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EDIT: Ugh, viper or whoever, please s/Macro/Prime/ in title
EDIT: thanks!
So, I'm thinking about buying a prime lens for low-light situations (mostly indoors stuff where using the flash is undesired). Only problem is, the only currently-available prime lens that will AF with the D40 is a $500 Sigma lens (ouch).
Nikon has a nice 50mm f/1.8 for around $150 (I'm sure I can find for less, too), but it's not AF-S/I (I'm still kicking myself a bit for not looking a bit lonqer and harder to get a camera with an AF motor in the body; can someone please console me by confirming that, at least, I invested in a good system by choosing Nikon? ).
Should I just buy the new Nikon lens and live with no AF until I buy a new body (probably a long way down the road) or just find a used MF prime on eBay (like this one, for example) for cheap? I guess, with the latter, I'd only be able to use M mode, though. Am I going to go mental not having AF in the kind of situations where I'd need to use a prime lens?
EDIT: thanks!
So, I'm thinking about buying a prime lens for low-light situations (mostly indoors stuff where using the flash is undesired). Only problem is, the only currently-available prime lens that will AF with the D40 is a $500 Sigma lens (ouch).
Nikon has a nice 50mm f/1.8 for around $150 (I'm sure I can find for less, too), but it's not AF-S/I (I'm still kicking myself a bit for not looking a bit lonqer and harder to get a camera with an AF motor in the body; can someone please console me by confirming that, at least, I invested in a good system by choosing Nikon? ).
Should I just buy the new Nikon lens and live with no AF until I buy a new body (probably a long way down the road) or just find a used MF prime on eBay (like this one, for example) for cheap? I guess, with the latter, I'd only be able to use M mode, though. Am I going to go mental not having AF in the kind of situations where I'd need to use a prime lens?
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