Cost: $25 (average cost: $35)
Wow! Although this lens was sold as a kit lens with the Minolta Maxxum 7000 film camera, I'm very impressed. I would almost state I prefer this lens over my brand new Sony 28-70 kit lens. Aside from a decent image quality, it's all very sold in feel, and small in size.
You could say this is a perfect walk-around lens, handling landscapes all the way to some reasonable macro pictures. Looks are nice in a polished black, a small separate hood, and a button to activate the Macro setting. do note that the Macro setting de-activates the auto focus, but who needs that anyway when doing Macro. Rocking back and forth is a lot faster.
Inage quality is very good with rich colors (pictures below were taken without filters), impressive sharpness across the image for a kit lens, no visible color aberration, fast focus even with the adapter and a usable range. And pretty easy and cheap to find... although you need a more expensive adapter if you want to use it on a Sony e-mount camera.
This is the second lens of the Maxxum line I'm impressed with. I had a lot of fun taking this one out, as shown by the many photo's below.
And it looks like other people also get great results, as shown on
Flikr
(PS.: just noticed that I reviewed this lens twice... :-)
Lens Specification:
Focal Length: 35-70mm
Maximum Aperture: F4
Minimum Aperture: F22
Image Format: 35mm
Lens Mount: Minolta AF
Optics: 6 elements, 6 groups
Blades: 7
Focusing: Auto (+ Manual)
Minimum Focus: 100cm
Filter Size: 49mm
Weight: 273g
Length: 52-72mm
Production: 1980's
Serial Number: 18102064
Made in: Japan
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