Closest thing to a Nifty Fifty for a D40?

[Foggy]

I really want a good portrait lens for my D40 - something with a nice wide aperture for shallow DoF (with good bokeh) that isnt a ridiculous price. Other than buying a 50 and manually focusing, are there any decent options?

 

[SimonTALM]

There's not many

Sigma do a 18-50mm f2.8 with a HSM (so suitable for the D40) - £329 from Express Warehouse, only suitable for the crop cameras and it's not the cheapest but it is about £500 cheaper than the Nikon equivalent 17-55 f2.8

 

[alexisonfire]

Sigma 30mm f1.4 HSM springs to mind. Might be a bit short for portrait work though.

 

[Joe T]

Sigma 30mm f1.4 HSM springs to mind. Might be a bit short for portrait work though.

 

[Messiah Khan]

Sigma 30mm f1.4 HSM springs to mind. Might be a bit short for portrait work though.

Strokes Sigma 20mm f1.4 on D40X. The Bokeh is great and although you do have to get quite close to the subject for portrait photography, its still perfectly usable.