Many of Minolta’s MC and MD lenses can be used with great results on digital cameras. All you need is the right adapter for your camera and this article will help you to find it.
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Review: MS-Optics Aporis 135mm 2.4 Fluorit MC
Introduction
The Aporis 135mm 2.4 is the latest and also longest lens made by MS-Optics, a one-man-lens manufacturer. It even features one of Canon’s famous CaF2 Fluorit glass elements, which is mostly used in their great super tele lenses for minimizing color aberrations. Does it help to actually combine fast maximum aperture, small size and good image quality?
Sample Images
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Review: Minolta MD 28mm 1:2
Released in 1981 the Minolta MD 28mm 1:2 is Minoltas joungest manual 28 mm lens. In this review I test it on the a7II to see how relevant it is today.
Specifications
| Diameter | 64 mm |
| Length | 50 mm |
| Filter Thread | 49 mm |
| Weight | 265 g |
| Max. Magnification | 1:8 |
| Close Focusing Distance from the sensor | 0.3 m |
| Number of aperture blades | 6 |
| Elements/ Groups | 9/9 |
Image Samples
You can find most of the images in this review and more in full resolution in this Minolta MD 2/28 flickr set.
An Upgrader’s Notes on the new A7rIII Pt. 2
This is the second part of my series of notes on the upgrade to the A7rIII. In the last part I said that the improved manual focus capability was my favourite new feature. This time I’ll talk about the AF improvements, which are what probably most people have focussed on. The last part will be about haptics and settings: rather than just list my settings and say you must use them, I’ll talk a bit about why they are right for me, and what might be right for you.
Tracking and Frame Rate
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Review: Olympus OM Zuiko 28mm 1:2
The Olympus OM 2/28 is the smallest manual 2/28 mm lens you can buy and in this in-depth review on the Sony a7II I check if it is still relevant in 2017.
Sample Images
You can find these images in full resolution in this Olympus OM 2/28 flickr set.
