[wim]

Nice lens indeed, but personally I do not think the bokeh is that great. One can see clearly that both in background and foreground there is doubling of lines, and although that may look ok regardless in many photographs, once you try to get the most out of a picture, in PP, it may be hard to get rid of the banding this causes around the sharp subject(s).

 

There are other lenses which do the same, like the Canon 85L , which is why I tend to be very careful when processing any images shot with it. Lenses that have a much better transition from sharp to unsharp in this regard are, a.o., the Canon 135L, Canon old TS-Es (haven;t seen the new 50, 90 and 135 yet), Olympus 25 F/1.2 PRO and the Panasonic 42.5 F/1.7 (yes, you read it correctly, not the Panasonic Leica 42.5 F/1.2; that also shows this doubling in the background OOF area).

 

Kind regards, Wim