I really appreciated how you noticed and discussed the bokeh artifacts. I bought a used version of the lens a few months ago,
noticed the bokeh artifacts, and ended up returning the lens because I thought that meant the lens was broken. If I'd known this was normal, I probably would have kept it. Oh well, I'll just have to look for another copy.
Two very minor things. I would have appreciated a comparison between the 40mm Limited, the 40mm XS, the 43mm Limited, and maybe the 35mms as well. The main reason I read reviews is to decide which of a handful of similar lenses I should buy, and that sort of comparison would help with that.
The other thing is that I find 40mm to be kind of an odd focal length, and I'm not really sure what it's useful for-- a brief discussion of that would have helped me, unless I missed it...