4) "After" Photoshop Curves adjustment, minor Levels adjustment and turned up Hue Saturation. Digital reflex cameras at these price range don't have the best white point, so, don't blow out your highlights with your adjustments. Also, used the Dodge tool in highlight mode on the lens, to perk up the contrast. The 50mm lens with 1.8f is the best lens you can buy for these cameras. If you're shooting with a lens with a 3.5f or greater you're shooting yourself in the foot. The glass are not very good on these lenses, especially on the zoom lenses. They try to compensate for glass' blurriness by darkening the aperture to 3.5f. It sharpens the image and it does work, but, it's not the same as a lens that has a faster aperture and better glass, it just always better. These 1.8f lens are cheap and common on eBay or used because people want the functionality of the cheap zoom lenses, hehe. This is the best lens you'll ever own, and on the Nikon, Cannon, Minolta and Kodak digital reflex (note new hi end Canon and Kodak has gone "full frame" image sensors), the 50mm lens are really about 80mm beacause of the image sensor is cropped in, as you know 80mm is the best for potraits and is has no distortions. The 2.8f fixed or zoom lenses are great also, a zoom lens at 2.8f will cost you more than the camera, but well worth it for the pros. Buy a great camera put on a cheap lens, you have a cheap camera. But a cheap camera can be a great camera if it has a great lens.