Quote Originally Posted by Christopher Broadbent View Post
It is just a very dirty old lens. We could start a new thread "Do you clean your lenses and why not?".
Haha -- exactly. I had a baby manhandle (babyhandle?) the 50mm lens on my Canon, and I love the way it looks now. Lower contrast, gorgeous flares, and less overall harsh "bite."

I always drool looking at lenses -- maybe I should be drooling ON lenses.