Thanks for this thread!

I bought mine some time ago, I use a Nikon D3000 and a Nikkor 50mm lens 1.8D. Now it is my main lens, I use it for everything because the quality of the light and focus is superior to any other.

I use it all the time, for all kinds of subjects, playing with all the settings. The lens is auto focus, although I use manual focus because I love it and often I get better results, as I always liked it.

Here is a pic of Byron, our male cockatiel, taken with it. Soon I will post a close view, so you can appreciate more the focus. See the blurred wall, that was only some centimeters away. I opened it to 2.2 for this.