Originally posted by Na Horuk So big! Compare that to the FA 50mm f1.4 or DA 50mm f1.8.. what a giant! Hope it makes lots of sharpness-seekers happy
My expectation would be that this lens would be sharper than either of those lenses, have weather sealing, faster (and silent) auto focus, less vignetting, and obviously quick shift capability. Whether that is worth an extra 800 dollars probably depends on the photographer.
The bigger question in my mind is going to be the comparison between it and the DA *55 which has weather sealing and quick shift, but has fairly slow auto focus, quite a bit of vignetting on full frame and is a little weak on the edges wide open.