The bokeh is amazing, I find the lens reasonably fast to focues.

The bokeh is "dreamy" and smooth.

a lot, I suggest buying an ND filter (think of it like sunglasses for your lens), which will let you open up to f/1.2 to get your nice bokeh, which after all came at a high price, so you want to use

Color and contrast are beautiful, and the bokeh is gorgeous.

The bokeh is far smoother and less busy than the 50/1.4 at similar apertures.

That being said, it creates a look and soft focus/bokeh that is unparalleled with other lenses

The fixed rear element design results in superior bokeh and background blur, yet somewhat weakens the closeup performance of the lens.

The bokeh is beautiful.

This lens at F1.2 can take great pictures in low light with amazing bokeh.

Takes some getting used to, but the bokeh is amazing, and the low light shots are exceptional

This is a great lens with creamy smooth bokeh and fast low light performance

oh yeah good bokeh

Using this lens at 1.2 is amazing; it allows you to really hone in on a certain subject which makes the image really strong and powerful; not to mention, delicious creamy bokeh and super sharpness

This lens gives you excellent depth of field control, excellent bokeh, and gives super sharp focus.

I've heard all the arguments regarding its artistic aesthetic, but I don't agree--this lens is simply blurry when focused, full of CA, and the bokeh isn't wonderful

The bokeh with this lens is also amazing

This is the daddy-o grande of normal primes: exceedingly well made, sharp at all apertures, contrasty and a riot of smooth 'n creamy bokeh

Aside from having to adjust the focus point, everything else about the lens is perfect; I love the the colors it produces, bokeh is ultra smooth

The bokeh is amazing

A glowing quality is typical within the swirl of ultra smooth bokeh

Much, much better bokeh than the 50mm f/1.4.5

2) 50L has creamier bokeh and 3) build quality won me over even if I had a difficult time spending the extra money

Beautiful creamy bokeh is one of this lens's specialty

the bokeh is absolutely beautiful.

****************** Bokeh ****************With narrow DoF comes great bokeh.

If I had to choose only one prime lens to use, this would be the one - it's among my favorites although the 85mm f1.2 is a gem too and seems to yield even better bokeh, especially for portraits

Creamy smooth bokeh, good build, focused as fast as the 50mm f/1.4 (not faster), rich colors, and great contrast

This lens, for the price, offers great bokeh, clarity, and depth of field

Even at 1.2 and low light, the focusing was fast and the sharp, the bokeh was excellent with the understanding the DOF was shallow (and for close ups, very shallow)

The bokeh is liquid smooth, and with my 40D I can't even hear the USM focusing in AF

The bokeh was "choppy" and "grainy".

I appreciate its focal length for portrait style photographs and its ability to produce a very strong bokeh, especially the f1.2L. I started with the 50mm f1.8, then purchased and utilized a 50mm 1.4 for several years, and as of around May of 2013 decided to reach out and grab this 50 f1.2L. The build quality is superb, but I mean the lens costs over a thousand dollars, so wouldn't you expect it to be built better

Many people buy this lens for the creamy smooth bokeh

Since the aperture is so big, the bokeh is just to die for

It creates great bokeh due to its 1.2 aperture

f/1.2 II - Sharper and generally better picture quality than the 50mm f/1.2 at any aperature and one of the very few lenses out there that has better bokeh, if not the best as some might argue.

At completely wide open at f/1.2 it creates images that have a very defined focus point, then the rest is blown out in a smooth creamy bokeh

This lens takes beautiful pictures with amazing bokeh.

auto focus is fast, bokeh is creamy & smooth, all around great lens.

Bokeh is beautiful, build is second to none

have a beautiful bokeh background.

Super creamy Bokeh comes with the added cost, weight and size but if you can afford this lens you will not be disappointed

The bokeh from f/1.2 - 4.0 is so buttery and smooth you will definitely not be disappointed, but to really get the most out of this lens you want to use it at f/1.2 - 2.8.The target audience for this lens is certainly the photo enthusiast that wants great portrait shots

This lens will make other lenses' bokeh look like child's play

This lens allows for an almost medium format quality with its beautiful bokeh

The speed, shallow DOF, and dreamy bokeh are awesome and the ability to shoot extremely fast and in very low light is amazing

so I could use my expensive B+W Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with it.

This is the daddy-o grande of normal primes: exceedingly well made, sharp at all apertures, contrasty and a riot of smooth 'n creamy bokeh