On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
My experience is that pretty much all of the 1st party 50/1.4's are weak wide open. The FA's probably the best of the lot, but it's weak until f2, the Canon is very bad, the old Nikon 50/1.4 is mediocre, the new version is somewhat better but still not what you'd call sharp until f2.8. If you want wide-open performance the Sigma 50/1.4 will simply destroy any of the non-exotic 1st party options, its aspherical element increases performance at wide apertures by a very noticeable amount.
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