I have one of their 3.0's and it takes descent pic's but the flash is only good for about 15' and the area I was trying to cover, it just was not working out. I replaced it with a D-40 and have had better luck with the flash about 25'. As for the quality, your 1.8 takes better pic's than the 3.0, however I still use it, I just put it in a place that didn't need as much flash.....Congrats on the camera and all the pic's....