Its relative softness 1.8 makes it good for portraits.
And as soon as one closes at f8, the optical solves VERY well, making it the ideal companion for a panoramic aimed Hother resolution (20 views covering a horizontal field of 100 °, in 2 rows of 10).
The only optical SLR market that would surpérieure it would Zeiss manual focus, we know the price ...
Summary: If your housing is motorized (F80, F100, D80, D90, D200, D300 and beyond), it's five stars deserved, go (and I'm not a fan Nikon ...)
For non-motorized enclosures, it remains the AFS 1.4 but the price is affected. At worst, looking AIS, but no AF 60 euros on occasion (-: