Love at first prime

Just got my senior nifty (50mm 1.8 MKI, metal mount) in the mail today.
I love it, but, the AF sounds like a wind up toy.

Aside from that, I'm glad I bought it.

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Is that the f/1.8 mark 1? I had two of those and kinda wish I had kept one. I have the 50 f/1.4 but it's probably not worth the $150-250 price difference over the f/1.8 mark 1.

Yes it is.
I forgot to put the name in the first post. Heh.

I like the 1.4 as well, but it's not in my budget and, like you said, probably not worth it.

I've been hunting CL for one of these to pop up

Sweet! I'd love to grab one of those one day...

I highly recommend it.

I found one on CL for cheap, and then when the seller realized I knew what I was talking about he pulled the ad and ignored me.

FRAUD.

KEH.com has them, but they go for 250. Kind of pricey, but they include a 6-month warranty.

I love my 50 1.4

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #12995119
I found one on CL for cheap, and then when the seller realized I knew what I was talking about he pulled the ad and ignored me.

FRAUD.

KEH.com has them, but they go for 250. Kind of pricey, but they include a 6-month warranty.

I actually almost got scammed on one here on POTN.
The guy was selling it for $110.50 and I took the bait.

Got my money back though after a handful of other members reported him for fraud.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #12995119
KEH.com has them, but they go for 250. Kind of pricey, but they include a 6-month warranty.

$250 is crazy...here's one hidden in an ebay auction asking $160 +$15 shipping...but he's taking best offers...i bet if you offered $130 he'd take it...maybe less...he clearly doesn't realize the lens will work on his DSLR(assuming he bought canon)

http://www.ebay.com …meras&hash=item​3f0d534411

I had three of them, all bought brand new when they came out (was a young teenager at the time). Since sold two on ebay UK for silly money, over four or five times what I paid for them (iirc).