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<blockquote data-quote="Retro" data-source="post: 434375" data-attributes="member: 37517">I've already purchased the 1.4, so I'm just waiting for it to arrive from Japan. I want to concentrate a lot on wide angle photography (always rectilinear), but I would consider 'normal' an important part of that interest (I was going to say focus).I don't know all the terms for types of photography, but one that I really like, and want to do a lot of is where there is a foreground subject and a background, and the main subject is in between those, and is the only thing in focus. An example would be a crowd of people, where one in the middle is in focus and all others are not.I doubt that I will buy a 1.8 to add to my 1.4, unless the 1.8 is good for applications a 1.4 can't do.One lens I really, really want is an 18mm AI-S. It comes to around $750cdn, with shipping from Japan. The listing just ended on eBay, but the seller is waiting for me to say if I am going to buy it or not. I guess I should read some reviews before I decide. I know I won't get the peripheral sharpness and quality (lack of distortion) of the Holy Grail, but that's an unreasonable standard. Maybe my daughter will one day enjoy the quality of the 13mm in a wide angle lens.... when I'm 80 and can no longer use an SLR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retro, post: 434375, member: 37517"] I've already purchased the 1.4, so I'm just waiting for it to arrive from Japan. I want to concentrate a lot on wide angle photography (always rectilinear), but I would consider 'normal' an important part of that interest (I was going to say focus). I don't know all the terms for types of photography, but one that I really like, and want to do a lot of is where there is a foreground subject and a background, and the main subject is in between those, and is the only thing in focus. An example would be a crowd of people, where one in the middle is in focus and all others are not. I doubt that I will buy a 1.8 to add to my 1.4, unless the 1.8 is good for applications a 1.4 can't do. One lens I really, [I]really[/I] want is an 18mm AI-S. It comes to around $750cdn, with shipping from Japan. The listing just ended on eBay, but the seller is waiting for me to say if I am going to buy it or not. I guess I should read some reviews before I decide. I know I won't get the peripheral sharpness and quality (lack of distortion) of the Holy Grail, but that's an unreasonable standard. Maybe my daughter will one day enjoy the quality of the 13mm in a wide angle lens.... when I'm 80 and can no longer use an SLR. [/QUOTE]

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