..And the charts are back up - with significantly sharper results in the center. I'd say that the Makro-Planar 2/50 still soundly trounce the comparable EF lenses in the corners at f/2.


It depends on the priorities, I guess - EF 50/1.2L is optimized for performance wide open, EF 50/1.4 has a large aperture and fantastic performance stopped down, at an attractive price point, and Makro-Planar 2/50 has very good performance at the cost of being slower, more expensive and manual focus only, and with an insanely long focus throw.


Makro-Planar has in my opinion two weaknesses - neither of which are shown here: It has a lot of LoCA, and the focus plane is curved - I have not performed any systematic testing, but it seems that this effect is more pronounced at longer distances - it seems the lens is optimized to excel at close range.


So - which is "better"? It depends on your usage - they all have strengths and weaknesses and excel in their own areas - what is important for you?