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testing my lenses part 129 - Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm/1.4
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:20 pm
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samples taken with Olympus E-M5













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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:04 pm
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Nice series - I have this lens, I must use it more.


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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:26 pm
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Someone, maybe Ed? has posted pictures from this lens before, and it was put on my wanted list. It's just moved up a few places.


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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:47 pm
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Wow, that lens is some kind of sharp! Should be registered as a deadly weapon. I especially like the bokeh in #3 and #5.


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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:50 am
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Nice series - I have this lens, I must use it more.

+1
I hardly touch mine, I usually reach for my MC 58/1.2


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frenched wrote:
Wow, that lens is some kind of sharp! Should be registered as a deadly weapon. I especially like the bokeh in #3 and #5.


it has to be stopped down at least one stop. wide open it's a bit soft, at least my copy


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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:58 pm
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I picked up a copy of this lens a few weeks ago. I've only given it a couple of outings and so far I'm impressed.


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WolverineX wrote:
frenched wrote:
Wow, that lens is some kind of sharp! Should be registered as a deadly weapon. I especially like the bokeh in #3 and #5.


it has to be stopped down at least one stop. wide open it's a bit soft, at least my copy

Was it the MC-I or MC-II version? I found the MC-I to be considerably "softer" than the latter MC-II which is comparable in performance to the MC-X 1.4/50mm, at least on APS-C. Even though the lens sections for MC-I and MC-II look identical, the two lenses obviously are not: Dieter Gabler writes in his books about the SR-T that a new version of the MC 1.4/58mm with better optical performance was introduced around 1970. Popular photography finds around 1971 that the performance of the re-tested, new (MC-II) 1.4/58 is considerably better than the old 1.4/58mm (MC-I). And, last but not least, i myself found the same:

http://artaphot.ch/minolta-sr/objektiv-vergleiche/321-nex-5n-und-minolta-50mm-objektive-teil-i

Stephan


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stevemark wrote:
WolverineX wrote:
frenched wrote:
Wow, that lens is some kind of sharp! Should be registered as a deadly weapon. I especially like the bokeh in #3 and #5.


it has to be stopped down at least one stop. wide open it's a bit soft, at least my copy

Was it the MC-I or MC-II version? I found the MC-I to be considerably "softer" than the latter MC-II which is comparable in performance to the MC-X 1.4/50mm, at least on APS-C. Even though the lens sections for MC-I and MC-II look identical, the two lenses obviously are not: Dieter Gabler writes in his books about the SR-T that a new version of the MC 1.4/58mm with better optical performance was introduced around 1970. Popular photography finds around 1971 that the performance of the re-tested, new (MC-II) 1.4/58 is considerably better than the old 1.4/58mm (MC-I). And, last but not least, i myself found the same:

http://artaphot.ch/minolta-sr/objektiv-vergleiche/321-nex-5n-und-minolta-50mm-objektive-teil-i

Stephan


i don't know version,serial of my copy is 5860781, maybe you can tell


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Lloydy wrote:
Someone, maybe Ed? has posted pictures from this lens before, and it was put on my wanted list. It's just moved up a few places.


got one....looking forward to trying it. Laughing
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