rokkor 45/2. Underrated? So much!!!

[estudleon]

I have seen some pics taken with nex 3 and 4 minolta's lenses.

1- 45/2
2- 35/1,8
3-35/2,8 mc
4-35/,2,8 md.

In all the casus were used f/4 to f/8.

The pics where the 45/2 was used at f/8 win over the rest (yes) the 35/1,8 included.

Wanderful and cheap lens!!!!!

Anything is wrong? Don't understad very well, can't beleave this.

Any experience?

Rino

[fermy]

I like this lens: it's small, sharp, and the focal length is not very common. Here's the size comparison with Canon FD 50/1.4 and Hexanon AR 40/1.8 on their respective m4/3 adapters. I think it also shows a downside of this lens: the size advantage over 1.4 lens is not that great, while 1 stop difference is quite significant.



IQ is quite good, certainly good enough for me. I don't think however, that it stands out compared to other good normals. I'll keep it, however, because it's the only 45mm lens that I have.

[hoanpham]

It's tiny, good and cheap.

#1 at f2.0


#2 at f2.0

[Attila]

Minolta made good lenses shame how people not respect most of them.

[iangreenhalgh1]

I think it's the best cheap pancake available. I have Rokkor 2/45, Hexanon 1.8/40, Pentacon 2.4/50 and had Yashica ML 2/50, they are all the same size - tiny.

The Yashica is perhaps the sharpest but the Rokkor is the one I liked most, very smooth rendering and bokeh, rich colours, sharp even wide open. It's not the greatest technically but the character is very attractive.

[ForenSeil]

Minolta made really great lenses.

The Minolta MD 50/2 is also really great and as underrated as the 45/2. For my taste the 50/2 is optically the best manual ~50mm lens I've ever had (and I had many of them, some of them were 20 times more expensive).

[Nesster]

For me the only real drawback with the 45 is that it doesn't focus as close as the Minolta 50's. Otherwise, a wonderful lens.

[estudleon]

Almost all 50/55/58 mm rokkor lenses seem to have better rendering than the 2/45. Or at least the same at f/5,8-8.
Different with 35 mm lenses? Is the 45 lens better fhan the mc and md 35's?
From that fact the 45 shoul be more and better watched like a moderate wide angle than a normal lenses.
A good partner to the 100/2,5 rokkor?

Rino

[Hatch]

The way Minoltas are priced, getting them all shouldn't be such a problem.

The cult lenses excepted of course.
Those are pricey relatively speaking.

Minoltas are my favorites with the NEX7.
Prefer them over my Leitz tbh

[fermy]

[estudleon]

The term wide angle is not absolute, but relative to the focal lengh taken like " normal ". If you read adecuately thr tread, can see that the 50/55/58 are taken as normal lenses.
The little size of your sensor, isn't a lens problem, is yours.
Inside this reference, the 45 mm can be considered like a moderate wide angle lens, not matter how little your senzor can be
Anyways, can you do any serious aport?

[tromboads]

I've wanted a 40ish lens for a while now, just sunk some cash on a 45mm in which I will adapt to take a pentax K-mount.

Weeeee

[fermy]

[estudleon]

I agree respect the little sensors. I hope that the ff will come more accesible. The results seem to not let comparison. For example the pics i watched taken using a canon ff are stunning. And with almost any kind of lenses.

[vlousada]

I like this small Minolta lens too...
I also tend to use Rokkor with Sony cameras (NEX-3). I believe the sony's sensor and minolta signature in lenses work very well together

I have rokkors 35 f/1.8 and 45 f/2 and guess what: - the little rokkor 45mm f/2 IS MY FRONT CAP of NEX camera!!!

Pros:
a) fantastic size in camera;
b) not so long with adapter , Thus can be used with the Nex's flash;
c) really sharp lens.

cons:
d) to me the only downsize is: focus ring is small (at least compared with 1.8 version) and to sometimes with low light and "fast actions" it is hard to spot the focus... The rokkor 35mm f/1.8 has a much longer focusing ring so (to me) work better to focus precisely.

A little GEM indeed.


Regards

[estudleon]

A FRONT CAP???? OHH......

If you take an accidental pic it should be a good one

[vlousada]