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Minolta MC Tele Rokkor PE 4.5/200
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:23 am    Post subject: Minolta MC Tele Rokkor PE 4.5/200 Reply with quote

My first lens buy of 2012. Smile This is the MC2 version built between 1970-73. It's a 5/5 design with a 52mm filter thread. Serial number should start with 151. MC1 version starts with 150.
MFD is 2.5m, and the weight is 500 grams, the 3.5 version is 200+ grams more.
On the MC2 version they moved the SDL up, on the MC1 version it is on the f stop ring. The SDL is a very nice feature if you are using this lens on a DSLR. Simply set your appeture and it stays wide open until you press the button.
I will test it as soon as I get it. Weather permiting.
Click here to see on Ebay


PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the earlier version. 1967-70.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would of prefered the earlier one like yours, but at this price I couldn't pass it up. Very Happy
I wanted this one so I'd have a 200 that matches the rendering of my other early lenses. My 4/200 will work nicely with my later lenses.
Somehow I missed your threads on the 4.5/200. Here is a link to them.

http://forum.mflenses.com/minolta-200-4-5-t29553,highlight,%2Bminolta+%2B200+%2B4+%2B5.html

http://forum.mflenses.com/trying-out-a-minolta-200-4-5-t40357,highlight,%2Bminolta+%2B200+%2B4+%2B5.html

Here is a link to my 4/200.


http://forum.mflenses.com/minolta-mc-celtic-200-f4-t44604,highlight,%2Bminolta+%2Bceltic.html


PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm curious -- what do the various Minolta lens designations mean? PE, PG, etc.?


PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gaeger wrote:
I'm curious -- what do the various Minolta lens designations mean? PE, PG, etc.?


It's coding that tell the groups and elements.

1st letter stands for the number of groups. T=3, Q=4, P=5, H=6, S=7, O=8, N=9.
2nd letter stands for the number of elements. C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10, K=11, L=12.

So a PE lens is a 5/5 and a PG lens is a 5/7.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

$6.50 Shocked you stole it lol


PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tervueren wrote:
$6.50 Shocked you stole it lol


Thanks. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I received it on friday, and had a few minutes to try it today. Front element is deeply recessed and it has a slide out hood.
This is handheld at ISO 400. Comments are welcome.



PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A Quick test for CA.



PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will post better pictures over the next couple days. The Bokeh favors the older style which I like. CA evaluation will have to wait on more testing. I will do a sharpness test, and I will use a tripod. Smile I will also shoot something with more color to check color reproduction.
The lens body needs a light cleaning, but I'm very happy with the condition. I include one shot the shows the front of 4.5/200 beside the 4/200.



PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They look under exposed & soft Walter.

Softness may be the result of shooting wide open (you do not say) or your relatively slow shutter for a 100mm lens hand held.


PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

revers wrote:
They look under exposed & soft Walter.

Softness may be the result of shooting wide open (you do not say) or your relatively slow shutter for a 100mm lens hand held.


Ron, Every shot out of my 10D seems soft whether I nail the focus or not. I'm trying to determine if it's a sensor issue or what.
The first shot I believe was at f8 with my back to the Sun. It looks like it has movement to me. Second shot was almost directly into the sun at f4.5, I think. There is no way I came close to nailing the focus. I had to squint to even shoot it. Laughing
I need to retest these with a tripod. So far to me the CA looks resonable. Actually I didn't know it but this variety of Silver Dollar? Ucalyptus has a pinkish tinge to to the edge of the leaves, so I can't use it for CA testing. Embarassed
Second shot using in camera metering.



PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since we recently have been discussing the Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-PE 4.5/200mm in another thread, I'm adding here an image of the three main versions of this beautiful lens.



Left: MC-I version, middle: MC-II, right: MC-X

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