uscmatt99 wrote:
This reminds me of the performance of the CV 35/1.2 outside the center of the frame when shot wide open. As Ron said, lots of spherical abberation with this lens, makes it difficult to nail focus even with aids. I think you\'d find the CV 40/2 SL-II much easier to focus wide open, but you\'ll lose the overall rendering characteristics provided by the SA in the out of focus areas.
I owned the 40/2 CV SL-II back in my Nikon DX days - it was an excellent lens and I sold it at the time to afford my D700 - should not have done that.
For me the 40/1.4 was bought because:
- It\'s really small in VM mount - sticks out much less than the 40/2 CV will with a Nikon to E adapter
- I can shoot it at f/2 or above to get over the wide open SA, etc., but have f/1.4 available when needed
- It shares the VM mount of with my 15/4.5-III
I\'ll admit I have hot used mine all that much, but will so in the near future. Mechanically it is a beauty!
