I just received the new 50mm f/1.2 SE and it overall feels very much like my previous and beloved 40mm f/1.2 did. A bit slimmer and lighter. But the weight difference is negligible. To me the biggest gripe with the old ones was that they were a bit on the "thick" side. Never ever used the clickless thingy. The new slim SE feels nice even if I liked the ring texture more on the old one.
Damn this is one sexy lens.
My copy seems to have hard stop at infinity. Although no great vistas here I could confirm that with. As I'm lookibg at my earlier pics with 40mm Nokton, it seems that the 50mm has a little bit more glow wide open near MFD, but when the subject is at 2m or beyond, it seems to sharpen up even more than the 40mm did. Very nice and sharp with smooth rendering. So far, I'm loving what I'm seeing. I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy shooting with this baby.
I just received the new 50mm f/1.2 SE and it overall feels very much like my previous and beloved 40mm f/1.2 did. A bit slimmer and lighter. But the weight difference is negligible. To me the biggest gripe with the old ones was that they were a bit on the "thick" side. Never ever used the clickless thingy. The new slim SE feels nice even if I liked the ring texture more on the old one.
Damn this is one sexy lens.
My copy seems to have hard stop at infinity. Although no great vistas here I could confirm that with. As I'm look at my earlier pics with 40mm Nokton, it seems that the 50mm has a little bit more glow wide open near MFD, but when the subject is at 2m or beoynd, it seems to sharpen up even more than the 40mm did. Very nice and sharp with smooth rendering. So far, I'm loving what I'm seeing. I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy shooting with this baby.
I just received the new 50mm f/1.2 SE and it overall feels very much like my previous and beloved 40mm f/1.2 did. A bit slimmer and lighter. But the weight difference is negligible. To me the biggest gripe with the old ones was that they were a bit on the "thick" side. Never ever used the clickless thingy. The new slim SE feels nice even if I liked the ring texture more on the old one.
Damn this is one sexy lens.
My copy seems to have stop at infinity. Although no great vistas here I could confirm that with. As I'm look at my earlier pics with 40mm Nokton, it seems that the 50mm has a little bit more glow wide open near MFD, but when the subject is at 2m or beoynd, it seems to sharpen up even more than the 40mm did. Very nice and sharp with smooth rendering. So far, I'm loving what I'm seeing. I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy shooting with this baby.
