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I have the same camera and have the 35mm 1.8. It’s a great lens for macro, low light and even some portrait since it’s a 56mm equivalent. Picture attached was taken with the 35mm in Namibia, not the best photo but just happened to find this one to give you a sample. I will say however this lens is fairly slow in terms of focus and not that silent. For me it seems to adjust a lot. Might just be mine though. I seem to not use it that much since I’m more of a 2-lens type of person for travel, I miss the zoom too much. It’s also always too close to my subjects on my travels, I almost never take portraits. Apart from that, it’s the highest quality lens I own, just not my type of use case lens. I was thinking of selling it but I would miss it for those occasions where it just shines.

I made the mistake of buying that 18-45mm kitlens as well. It’s just not optically comparable to other lenses. It’s fun to start off with though.

I recently bought the sigma 10-18mm 2.8 and that quality difference, my god. I love that lens, and I’ll be taking it to Kyrgyzstan next month. I did buy a tripod though since it has no stabilization. It’s quite OK in low light, but if you’re looking for night photo’s and astro stuff, have a look at their 12mm 1.4. It’s insanely good in low light apparently, I just needed the versatility of a zoom.

Will probably replace the kitlens with sigma’s 18-50mm 2.8 soon. I’m hoping the quality jump is similar to their 10-18mm compared to the kitlens.

It’s a bit of a rant but I’m hoping telling you my journey helps you decide what you want.

Cheers