Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.4 – vintage manual lens test and review
This is the ideal lens. If a photographer gets this lens first – then all other lenses in the photo-bag will be the Minolta only. It’s like an essence of the fifties – the last generation which absorbs all the best from predecessors and balanced in all aspects.
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Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.2 – vintage manual lens test and review
F1.2 means that a heavy artillery is here. Dream-fifty with tons of glass and Minolta’s quality. This lens is permanently underrated independently of a price.
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Minolta MD 35mm 1:2.8 – vintage manual lens test and review
This little lady is one of the winners in ‘unexpectedly surprising IQ lens’ competition. Really, how about the lens from 1981 which works like the most famous and expensive modern competitors? Got doubt? The results of the tests are below.
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Minolta MD 35mm 1:1.8 – vintage manual lens test and review
There are no sensations in this review because even before the tests it was known that this is one of the best lenses in the world. The very famous model, even fans of the other labels prefer to get one if nobody can spot it.
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Minolta MD 28mm 1:3.5 – vintage manual lens test and review
This lens is much more powerful than it seems at first glance. One of the most underrated wide-angle babies which were designed and produced by Minolta.
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Minolta MD 28mm 1:2.8 7×7 – vintage manual lens test and review
Minolta has produced two MD 28mm F2.8 lenses in the similar MD III design – one with 7 elements in 7 groups optical scheme and another – 5 elements in 5 groups. Both have enough identical exterior but may be easily distinguished because 5×5-version has a thin black ring around the front lens but 7×7-version doesn’t have. Both sisters have been compared by sharpness/resolution, the link is at the bottom of the page. But this article is about the test results of the 7×7-version.
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Minolta MD 28mm 1:2.0 vintage manual lens test and review
I was stunned with this lens right after the first results of testing. There are a lot of 28mm lenses around us in the world, but this 28/2.0 should get a goddess status.
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Minolta MD 20mm 1:2.8 vintage manual lens test and review
Personally, it’s my choice among other wide options. I love this lens because of geometry, sharpness, and shape of the hull, or maybe because I’m feeling it in my hands better than others ultra-wides – this MD 20/2.8 is a very fit ‘chan’.
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Minolta MD 17mm 1:4.0 vintage manual lens test and review
This is the widest Minolta lens that can be used for any scenes without geometric correction in post-editing. A rectilinear type – this is the correct term. Greatly powerful even for “over-pixeled” modern digital cameras.
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