Quote Originally Posted by catch21 View Post
By way of example, this very lens on SC at £110 today:

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...on-35mm-f-1-8G

and reviewed by Ken Rockwell here:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/35mm-f18.htm

produced this shot with amazing edge to edge clarity:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d53...s/DSC_0252.JPG

Coupled with a camera that was advertised a few days ago at £65 here:

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...0-with-a-story

would have been a good start...

I'm not a Nikon fanboy, I just have a Nikon system and am reasonably familiar with the possibilities.
I think an afternoon with some nikon's may be in order just to definitely rule them out.