Current favorite:
M 50mm F/1.7
Reason:
- Sharpness: This lens is sharp sharp sharp....sharp. Wide open it rivals any lens, including my macro which is regarded as taking pictures nearly to sharp for the human eyes to handle
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- Speed: This lens is moderately fast.... I don't shoot low light so its just about perfect *for me*. I enjoy the creativity enabled to me by the shallow DOF.
- Special something: This lens makes an ordinary picture extraordinary. It has that certain magic that I can't find in any other lens to date. I'm hoping the M 85mm will have some similar fairy dust sprinkled on it
- size: It may not be a pancake lens, but man is this thing compact!
- MF: I shoot manual focus almost exclusively, so I enjoy having a lens with a silky smooth focusing ring. It truly is a joy to use.
- Price: This lens in nearly mint condition cost me $30... nuff said