I found some time today to cut/file into the aperture ring of the 50/2 'HC' that I bought last week.
I took some boring images today from the same tripod position using the 'H' and 'HC' variants.
I am not one for detailed lens comparisons but the 'HC' does show better contrast and colour that the 'H' when imported into LR using the same settings. However, I can achieve just about the same effect from the 'H' by twiddling a few sliders in LR.
Either way, both lenses punch way beyond their weight. After getting the 50/2 H a few years ago I immediately sold my D and G variants. No contest.
What the 'HC' gains in full spectrum, it will probably lose in infrared. I have a comparison set of IR images too but have yet to download and compare.
