Minolta AF70-210/4 on Sony Alpha 350

[qazwe42]

Slow@210

[masterevo353]

F4 or F4,5 for amateur photographer?

i have A230 and kit lens

[whiskynwhisky]

lens is a little over rated. sharp but has pretty bad chroma issues on modern sensors.

[rhddrifter86]

@whiskynwhisky its not overrated because this lens is 25 yrs old. Find something better that old (70-200 f)4 from other companies; you wont.

[Gimp1203]

@whiskynwhisky

Not over-rated, can't think of anywhere you can get a 70-210mm f4 for less that 100 quid. Mine is SHARP. I am constantly amazed at how well it performs. You are correct about CA, but you get CA on many lenses at long focal lengths.

[balacau]

@Gimp1203 I picked up a BeerCan in good condition on eBay for 84 quid this morning. Must have been more lucky than anything as they seem to go for about £120-150?

Do you use yours with a filter, if so what kind?

[Gimp1203]

@balacau

I don't use filters on any of my lenses.

[Teraforce88]

I have the manual focus MD-mount version of this lens.... fantastic piece of glass IMO, especially considering it was introduced back in 1981. (It has the same optical formula as the beercan)

[discovery531]

70-135 mm the focus speed should be great.

But if it go to 210mm, the focus speed will slow down

[ahshing]

yes it's a beercan

[1987dman]

is this the beercan?

[MrBeunhaas]

ok great thankz ;)

[MrBeunhaas]

I am getting this lens tommorow on my a-300

I cant wait...

Any good story's about the lens maybe..?

Greets

[ahshing]

i can only say...this is a very good lens

every minolta/sony alpha user "must have" item

[Drinapropriatetouch]

@MrBeunhaas Its a bit like a right of passage for a minolta/sony user

Its not the best lens ever but its one that every one shuld own if they want to be a part of the a mount family

I got my beercan before i knew what it was and I got it as a stop gap untill I could find a newer lens to add to my kit. when I went into a shop and tested some new budget 70-200/300s and was just about to buy one before I decided to compare it to my beercan I was blown away by the IQ of this old cheap lens

[ahshing]

Minolta AF lens used "Alpha mount"

It's just same with Sony's alpha mount

Therefore you can put it directly into the camera without any adapter.

[Sk8rAD18]

I have a question about minolta

can we put the lens directly to the Camera ?

Or there is something we should put it between them ?

[jessaabella]

Me too same question

[katknows]

yes.

depends on which minolta lens.

ones made after 1985 fit.

mostly the maxxum line.

[FXerGerFra]

maxxum was only their name in the USA they had different namelines for Asia, Europe and the USA.

Mostly any Minolta Lens with the AF-Bajonett will fit.