Again the depth of field at the minimum focusing distance really lets you isolate a subject and forget about the background.

The ability to focus that little bit closer gives a very unique depth of field to close subjects.

Slightly more distortion than on the Canon 50mm but the picture quality is virtually the same. Not much loss in detail on the edges and a general pleasant look.

This is my manual alternative to the Canon 50mm F1.8. I use this for filming since manual lenses have much smoother focusing rings which make my job easier when pulling focus. The other advantage is the slightly closer focusing distance which I again prefer when taking macro photos, though I wouldn’t ordinarily use this lens…

Surprisingly this macro photo is taken at 210mm at 1.5m distance as my macro switch was broken when I bought the 1st of these lenses.

I’m not sure how but photos from the lens come out very matted and almost polarised. The sheen off the building in the background is attractive here but would look much less so from any of my other lenses.