Which type of photographers should have a Nikon 50mm 1.8G Lens?

Which type of photographers should have a Nikon 50mm 1.8G Lens? And what are the main advantages of this lens rather than buying a focus lens such as 55-200 or 55-300?

I'm not a professional photographer and i own D3100 and I take photos of family, sometimes nature etc… So i'll be looking at the image quality with a nice bokeh effect. Would you advise me to have one 50mm Lens?

The only real advantage of that lens is that is has a wider aperture and is faster than the other lenses you mentioned.

It is also really cheap.

It is still a just a cheap plastic lens.

Portrait and wedding photographers use that lens the most

This is a prime lens, mainly used for portraits. It has a wide aperture, so shooting in low light is not a problem.prime lenses are generally sharper than range lenses (for the range lens, the sharpest point is the mid between the extreem focal lenght.i. E. For 55-200mmm, the sharpest point is at 127mm).

advice, try the 50mm f/1.4.trust me, there's a huge difference compared to the f/1.8, and yes, go for prime lens (tho you do need a wide angle lens for your nature landscape. Any focal length below 35mm is a wide angle lens, i suggest the 14-24mm f/2.8)

It's not the most useful lens on a camera with a smaller sensor where it has the same angle of view as a 75mm lens, but it's good for portraits and the wide aperture make low light shots less noisy as you don't have to turn the ISO up to get a reasonable shutter speed and you can get those 'selective focus' shots (where the subject is sharp, but the background blurred) easier. Every photographer should have one in their bag, but may be not as a second or even third lens.

Prime lenses, lenses without any zoom, will always have a higher image quality as they have fewer compromises in their design, the first compromise with any zoom is aperture quickly followed by lower contrast and distortions. Avoid wide range zooms.

It seems as if you're looking for a longer lens, the Sigma 70 - 200 APO lens performs better than it's cheap price would suggest, this image was taken with one

The Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AF-G is designed for users of entry-level Nikons (such as the D3100) who want full autofocusing. It's a great lens for the bokeh you want, and, with the DX camera's crop factor, is effectively a 75mm lens, a pretty good focal length for portraits.

The faster aperture will let you take photos where flash isn't allowed (museums, plays, etc) as well as letting you use a faster shutter speed and lower ISO when shooting under low light.

I find the 50 1.8 and 35mm 1.8 as excellent travel and portrait lenses. I keep both in my camera bag (or on my camera) when the lighting is challenging. They're great for sports shots, if you get close enough, and are much less expensive then the f/1.4 models.

Here's some shots taken with a D3100 and an 50mm 1.8 lens.
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Photographers who need to work in poor light, or who like throwing the background well out of focus. But better in quality is the 50mmf1.4 (and more expensive).

For shy wildlife you will need a lens longer than 50mm, thus probably a zoom ending at 200mm or 300mm. Both of those will also give good out of focus effects, especially at the long end.