The brand was among the only lens makers in the world to own their own glass factory and make their own glass.
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You can read the full feature over on 35mmc:ĥ Frames with ‘The Worst Lens Minolta Ever Made’ – By Iain PatersonĪbout Film Fridays: We recently launched an analog forum and in a continuing effort to promote the fun of the medium, we'll be sharing film-related content on Fridays, including articles from our friends at 35mmc and Kosmo Foto. Picking essential glass from Minolta’s lineup is even harder than choosing camera bodies. In 1931, the company changed its name to Minolta, which is an acronym for Mechanism, Instruments, Optics, and Lenses by Tashima. Minolta was founded in 1928 in Osaka, Japan as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shten (Japanese-German camera shop).
However, it’s this very combination-a soft lens with expired film-that left Paterson passively optimistic about the experience. (Minolta) was a manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, laser printers, fax machines, and photocopiers.
The images were certainly soft and the colors felt muted, but that could’ve very well have been the expired film as much as the lens itself. However, the inherent problem with adapting lenses, especially if they are SLR lenses, is the flange back distance. (left to right) Minolta AF 35mm f/1.4 G + K&F adapter, Minolta 24mm f/2.8 MD + K&F adapter, Pergear 25mm f/1.8, Pergear 35mm f/1.6. The combination of a soft lens with expired film made for some unique photographs.ĭespite its less-than-ideal reputation, Paterson’s images came out 'acceptable' in their own words. If you have the money to buy these fancy lenses and adapt them to your Fujifilm camera, go for it. A nearly forgotten kit Paterson had ordered online, this little misfit kit did its best to make the most of a lens that is consistently considered 'one of the worst lenses' out there - at least according to various forum contributors ( 1, 2)-due to its softness across most of the aperture and focal ranges and a fickle integrated lens cap that oftentimes gets stuck. However, if you don’t want to spend extra then we have another vast option for you is Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 135mm 1:3.5 Minolta Celtic Camera Lens. Following our last update, our favorite model is the Minolta MAXXUM a.f. We analyzed and compared 38 minolta lenses sold for nearly 38 hours, and considered the opinions of 547 consumers. In this iteration of ‘5 Frames with,’ Paterson takes a look at the image quyality of the Minolta 35–80mm 1:4 (22) – 5.6 autofocus zoom lens as shot on a Minolta Dynax 500si Super SLR camera using expired Truprint 400 film. In this guide, we have reviewed all the products and generated the best options available today for you. The lens has a fast maximum aperture of f/4.5 which can be maintained all throughout its range and does not alter itself during zoom in and zoom out. What happens when you combine very expired film with a lens sometimes called ‘the worst lens Minolta ever made?’ You’d get this little 5 Frame feature from Iain Paterson for 35mmc. A wonderful do-it-all medium telephoto lens, the Minolta Maxxum AF 100-200 is one of the very few consistent medium telephoto lenses in the Minolta and Sony AF set.
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