Sooo, FF *does* make a huge difference from a crop body.
Especially with this lens, on my FF bodies, I want to say EVERYTHING blooms/glows/halos at f1.2
I have deliberately not used either of my FF bodies, using just the FujiFilm X-E1.
I like it.
FINALLY, got a "dreamy" style rendering from the below combination.
FujiFilm X-E1 and Minolta MC Rokkor-X 58/1.2, 12mm Kenko tube :
It is sharp wide open,a tad sharper than 58/1.2 and has pleasant rendering in f2-f4 region,though in contrasty lighting bokeh may be not as smooth as the one from the 58/1.2.Compared to MC Rokkor PG 50/1.4 the lens tends to show visible CA in corners,even at f5.6.Colours are rich and bright.
there the difference between 50 and 58 are not so huge ..
but this year i noticed, that on NEX + speed booster I do not like the 50mm 1.2 - up to now i do not understand, why. it is somehow not sharp in the corners, has strong vignetting (ugly, only in the very corners) .. don't know, need to test.
redisburning wrote:
how many 50/1.2 owners do we have here? I am contemplating the purchase of one.
I expect that it is a bit sharper but with less pleasant rendering in the f2-f4 region? perhaps the same wacky behavior wide open, as well?
i owned it for a little over a year prior to buying my current crop of f/1.2 lenses. i really miss it but would always choose the 58/1.2 over it if forced to choose. it has a very different wide open look, with funkier bokeh. it is also higher contrast and sharper with more noticeable CA and loCA. stopped down to f/2-f/4 i was always extremely bothered by the hexagons it produced. it is quite compact for an f/1.2.
sebboh wrote:
i owned it for a little over a year prior to buying my current crop of f/1.2 lenses. i really miss it but would always choose the 58/1.2 over it if forced to choose. it has a very different wide open look, with funkier bokeh. it is also higher contrast and sharper with more noticeable CA and loCA. stopped down to f/2-f/4 i was always extremely bothered by the hexagons it produced. it is quite compact for an f/1.2.
why did you sell your 58/1.2?
I only shoot film & hated the minolta cameras. The lens was good but I have the ZM 50 planar and I like the Leica bodies a lot so I wasn't using it.
I have basically accepted that ~50mm is really all I want to shoot and I just sold my 35 biogon. I have been looking at options for getting something a bit less expensive and putting the balance in the bank. I was looking at the ZF 50P and the 50MP on something like an F3 but hey, I saw a decent price on a 50/1.2 and may purchase it.
, all wide open: