I'm pretty new to photography, really just getting a DSLR when my daughter was born 2 years ago, so haven't had any experience of fixed focal lengths in the past.

However, after buying an old OM10 with a 50mm prime, I was hooked. I really liked the simplicity of it and the fact that it made me work a bit harder to get the shot I wanted.

I eventually sold the OM10, but since then I've bought a few Canon EOS film bodies, the lens I mainly use on them is the 50mm f/1.8 (even though I have a Tele Zoom and a 19-33mm Zoom).

I've also got the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for my Olympus, and I love it.

I think the appeal of my primes is the simplicity of a fixed focal lengh and the speed of the lenses (both the f/1.4 and f/1.8).