Oh, I agree with all that, there is no question the 1.2 is a great lens.
I'm a price/performance kind of guy and the difference in performance
between a good 1.4 and the 1.2 are hard to justify the big difference in
price. Now, I'm not a very good guy to talk, since I own them both.
Tom
> >Personally, I think the 1.2 is too expensive. I have one and will
probably
> >sell it. The difference in price between a good 1.4 with a serial number
> >1M
> >and the 1.2 isn't justified in the difference in maximum aperture.
> >
>
> It costs about the same or less than the Nikon version. It appears to be
the
> best 50mm lens ever made, based on comments from owners and from test
data.
> The center and corner resolution and contrast are very high and closer to
> being the same across all f stops than any other 50mm lens that I'm aware
> of. I think it's a deal myself.
>
> Be seeing you.
>
> Dirk Wright
>
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