Originally posted by The View 1. Which prime would you recommend? A manual? Autofocus?
Personal taste. kind of depends on how good you are at getting your focus right when you use manual focus. I think the MF ones a bit easier to got hold of too and should be cheaper
Originally posted by The View 2. I currently have the kit lens and wonder how much I could gain in quality.
An older prime will usually be made out of metal, so build quality will be miles ahead of the kit lens. You will also get a faster max aperture so you can shoot in lower light. And the quality of the prime will be better than the kit lens too.
Originally posted by The View 3. Where would you buy it: e-bay or craigslist?
I would keep as far away from cragslist as possible. Ive heard of some pretty bad experiences with it. Not that ebay is any better.
Try posting in the wanted section of the market place here. I think someone has a few spare copies of the 50mm (something like 10 from memory)