On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:51:44 -0800, scottv@img.seagatesoftware.com (Scott Velez) wrote:

>I'm relatively new to photography and I'm having a hard time deciding
>between the 50mm f1.4D and the 28-70mm f3.5-4.5D. Is there much of a
>sharpness, distortion or color variation between these two lenses? What
>about abuse? (I like to hike)
>
>The price is roughly the same, so I'm more concerned with quality, color
>and sharpness.

The 50mm f1.4 is a good performer by f2, the 28-70 at 50mm
isn't too bad by around f5.6...; the 50mm f1.4 is relatively quite
compact... (the 50mm f1.8 is much cheaper, and also excellent).
BTW, you may find my Nikkor evaluation list
interesting (on my web page, under "I babble"...).