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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 136142" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>I don't think they will ever go away.  But, i think you are right in saying that camera sensors are getting better and better; therefore, the need for fast glass is not so urgent as it once was perhaps.  Fast primes will always be here, i can't see Nikkor giving them up.  In terms of bokeh, if i can get bokeh with my 400mm AI lens at f11, then you can get it with any lens!  It's all a matter of how far your subject is from the immediate background.  Of course, using a 1.8 just makes it easier to do and the subject does not have to be far from it's background.  Though, shooting wide open all the time, especially outdoors, is a bit silly if you ask me.  I don't even think that is where the lens's sweet spot is.</p></blockquote><p></p>