A few shots wide open, using the manual focus ED version. I bought it in Tokyo, so I cherish it particularly. #3 and #4 are from Hibiya park, Tokyo - homeless people at daytime and after business hours lovers (just getting things started) at night time.
Bokeh may be slightly less nice than the 105/2.5's, but still very pleasant. Similar to the 105/2.5, the slight loss of sharpness at 2.8 compared to 4.0 is no hindrance.
wow, those are clean pictures!
i am glad that you liked it as much as I do because I find that this lens lost it's popularity somewhat when the 80-200 f/2.8 came out
in fact, they were selling for bargain prices before until mirrorless came into the picture. by the way, which shop did you buy it from if it's ok to ask.
my sample is plenty sharp! there is a smear of CA here and there but it is totally negligible and I would even dare say that it adds to the organic look of the image. I do find that the images tend to be too sharp and thankfully, my subject has young, soft, clear, smooth and beautiful skin!!! What I am most impressed with is sharpness wide-open is very good even if you approach the edges
