On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:07:04 GMT, bproffitt@sympatico.ca (Ringo) wrote:

>Im looking to purchase a good starter lens for my F80, everything Ive
>read says to purchase a 50mm first. Im not sure if its worth spending
>the extra on the faster 50mm 1.4. Does anyone have experience with
>thses two lenses? Will I get a sharper image with the 1.4?

See: www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/slemn.html.
By f4, you will not see much difference
(except that the AF f1.8 has less linear
distortion; at f2.8, the far corners are
a bit better in the f1.8, but the contrast
may be a bit better in the f1.4; at f2,
the edges and corners are sharper in the
f1.8, but over much of the frame, the
f1.4 image is "snappier"; at f1.4, there
is no contest (;-]), but the f1.4 image
is not exceptionally good - contrast is
low...