Be careful, there are at least two SC 50/1.4, the older one I had was
with S/N 3xx,xxx silver nose. It is true, this is a dog wide open
specially for medium subject distance. It performed very well at f2.8
although not as good as the latest MC.
I have another SC with S/N 5xx,xxx and black nose, it performs very
well and seem to have the same design as my 1,100,000 as both have
same diameter front and rear element and same weight. I also had a
8xx,xxx MC which is poorer than all 50/1.4 I have except the silver
nose one. All the 50/1.4 I compared were in great shape and very
clean.
C.H.Ling
Ray Moth wrote:
>
> Welcome to the list, David. I would only add one thing to what's
> already been said, and that is that the single-coated version of the
> 50/1.4 is a dog. Its resolution at f/1.4 is so poor it makes accurate
> focussing impossible. You can get acceptable results at medium to long
> distances with smaller apertures like f/8 (big deal), but for close
> focusing wide open, forget it. Any version of the f/1.8 lens is far
> superior.
>
> End of rant.
>
> Regards,
>
> =====
> Ray
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