Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Great lens, but cheaper elsewhere...

This is by far a great prime lens for folks starting out. With a prime you can focus on the rest of the key elements to photography (namely lighting and focus) instead of worrying about cropping. With a film SLR, this lens shoots what the human eyes can see (no wide angle nor tele zoom) plus the bokah is really good on this one (bokah is the out-of-focus quality, great for all kinds of photos).The negative side is that even at new, the prices here are way more than you need to pay. One could buy one of these lens for under $300 new from more reputable online stores.