I love wandering around at night. I also love taking photographs. Combining the two is tricky. The light is low, and it's way too cumbersome to walk around with a tripod. Also, most of the people wandering around at that time of night are drunk and/or violent. Some of those people want to punch you or steal your camera.

All of which is why I got myself a 50mm f1.8 lens. It's much smaller than the lens I normally use, making getaways that much easier. The smaller profile also calls less attention to itself while I'm shooting that college kid barfing all over his girlfriend outside the Twins. The large aperture is great for low light situations. Plus, the lens is relatively inexpensive, so if and when some tweaker decides to karate kick me in the face, I won't be out so much when he cracks my glass all meth-ninja style.

Me likey.