HelenaN wrote: rscheffler wrote:
Thanks! I was just curious because the lens looks really good for such close distances at wide apertures. Other fast 50s tend to dissolve into a sea of spherical aberrations (can also be nice if used to good effect).
Yes, it's impressively sharp and clear wide open even at close distance. Stopping down is just about DoF. Most of my other lenses have "glow" wide open at close focus. Like you said it can be a nice effect, but it's nice to also have a lens which doesn't.
I find the 50/1 incredibly versatile. It can easily handle everything I like to shoot. Besides everything else: On my Sony it is sharp all the way to the corners at f/5.6, so it's great for landscapes too. Also, it has the shortest DoF of all my lenses even when used at the same apertures.
Very happy with this lens.
This is what's so great about this lens – it's exceptionally sharp at f/1 at the point of focus no matter where the point of focus is in the frame.
For landscape:
– At f/1 through f/2.8: infinity focus is at the hard stop on a correctly-calibrated M rangefinder. The image is centrally very sharp at infinity and naturally fades softer to the edge.
– From f/4 to f/8: infinity focus in the center of the frame is before the hard stop (otherwise you will have sharp edges and a softer center). If you use a rangefinder M and are not using the EVF, you will want to have previously learned the exact spot to focus the lens for f/8 by observing where the center line is in relation to the infinity symbol. Focused well, the image will be sharp everywhere at infinity except for a small area of slight softness in the midzone (apparent only with highly-detailed subject + 60mp resolution of the M11 + high magnification viewing).
