The new-to-me 55mm f/3.5 arrived yesterday. I wanted to give it a test run today, compare it to my old 50mm f/1.4. Of course we got a bit of snow last night so all of today's pics are snowy. I did only one shot with the 50mm to compare to the 55mm (both at f/4), but then didn't feel like standing around in the cold swapping lenses. So all the rest were shot with the 55mm and there is no real comparison yet. From that one shot I'd say the 55 was marginally sharper but I didn't spend much time setting it up. The 55 may produce more subtle shading than I expected but in such bright light I'm not sure how much was the camera's treatment. After all that, here are some pics from today.
