There is some halation at 1.4, but it is basically gone at 1.6. Overall it is very usable at or near wide open as most of these photos suggest. I think most reviewers pixel peep a little too much.
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suyenfung Senior Member 763 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Canton, OH More info | Mar 02, 2007 23:09 | #317 IMG NOTICE: [NOT AN IMAGE URL, NOT RENDERED INLINE] wide open, no sharpening. cleveland ohio wedding photographer
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Mullins Member  195 posts Joined Dec 2006 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida More info | I want! After the 580ex the 50mm 1.4 is next!!! 30d|Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 | Sigma 10-20mm | Sigma 30mm 1.4 with a squeaky HSM that even sigma cant fix...| 580EX | 24-105 f/4L IS | Taking donations for L's|And a new gambling addiction!
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peatoire Goldmember  1,084 posts Likes: 4 Joined Nov 2005 Location: Nottingham (Home of Robbing Hoods) More info | Mar 03, 2007 04:09 | #319 sr005 wrote in post #2804946  I really want to buy this lens, but all the reviews I've read say and show that f/1.4 has worthless MTF. Your really getting f/2 - 2.8 with this lens, so they say. These images certainly show otherwise. I love these images and I'd really like to own this lens. I'm shooting with an xTi. Mabye that would be the problem?? Digic II and all. It can be soft wide open depending on where your subject is but you can get good results from it if the subject is near, TBH I usually stop down to 1.8 where there are no problems at all, stop down a little further and it's truly razor sharp. 5D & Grip, 17-40 f4, 70-200 f2.8 IS, 50mm 1.4, 85mm1.2 580EX 430EX II, Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Macro. Rickety tripod.
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blackviolet Goldmember  1,313 posts Likes: 4 Joined Apr 2004 Location: sydney, au (now in singapore for a few years) More info | Mar 07, 2007 07:51 | #320
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ericgtr Senior Member  508 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR More info | Mar 07, 2007 10:05 | #321 I believe this was taken at 1.4
BTW, there are some wonderful photos in this thread! EOS 350D
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chatreez Member 42 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN More info | Mar 07, 2007 10:18 | #322
50mm 1.4 is my first lens on my first (and only) DSLR.  ---------------
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nburwell Goldmember  1,265 posts Likes: 11 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE More info | Mar 09, 2007 12:06 | #323 I just upgraded to this lens from the 50/1.8. I'm really liking it so far.
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Jarrad Senior Member  801 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: B.C., Canada More info | Mar 15, 2007 20:20 | #324
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Rumrunner Goldmember  1,865 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas More info | Mar 16, 2007 09:12 | #325 My daughter turning two... 
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splitfyre Senior Member 587 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: West Coast of Canada More info | Mar 16, 2007 10:17 | #326 Can a lens be too sharp? I've seen at f3.5-5.6 that this lens is so sharp that it shows too much detail. This is especially true for my field of photography as I do glamour/creative and find that I have to soften faces a little bit. Trying to get to the point where I'm doing very little PP. Digital: Canon 5D2,5Dc,40D
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rayck Junior Member 20 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: SF, CA More info | My first post with my new 50/1.4 lens  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Canon Rebel XT
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Rumrunner Goldmember 1,865 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas More info | Mar 18, 2007 17:25 | #328 |
echo Goldmember  1,964 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2005 Location: A recording studio somewhere in the UK or USA More info | Mar 21, 2007 19:19 | #329  Not super sharp but was shot hand held at 1/30th at f/1.4 Mike http://www.RecordProduction.com
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sonnyc Cream of the Crop 5,175 posts Likes: 36 Joined Jun 2005 Location: san jose More info | Mar 21, 2007 22:02 | #330 splitfyre wrote in post #2881051 Can a lens be too sharp? I've seen at f3.5-5.6 that this lens is so sharp that it shows too much detail. This is especially true for my field of photography as I do glamour/creative and find that I have to soften faces a little bit. Trying to get to the point where I'm doing very little PP. Yes, sometime it can soo sharp. I took a pic of my niece and since she's a teenager at the stage of Pro-Active-ness, it really showed every pores. Not very flattening at all.
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