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Hi Mate,
I just picked up the 35mm f/1.8 last week. I'm afraid I haven't been able to get out and give it a proper workout to get any decent pics yet, but just playing around the house in low light, then lens is awesome! You just wont get the same speed out of a kit lens!!!
I also have the 50mm f/1.8 (There's no way my wife would let me fork for the 1.4 - it's ~$800 here!) and even with the manual focus on my D60 it's an awesome lens. You'll love the 1.4! The tighter crop makes it a bit too close for anywhere you don't have heaps of room though.
Kirbinster - The OP wants the 1.4 because it does autofocus on his/her body. The 1.8 doesn't not autofocus on D40s or D60s. (I know, I have the D60 and the 1.8). Also, the sharpness and speed are far superior on the small primes compared to a kit lens.
See the attachments for examples of kit -vs- prime. I just picked up my D60, set it to aperture priority, put the kit lens on set to ~50mm and hit go (the largest the aperture could go on the kit lens at 50mm is ~5.5). Then swapped to the 50mm f/1.8 manually focused and got the next pic. The benefit of a fast prime is fairly obvious!
BTW - it's 6 in the morning here and my lounge is quite dimly lit.
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