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JohnDizzo15 wrote:
I'd say that at or very near wide open, it has it's own look. Not 100% sure of what type of comparison you were looking for specifically. So I'll go the simple route for now by ranking them in order of preference and perhaps adding a blurb about each.
The Sigma Art and Canon are tied for first place with me as far as general look and usability goes.
1. Sigma Art 50/1.4 - Very sharp. Great isolation and microcontrast. Bokeh pretty good. Functionally worked very well on the Sony bodies I have had. Even better now since there is eye-AF in green mode on the A9 with it.
Canon 50/1.2 - My favorite overall for look and usability (just doesn't AF outside of central portion of the frame). The copies I've had have been very usably sharp at 1.2. Great subject isolation and general rendering. Also loved the flare handling on it
2.Sony FE 50/1.8 - Oddly my favorite general use lens for the A9. I love the rendering and images I get out of it. It focuses quickly in all modes including eye-AF. It is also super light and compact.
3. 7Artisans 50/1.1 - My favorite of the MF 50s that I now own. Has its own look wide open. Handles flare like a champ by maintaining decent color and general rendering even with the soft haze. Bonus is that I get some AF with the TAP. It's also about the size of most of my old 50/1.4 lenses which is great.
4. Contax N 50/1.4 w/ Conurus Canon AF mod - AF works really well with the A7R2 and A9. Pretty decent microcontrast. Somewhat cateye but interestingly swirly bokeh. Busy for some people but interesting to me. Soft at 1.4 but gets decently pretty quickly when stopping down.
5. Mitakon 50/0.95 - Best isolation of them all. Interesting flare that some people seem to like but is not really my cup of tea. MF ring works great but still not easy to get a high hit rate wide open. Similarly soft wide open like the 7Artisans but still usable. Significantly heavier and larger than the 7A and doesn't have a way to achieve AF.
6. Zenitar ME-1 50-1.7 - has two-bladed aperture for square bokeh when stopped down. Wide open, it is already pretty sharp. But the whole point of the lens is the square bokeh. lol.
7. Various Helios 58/2.0s - 44-M4 is my favorite of the bunch since it strikes a good balance of swirly bokeh yet usably sharp wide open. Also a bonus that it can AF via TAP.
8. All of the other M42 screw mount lenses - takumars, mamiya sekor, porst, rikenon, etc seem to have a pretty similar look not worth mentioning individually for my personal tastes.
These are just quick thoughts off the top of my head. There's obviously a lot more to it. But there aren't that many hours in the day.
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Thanks... this is a great summary. I agree with you on the Canon 50L which I owned during my Canon days and the Sony lens these days (I actually have the FE 55 though) so I'm pretty sure I have similar taste to you when it comes to 50mm lenses.
I've been looking for an interesting character 50mm lens for awhile. I actually purchased the Mitakon but returned it... I found it very difficult to focus manually and it was way too heavy to pack around. Hence, I like the sounds of this 7Artisans lens with the TAP. I've ordered this combo and will try it out. It will be largely for family candids and portraits like you've been using it. With the a7RIII I also have on order, I'm hoping it's focus performance is good.
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