I agree with you on the starburst thing. It was the only point I was worried about. But I found some images (on flicker I guess) which convinced me buying this lens. The six rays can (I.M.H.O.) give a really clean looking starburst from the sun or from lampposts. See one of my first pictures I shoot with this lens. If I desperately need more rays then I can always use my 18-135mm.
A few pics from a pro-cycling competition in Quebec City, it was a criterium, a 70 km race on a 2 km urban track for a total of 35 laps, these type of races are great since you get lots of opportunities for some good shots.
It was the fifth stage of the Tour de Beauce, here is what Wikipedia says about the event: "Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle race multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Québec, Canada since 1986. Tour de Beauce is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2.2 continental circuit stage race on the UCI America Tour."
Shot with a X-T1 + XF50-140 + XF1.4TC, most of the time @196mm f4
AFC with Zone tracking (3x3 grid, central points), drive on CH (8 fps) Raw, PP in LR 6.6 and the Nik Collection....
The Flickr Album (33 pics): https://flic.kr/s/aHskywHsoS
