General impression
A professional lens, very well built and delivering excellent images. No equivalent in the current offering. The closest modern lens is the DC (defocus control) 105mm f2, a fast portrait lens.
Pros
- can be found relatively cheap (for the delivered performance)
- very sharp
- nice bokeh
- the fastest medium tele (1.8)
- excellent build quality and smoothness of the rings
- integrated sunhood
Cons
- like many older lenses, a little bit of softness and CA fully open
- huge and heavy
An example, shot almost fully open (f2):