So for only $147 CAD, I picked up my first fast prime lens and corresponding adapter from EBay. It's an old Canon FD manual focus 50mm f/1.8. Some pretty historic stuff huh. The lens itself only cost me around $40 shipped. The Four-Thirds system's 2x crop factor means that this lens will give me an equivalent 100mm focal length.

It's quite a bargain, considering that the only native fast prime available for m4/3 right now is Olympus' 17mm f/2.8 pancake lens, which goes for over $350 CAD.

Not to mention that I've just opened up a new (old) world of legacy Canon FD lenses to myself.

I shipped the purchases to my Canadian address, so there's a good chance I won't get to try out the lens till I get back at the end of August. But if I'm lucky and the items arrive within the next week, then I might ask my mom to bring them up to Singapore with her when she comes to visit next week.

Either way, I'm excited to give this lens a run for my money in low-light conditions. f/1.8 is a lot faster than my current kit lens, which starts at only f/3.5. And it's a full two stops faster than my point and shoot's f/2.8 lens.

Part of me wishes I could have picked up the 50mm f/1.4, but I have a feeling that that auction would have ramped up in price near the end. On KEH.com, I see that the f/1.4 is often more than double the price of the f/1.8.

Though, with the purchase of this, I may have to hold off a bit longer before I can pick up the Lumix G Vario 45-200mm kit zoom. (I don't think I will pick up a cheaper manual focus Canon FD zoom in this case).