is great. The 70-200mm f2.8, 85mm (1.4 or 1.8), are great for portraits. Some differences might be how flat the image is, some lenses make the subject in the middle of the photo look bigger especially if you get closer. For macro, a greater focal length allows you to stay away from you subject and you will use a manual focus anyway.