Would like a new Nikon Camera lens?
I have a Nikon D3000, and i have the 18-55mm lens, and im looking for a lens with a smaller f-stop, like an f-stop of 1.4, so i found a 50mm with an f stop of 1.8, the whole add says nikon 50 mm f/1.8d AF nikkor lens for nikon digital slr cameras. Do i need to know anything else about it before i buy it? like will it work with my camera? and should i go for a lower f-stop to get a better depth of field?
Thanks so much! i’m new at this 
While you have hit on a fantastic lens, there’s a hitch that isn’t well-advertised by Nikon. On the D3000, D5000, D3100, and anything older than a D80, that lens will NOT autofocus. If you manual focus anyway, no problem. Otherwise, check out the 50mm f/1.4 instead. It will be a little sharper, give you close to twice the amount of light, be built a little better, and most importantly, autofocus on your camera. It will also cost significantly more than the f/1.8 (though it is by no means overpriced).
The depth of field differences will be pretty much unnoticeable between f/1.8 and f/1.4.
An alternative is the 35mm f/1.8. It will autofocus on your camera, and it gives a perspective very close to “normal” on a crop-frame sensor like the one in the D3000. In other words, if you look through a 35mm lens on a crop frame camera, you will see almost exactly what you would see looking through a 50mm lens on a full-frame or small-format film camera.
Good luck!
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