She had recommended this for doing shots of my new baby daughter.

Additionally though, it can also take great landscape shots

Crisp n clear shots

I get some pretty sharp shots with it

would recommend to buy.. makes great shots and functions well.

I've played with aperture, and have gotten some great shots with other lenses, but this lens makes it virtually impossible to not get a clear shot with a blurred background - exactly as expected.

Takes great shots at night in very low light situations.

If you own the D7000 and like beautiful portrait shots, or simply want to capture fast actions from the kids, I highly recommend getting this lens to accompany your kit lens

My wife loves this and now gets great head shots.

This may just be my issue or a defect, but shots tend to come out overexposed

Greater quality photos than I got before, much faster to get just the right shots, great in low

Love the shots I can get with this lens

so I am learning how to really frame my shots with this one, but worth every penny

I am not a serious photographer just yet but have had some great shots with this lens

The f/1.4 DOES have much better glass in it and produces sharper and richer images than this one, but for casual shooting and fun creative shots this lens does just fine.

As a new comer to photography, this has been a great lens to play around with and get shot nice shots

It can take beautiful shots

I love the "softness" I am able to capture with this lens, and think that it makes my shots of my children look particularly good.

LOLFor some reason this lens doesn't play nicely with P-Auto but takes amazing manual shots

Nice shots

It works great and allows good shots in low light for concert photography.

I've gotten some amazing shots with it

I've had to dump all my close up shots when I first started using this lens

Much to my delight I ended up with about 20 really great shots, and when posted to Facebook my friends and family asked: "So who took them

I am definitely not a professional photographer, but this lens has such wonderful bokeh it makes my shots look great in sunlight.

Now, I'm going back my own Canon and get some great shots, too.

wonderful, beautiful shots

Takes great clear shots.

Low light shots are superb

It's fixed focus, but if you can move, you can get great shots.

Two, the f1.8 maximum aperture means you can take nicer shots in dim light without resorting to flash - and that maximum aperture means you can also have "narrow depth of field" - the fancy way of saying that your subject will be in sharp focus while the background is all blurred out - great for professional looking portraits

while I love the flexibility of zooming in and out, some of my best shots have been taken with this 50mm.

It takes great shots

The f/1.4 will take amazing shots, of course, but for the price gap, you will probably be more than satisfied with the f/1.8.I've found that this lens (on a D610) reproduces colors amazingly well

This lens is a stellar choice for those closeup shots where you want to capture detailed expressions.

The shots have been coming out much crisper.

Gorgeous shots!

and I can get the most beautiful shots, with the main object in focus and background blurry

I shoot a lot of indoor sports and this lens allows me to get great shots.

It focuses well and gets great shots.

In fact, this has become my "go to" lens for taking shots of my family, whether they be more formal posed photos or (my personal favorite) more candid shots.

Moving on up to F10, I got some amazingly sharp shots.

Worth every penny - takes incredible shots in the right hands (not saying those would be my hands either).

I've taken some really great shots with this lens.

I'm sure it will occasionally be a downside, but I see more chances where I'll want that closer perspective (especially since I'm planning on using this for more intimate shots of people and things), and might not be able to move my feet to get it

The lens focuses very quickly so you can grab faster shots than a telephoto.

It has produced some great shots on my

I don't get great shots every time, because the focus wants to go to the furthest point in the shot,(learning curve for me) and she isn't always the furthest!

I love this lens, the shots come out looking beautiful, the bokeh looks great