Thanks for the review. The short focus throw is a bummer, seems to be no better than the 45mm TS-E. I'll probably still get one to replace my 45mm.
Whilst I didn't have a 45mm here to compare, the throw for six feet to ∞ is distinctly less for the 50mm and caught me out a few times trying to use the 50mm hand held with the viewfinder.
As someone who needs strong reading glasses to accurately use the rear screen, I do still use the VF quite a lot. I can get away with it with the TS-E17 and 24, but the 50mm starts to show up why I use a tripod for paying work ;-)
Given that was my only real irritation, I can't complain too much...