Happily content with my newest purchase! I finally won an eBay auction for a Minolta 50mm f1.7 AF!! I've been using an old M42 Carl Zeiss Jena...it took a lot of time to get used to it, but I've finally figured it out. In fact, most of my favorite pictures are from that lens because of the color quality. However, it's time for a newer lens with autofocus. I found that I was frequently taking pictures that I liked, but they were out of focus. Now I have the option of putting it in/out of manual. I'm actually really glad I got the fully manual lens first, it forced me to figure out how to take good photos in full manual mode. So yes, I'm justifying this lens...I've been wanting it for a long time and I finally found a good deal on eBay.
Now...if only it will arrive on my doorstop.
