Minolta MD 85mm 1:2.0 two copies comparison – LensRomantic

Minolta MD 85mm 1:2.0 two copies comparison (New-MD, MD III)

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Minolta New-MD 85mm F2.0 is the well known and one of the famous 85mm lenses in the humans history.

The hull of Copy #1 displays a lot of signs of using, but surprisingly the optical part stayed like new. Anyway, I have to say that this lens was reassembled at least two times – firstly by one of the previous owners, and later by me with the purpose to remove the result of the first disassembling.

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