chip
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I have a 50mm AF 1.8 and like it for the same reasons everyone else does, but also realize that 50mm is more like 75mm on a cropped sensor camera. In the film world 50mm was considered a normal focal length lens, and the closest one can get for a 1.5 cropped DX body to get 50mm would be a 35mm lens (for 52.5mm).
But I didn't like the $200 - $250 price of the newer AF-S 35mm 1.8 G lens. And I use D70S and D80 more than I do a D40, so I don't really need them to be AF-S lenses.
So, I looked on eBay, waited patiently, watched every day, and finally found a Nikon 35mm film SLR, a N80, with a Nikkor AF 35mm f/2, and won the auction for $35.00 + shipping for both the camera and the lens.
Sold the N80 for $50.00, covering the cost + shipping, so I got a very nice 35mm f/2 (how much difference can there be between f/2 and f/1.8 anyway) for a net cost of absolutely zero.
From what I can tell, the 35mm f/2 is just as good a lens, optically speaking, as is the Nikkor "nifty fifty"
There's more than one way to skin a cat...
I'm happy with it...
wow sounds like you got yourself a great deal Patrick! Happy New Year and Lord bless you my brother!