annie 寫:
Hi guys, any one of you have experience with Minolta lens?
How would you comment on their quality?
Which Minolta lens come close to our beloved Zeiss lens?
i have played with TC-1 (G28/3.5) and STF(Soft Transfer Focus)
Albeit their qualities are excellent,
it is hard to say which is close to a particular Zeiss lens.
For example, the G28/3.5 has excellent resolution but its colour rendition is a bit bluish, resulting in extreme bluish sky in fine days. My experience with my own (limited) Zeiss lenses don't coincide with such colour rendition.
Similarly, the said G85/1.4 gives tastes and characters which are completely different from that of Zeiss C/Y 85/1.4.
By the way, Minolta has three "special" lenses, ie STF, AutoFocus 500/8 reflex lens and 100mm "soft" lens (resulting from exaggerated/ deliberatively under-corrected spherical abberations).
If you want to have lenses carrying the names of Leica, Zeiss and Rokkor, the easiest way is to get a RF with M-mount. The M-mount G Rokkor 28/3.5 really worth trying.
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