>>4273256Unusable is a skill issue IMO, yeah it's hard to get pinsharp images but that's not the point of using that lens wide open, even minolta engineers knew it.
IMO it isn't worth what it goes for on eBay but the MDII version I used to own had incredible build quality. Image quality was wonderful stopped down though slightly inferior to my older MC-X 50mm f1.4, using it wider than f2.8 makes it nearly impossible to handhold but I still managed to get wonderful shots with it like this.
I do have to state that the blur it provides is not that significant compared to the 50mm f1.4. A photographer can tell it's blurrier and has better separation along with a quite potent 3d pop in certain angles but the model might not even know what you're yapping about and think the 1.2 image is inferior as it is quite a bit less sharp than the 1.4.
For the price a decent MC-X 50mm 1.4 is currently going for I can't recommend the 50m f1.2 to anyone as I do see it as an inferior lens.
