Just got this on 290811 for $300, have been pretty pleased with it's performance and bokeh so far, but still finding it hard to master the shallow field of focus when fully opened (f/1.8) or near wide-open, especially when i am using spot-focusing.
Take a look at this:
This diagonally stretched fern leaf (closest to me at the bottom left corner) was taken at f/2.8 with the focal point on the gash in the middle, and already you can see that the field of focus requires you to be rather precise especially when you are taking photos with many subjects or points of interest at different planes (or distances from your lens if you will)
The bokeh is extremely pleasing - with the shot taken against my badly-cluttered table, the medal still stands out sharply. All the objects in the foreground as well as the background fade out of focus nicely, with no jarring shapes and lines protruding, as can also be seen from the shot of the fern leaf where the buildings in the distance just fade off into barely-recognisable patches of colour.
Overall, this is a great lens to have for its price-to-value ratio, and would make an extremely awesome prime lens for beginners like me to play around with fast glass. I would also like to add that the focusing motor is spot on when I use it on auto to check the calibration of the lens, and fortunately, it is my lack of focusing skills that causes the blur when I shoot my friends. Perhaps that's also because I choose to shoot wide open. (my camera will automatically stop down to at least f/3.5 or thereabouts for me the few times I tried to use it on auto)
Will try to test this in low-light conditions in the future, so stay tuned and happy shooting! (:
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