Nikon 58/1.4 - $1,700!!!

[Albi86]

Now that DXO has tested it and a better way of looking at the performance is shown on DPR, Its not very impressive considering the price. It is pretty good at f/11, but so is a coke bottle.

There must be something that I'm missing that makes it worth more than $500. Perhaps the gold ring?

The rendering and the bokeh. The samples I have seen so far look spectacular.

+1

It looks more like a 50L successor (or competitor, of course) than a kin to the old Nikkor 58/1.2.

 

[Aglet]

I've got a few Pentax lenses that test poorly yet produce nice images so it's not always about ultimate corner-to-corner sharpness and low CA.
Still, however good this new 58mm is, I'll be hard pressed to buy it to get just a little more something from it over my old 50/1.4. UNLESS I actually need it for night photography where I need the pinpoint lights to look as crisp as they should.