DavidBM wrote:
genji wrote
http://d1u92k3d1w68j5.cloudfront.net/photos/couples/jd-20180911-171817-2201-a7rIIIb-copy01-w980bc.jpg Wow. Paid for itself already. Of the course the image would have been great without that pop and contrast, but nonetheless...
To be honest, I bought it on Wednesday afternoon after seeing your copy at lunch and it had pretty much paid for itself by the following Sunday. The proportion of accurately focused pictures has soared, compared to what I was getting with the Planar ZA 50/1.4 SSM (whose rendering I adore).
I've been meaning to text you to say that the next five lunches are on me since I'd always dismissed the Planar FE 50/1.4 as being too big and too heavy to even consider. I realise now that what I really wanted/needed (heheh) was a lens that combined the AF speed of the Sonnar FE 55/1.8 with the rendering of the Planar ZA 50/1.4 SSM. The size and weight are a penalty that I'm happy to bear.