It was the best advice I received when I first started getting serious about my photography. A photographer told me to get a 50mm f/1.8 lens from Nikon. It's a prime lens (I didn't know what that ...

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So, a 50mm lens on a Nikon DX body has a comparable ... as it's particularly suitable for portraits and close-up photography.

Bokeh is relaxed and pleasing to the eye, and 50mm lenses, certainly fast ones, do benefit from the ability to throw backgrounds out of focus. This is especially useful with portraiture.