Reminds me of a friend,(Norman) whose wife, many years ago, was always complaining of the money and time he spent on his "'tography", so he sat her down one day and told her he really wanted her to understand what he was doing, and presented her with one of his old, totally manual slrs ( there being no dslrs in those days), some rolls of film, an old exposure meter, and a set of Adams' classic books. She was duly touched by his thoughtfulness, teared up a little, kissed him, and went off to read-up on how to become a photographer.

And the next morning he went out-of-town on business.

When he returned a few days later his wife was furious! She screamed at him "Norman, How do you ever expect one to comprehend all this technical gobblygook and blather...There's no enjoyment in this...it's all one big headache...If I never lay my hands on a camera again it will be too soon! How you can spend your time on this stuff I'll never understand!"

...and he quietly replied: "Now see? And here all along you thought I was having a good time! Darling, It just keeps me out of the bars and away from other women!"

...and supposedly, she never complained again about his 'tography habit"

Dave

...I have had cameras most of my adult life dating back to Viet Nam. Never anything very serious just good quality Minolta film stuff for family pictures. In 2001 I acquired a Dimage 7I, and used it until 2009 when I got a D40, then came a D5100 and just recently I picked up a used D7000. I now have a couple of FX lens to use on the 7000...one of which is a Nikon "Series E" 50mm f2.8. Long story short I put it on my D5100 body switched it to manual and I am having a ball taking pictures. I am thinking of purchasing a couple more Series E lenses to play with before investing a lot of $$$ in current FX lens. What is your opinion of the Series E Lenses and which ones are worth buying...would a light meter be something I should get if I am going to really get into using manual on my cameras.

Thanks in Advance