Meyer Optik Görlitz 50mm 1:1.8 vs. Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7 – comparison

Meyer Optik Görlitz 50mm 1:1.8 vs Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7

We don’t need to be an oracle to predict Minolta’s victory. But we need to find out how much Meyer-Optik Goerlitz will lose. In terms of IQ of course, this comparison is not about bokeh, feelings, and other esoteric materials.

Meyer-Optik Goerlitz 50mm 1:1.8 for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
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Minolta MD 35mm 1:2.8 Shift vs MD 35mm 1:2.8 – comparison

Minolta MD 35mm lenses – Minolta MD 35mm 1:2.8 Shift vs MD 35mm 1:2.8 – comparison:

  • Minolta MD Shift CA 35mm 1:2.8 (MD III, New-MD)
  • Minolta MD 35mm 1:2.8 (MD III, New-MD)

These lenses have the same technical parameters, so a battle would have looked fair if it had not been known earlier that New-MD 35mm 1:2.8 is one of the sharpest lenses in the world among all others.
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