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Improved sharpness: no. Improved color, contrast, bokeh, build quality, IQ, etc: yes. Worth the price: depends on your needs. My 50 1.2 has been to Canon twice and come back with the same quirks, which I have learned to work around. Focus issues for me fall at between f/2.8 to f/5.6 when shooting at close distances (less than 6-8 ft) -- both wide open and stopped down performance are great. The problem is that it shifts the plane of focus very slightly and the result is apparent misfocus while in those certain conditions. Using focal points rather than focus-recompose technique significantly will improve outcome -- you are dealing with very fine depths of field.
For me, I shoot concerts and clubs in ultra-low-light conditions. I routinely shoot at 1.2 to 2.0. Performance of my old 50 1.4 was OK, but did not compare at those apertures... otherwise, it was a fantastic lens and could almost hold its own against the 50L. Again... color, contrast, and bokeh, build quality, etc withstanding.
Hope that helps! I'm not sure if it will, but I do find the new 50L a very useful tool in my bag.. enough so for my purposes that I sold my otherwise excellent copy of the 50 1.4.
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