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Minolta MD III 135mm 2.8
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:18 pm    Post subject: Minolta MD III 135mm 2.8 Reply with quote

I could not resist getting a beautifully preserved Minolta MD 135mm.

Here is a quick test.

#1 Backlight situation, Built in hood extended. Straight out of camera.


#2 Same photo as number 1 but with curve adjustment.


#3 Built in hood extended and hand shade. Straight out of camera.


#4 Same as number 3 but with a curve adjustment.


The contrast straight out of camera with hood and hand shade impressed me.

They went all in for contrast when building this lens. It has multicoating that looks high end. A built in hood. And even black felt material on the inside of the mount.



#5 Compared to Meyer-Optik Görlitz Diaplan 100mm 2.8, curve adjustment.



#6 Finally back to the Minolta with a random bokeh shoot with curve adjustment.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow - extremely pretty photos!

I find the dehaze slider in Photoshop Camera RAW to do nicely with washed out images, even on it's own.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite a lot of purple CA on the last shot, but that could be easily fixed. Looks like a very good lens.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1

It is a good lens, as is its slower brother the MDIII 135/3.5.

Some of the Minolta MDII and MDIII tele lenses have built-in sliding hoods like the 135/2.8 you used here, but all are invariably a little too short (exception is the MDIII 100/2.5 which has a deep unusual two-section telescopic sliding hood).


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

eggplant wrote:
Wow - extremely pretty photos!

I find the dehaze slider in Photoshop Camera RAW to do nicely with washed out images, even on it's own.


Thanks!

My version doesn't have dehaze, maybe I can update and get better results.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Quite a lot of purple CA on the last shot, but that could be easily fixed. Looks like a very good lens.


Yes, a lot of CA. Probably needs aggressive removal in some situations. Personally I never remove it, I kind of like it.


#1


#2


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RokkorDoctor wrote:
Like 1

It is a good lens, as is its slower brother the MDIII 135/3.5.

Some of the Minolta MDII and MDIII tele lenses have built-in sliding hoods like the 135/2.8 you used here, but all are invariably a little too short (exception is the MDIII 100/2.5 which has a deep unusual two-section telescopic sliding hood).


Yes a larger separate hood would probably help. I have a MD 100mm 2.5. Not sure if it's MD I or II. With no built in hood so it definitely needs one!


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

@Blotafton

Thanks for posting these images.
Do you know if this is a 4-lens or a 5-lens version?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

caspert79 wrote:
@Blotafton

Thanks for posting these images.
Do you know if this is a 4-lens or a 5-lens version?


If it is an MDIII as Blofaton suggested, then it can only be a 5/5 construction.

Weight is a good indicator: the MC-X/MDI/MDII 4/4 lenses are all approx. 535 grams, the MDIII 5/5 is 385 grams (late MDII 5/5 is 365 grams)

If in doubt Dennis Lohmann's Minolta site is always a good reference:

https://minolta.eazypix.de/

http://minolta.eazypix.de/lenses/index.html


PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RokkorDoctor wrote:
caspert79 wrote:
@Blotafton

Thanks for posting these images.
Do you know if this is a 4-lens or a 5-lens version?


If it is an MDIII as Blofaton suggested, then it can only be a 5/5 construction.

Weight is a good indicator: the MC-X/MDI/MDII 4/4 lenses are all approx. 535 grams, the MDIII 5/5 is 385 grams (late MDII 5/5 is 365 grams)

If in doubt Dennis Lohmann's Minolta site is always a good reference:

https://minolta.eazypix.de/

http://minolta.eazypix.de/lenses/index.html


Thank you, Minolta has so many versions of many lenses, very hard to follow sometimes.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here it is. I think it's the MDIII.


#1


#2


PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is indeed the MDIII 135mm/2.8, no doubt about it. 5/5 construction.