After all, which lens company would put a lot of effort into resolution and leave CA unregarded, you2? 
You're right, it's not a lens test, Roger doesn't get tired to point that out. The bokeh remains a big question when seeing the res. numbers only - but flipping over to DPR's sample pictures I can't help but being astounded. How goes this sharp lens together with a creamy bokeh? By improved finishing of their aspheric elements? By moving two instead of only one focus groups? Back in the day Zeiss called that "floating elements", today Sony is not only doing a super sharp, high resolving lens, no, to frustrate the competition they also made it's AF superfast and got the so far best eye-detect AF into their camera bodies.
And I haven't even started mentioning there are subjects (mostly technical or documentary) when photogs look for the sharpest lens with highest resolution. Only that counts for them, bokeh is a side dish. This lens has at double of the normal frequency resolution numbers other lenses might just have with standard 50 l/mm. Translated: Buying this lens is sufficient for a future when 100 MP are possible to squeeze on a tiny 24×36 mm sensor. And this from a company who has not a big tradition in making optical equipment - I think, some kudos are not misplaced here
Can't help, but this price is more than justified.
You're right, it's not a lens test, Roger doesn't get tired to point that out. The bokeh remains a big question when seeing the res. numbers only - but flipping over to DPR's sample pictures I can't help but being astounded. How goes this sharp lens together with a creamy bokeh? By improved finishing of their aspheric elements? By moving two instead of only one focus groups? Back in the day Zeiss called that "floating elements", today Sony is not only doing a super sharp, high resolving lens, no, to frustrate the competition they also made it's AF superfast and got the so far best eye-detect AF into their camera bodies.And I haven't even started mentioning there are subjects (mostly technical or documentary) when photogs look for the sharpest lens with highest resolution. Only that counts for them, bokeh is a side dish. This lens has at double of the normal frequency resolution numbers other lenses might just have with standard 50 l/mm. Translated: Buying this lens is sufficient for a future when 100 MP are possible to squeeze on a tiny 24×36 mm sensor. And this from a company who has not a big tradition in making optical equipment - I think, some kudos are not misplaced here
Can't help, but this price is more than justified.