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<blockquote data-quote="Crispy" data-source="post: 69300" data-attributes="member: 10299">Wow - great suggestions all around and I feel like I have more choice!&nbsp; I suppose there are worse problems to have.Just to quickly address some of the feedback:Flash - I've always been sort of anti flash but that prejudice comes from point and shoots, I do need to give it more of a try.&nbsp; I also figured staying in manual mode for the first few weeks with flash off would stretch me a little more.&nbsp; Mission accomplished I think, so time to start considering flash more.&nbsp; Great input.35mm vs 50mm - also something to think about and I tend to be a little newbie here on how these will look so I glossed over it.&nbsp; Stupid question, Is the 50mm going to be the same as the kit lens adjusted to ~50mm?&nbsp; That does seem a bit too close.stmv's alternates - When I say kids, I'm talking indoors - the kit lens does great outside shooting the kids so I don't feel like zoom is a HUGE deal.&nbsp; I suppose I got a little obsessed with aperture and convinced myself that 1.4 was going to give me extra love I needed for low light but coming from the kit lens, I also only have one point of view here.&nbsp; I'll take a closer look at the ones you're suggesting.Regarding low light, I'm getting the feeling 1.8 or even 2.8 would be a nice leap and I can back off from thinking 1.4 is the way to solve this problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crispy, post: 69300, member: 10299"] Wow - great suggestions all around and I feel like I have more choice! I suppose there are worse problems to have. Just to quickly address some of the feedback: Flash - I've always been sort of anti flash but that prejudice comes from point and shoots, I do need to give it more of a try. I also figured staying in manual mode for the first few weeks with flash off would stretch me a little more. Mission accomplished I think, so time to start considering flash more. Great input. 35mm vs 50mm - also something to think about and I tend to be a little newbie here on how these will look so I glossed over it. Stupid question, Is the 50mm going to be the same as the kit lens adjusted to ~50mm? That does seem a bit too close. stmv's alternates - When I say kids, I'm talking indoors - the kit lens does great outside shooting the kids so I don't feel like zoom is a HUGE deal. I suppose I got a little obsessed with aperture and convinced myself that 1.4 was going to give me extra love I needed for low light but coming from the kit lens, I also only have one point of view here. I'll take a closer look at the ones you're suggesting. Regarding low light, I'm getting the feeling 1.8 or even 2.8 would be a nice leap and I can back off from thinking 1.4 is the way to solve this problem. [/QUOTE]

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