LOL Ian, I just saw that you have D50 as well, so there you go, try the settings as I've set out, they work for me
Yes, my last acquisition was the 50mm 1.8 ... LOVE IT! Fab for portraits as it = 75mm focal length on DSLR, which is ideal. It gives great colour, nice + sharp, fab for low light - you can take good pic's indoors without needing flash. I haven't bothered with a flash unit either. Get the 50mm 1.8