Wow, my new Minolta 50mm 1.4 AF Wow.
Oct 8, 2015 06:15:03 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
billnikon wrote:
Interesting, there is really nothing to go wrong in the lens as the motor is in the camera. You must be referring to the camera body.
Yes, it is the camera bodies that I was referring to. The lenses were/are awesome!
Oct 8, 2015 08:41:42 #
It isn't in the budget, but all this talk about the Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 has me wanting one again. ;)
Let's see; what to sell...... :mrgreen:
Let's see; what to sell...... :mrgreen:
Oct 10, 2015 20:27:57 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
wj cody wrote:
and the reason for this is simple, unlike nikon or canon who sourced their glass from schneider, minolta made their own glass, from raw silica on up. this is the reason e leitz used their glass in their slr lenses.
I beg to differ with you. Nikon was a scientific company first. They produced their own lenses and they still do , from start to finish.
Oct 10, 2015 20:45:06 #
billnikon wrote:
I beg to differ with you. Nikon was a scientific company first. They produced their own lenses and they still do , from start to finish.
Yes, I am familiar with their microscopes too. Awesome. It is amazing that they can magnify that much and have such a perfect looking result. Olympus also produces incredible Microscopes.
Oct 11, 2015 08:38:07 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
JimH123 wrote:
Yes, I am familiar with their microscopes too. Awesome. It is amazing that they can magnify that much and have such a perfect looking result. Olympus also produces incredible Microscopes.
And Olympus is the world leader in endoscopes. So now you can either swallow a lens or put one "up yours" from the other end and come away with a great image! :D
Oct 11, 2015 10:34:31 #
lukan wrote:
And Olympus is the world leader in endoscopes. So now you can either swallow a lens or put one "up yours" from the other end and come away with a great image! :D
Yes, I am familiar with the "up yours" considering that my father, and my father's father, and my father's father's mother all died of colon cancer.
Oct 11, 2015 12:48:20 #
Wow!
Very familiar is a good thing then. :thumbup:
Thank goodness for great optics.......
Very familiar is a good thing then. :thumbup:
Thank goodness for great optics.......
Oct 15, 2015 16:40:58 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
billnikon wrote:
I beg to differ with you. Nikon was a scientific company first. They produced their own lenses and they still do , from start to finish.
having used nikons since the sp and s3 up through and including the F6, i can assure you nikon did not make their own glass. used to do a little r&r in Tokyo and visit with them to discuss specific lenses which would work well in conflict conditions. got to visit the clean rooms and watch the "massaging" of the blanks.
Oct 16, 2015 09:13:32 #
You guys should also check out the original Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 macro.
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
Oct 16, 2015 11:04:48 #
CHOLLY wrote:
You guys should also check out the original Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 macro.
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
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Yes, I have that lens, and it is very sharp.
Oct 16, 2015 11:31:59 #
^^^The thing about Sony E mount cameras is, you can do something that was VERY difficult to do in the past... a DIRECT comparison between lenses from different manufacturers on the SAME body.
When I checked my Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 against a Canon 100mm f/2.8 L... a lens 14 years younger... both on an A7RII, the Minolta was sharper, even though it's auto focus was glacial in comparison. But hey; who autofocuses when shooting macro anyhow? :mrgreen:
When I checked my Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 against a Canon 100mm f/2.8 L... a lens 14 years younger... both on an A7RII, the Minolta was sharper, even though it's auto focus was glacial in comparison. But hey; who autofocuses when shooting macro anyhow? :mrgreen:
Oct 16, 2015 12:43:30 #
CHOLLY wrote:
^^^The thing about Sony E mount cameras is, you can do something that was VERY difficult to do in the past... a DIRECT comparison between lenses from different manufacturers on the SAME body.
When I checked my Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 against a Canon 100mm f/2.8 L... a lens 14 years younger... both on an A7RII, the Minolta was sharper, even though it's auto focus was glacial in comparison. But hey; who autofocuses when shooting macro anyhow? :mrgreen:
When I checked my Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 against a Canon 100mm f/2.8 L... a lens 14 years younger... both on an A7RII, the Minolta was sharper, even though it's auto focus was glacial in comparison. But hey; who autofocuses when shooting macro anyhow? :mrgreen:
The Minolta macro lens is purposely geared down so as to better hit the best focus spot. I am not surprised it is slower. I see this in manual focus also in that I can rotate the focus ring farther which aids manual focus accuracy. Its a wonderful lens.
Oct 16, 2015 19:03:40 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
CHOLLY wrote:
You guys should also check out the original Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 macro.
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
VERY sharp from the center to the corners, ZERO distortion, GREAT colors, and the ability to pinpoint your focus area.
A REALLY nice lens. :thumbup:
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