Looking for a smaller & lighter 50mm .... Sigma DG DN 50mm f2.0 Contemporary - versus SL 50mm ASPH (non-APO)?

[Jon Warwick]

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I already have the Sigma 50mm DG DN 50mm 1.4, and what a brilliant lens it is in terms of image quality, even forgetting the price tag, IMHO.

I'm looking now for a smaller and lighter L-Mount 50mm lens for travel.

I bought the Panasonic S 50mm 1.8, but cannot get the sides to be even vaguely sharp, even when stopped down to f8 - maybe I had poor luck and simply got a very bad copy?

Regardless, I am now considering 2 lenses (either Sigma DG DN 50mm f2.0 Contemporary, or SL 50mm ASPH non-APO) - and hoping that one or both provide true edge sharpness stopped down.

Anyone experience one versus the other, or at least have a view on them individually?

Many thanks

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