Originally posted by rjg Guys, thanks for the additional information!
You're welcome. We need to 'help' each other.
Quote: Are there any lenses that are current that I should consider? I have a $400 gift certificate to Amazon and I don't mind adding a bit of money too..
Since you really don't know what your 'style' is yet, and you have 400 bucks, and assuming you have the kit lens (18-55) already, my recommendation to you would be to get the second half of the kit (DA50-200) and the FA50/1.4 lens. Together, it will be a little over than 400, but not by much.
With such a kit, you will have from 18mm to 200mm covered in two fairly decent lenses and have a pretty fast lens for interior, flashless opportunities. You'll be pretty well set up until that day when your abilities surpass the capabilities of your DL.