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ferrick
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 Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: Colour rendition of Minolta MD Zoom 35-70mm f/3.5 |
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ferrick wrote:
I used this MD Zoom lens on my GH1. It was cloudy and with a little bit of rain outdoor and I did not use flash indoor. Grateful for comments on its color rendition and performance. 
Ferrick
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hifisapi
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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hifisapi wrote:
color and sharpness looks excellent to me....
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sonyrokkor
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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sonyrokkor wrote:
Nice pics, of course.
But first, before say anything about the performance of the lens, may be better to know aperture used, focal lenght, pp made, etc.
Good lens, I guess. |
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
Thanks, Hifisapi!
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
HI , Sonyrokkor
The aperture used were 2.8 & 3.5. I have altered brightness and resized only.
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peterqd
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
It's difficult to comment on the colour rendition of your lens without knowing the WB or other camera settings, or the lighting conditions when you took these pics. My experience with this lens is that it gives very nicely "subdued" colours, accurate to what your eye sees. I'm not a lover of vivid or over-saturated pictures, so this suits me just fine.
Couple of familiar HK locations in that series, they brought back very happy memories. Thankyou!
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sonyrokkor
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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sonyrokkor wrote:
I will not tell you anything about the colors and contrast, I'm not in the possibility to do that.
But I can say that the resolution power is high, more to be a zoom lens. Perhaps less than the resolution of the PG 1,4 or the MD 1,8/35,
or other prime minolta lens in the same range.
If I could have one, use it sure.
Second choice to everyday lens, behind my pg 1,4. |
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:29 pm Post subject: REply to Peter |
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ferrick wrote:
Dear Peter,
I used AWB, aperture priority mode and -1/3ev. As regard lighting conditions, it was a bit rainy for the outdoor ones and usual shopping mall lighting condition for the indoor ones.
BTW, you lived in HK before? You should come back more often to experience the changes, for the better. We still adopt the common law system, respects the rule of law and enjoy full autonomy.
Regards,
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject: Reply to Dan |
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ferrick wrote:
Hi Dan,
My mistake. It should be f/3.5 or f/4 then. It nice to "meet" you and so many others from different countries here! Thanks for your comments and sharing your experience with this lens.
Ferrick |
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:37 pm Post subject: Reply to sonyrokkor |
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ferrick wrote:
Hi sonyrokkor,
Thanks for your sharing! I heard some people say that this lens is somehow related to Leica. Is that true? 
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sonyrokkor
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:07 am Post subject: Re: Reply to sonyrokkor |
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sonyrokkor wrote:
| ferrick wrote: |
Hi sonyrokkor,
Thanks for your sharing! I heard some people say that this lens is somehow related to Leica. Is that true?
Regards,
Ferrick |
I heard that too. Somebody says that is identical to the leica lens, anothers say they are different lenses. Who knows.
Anyways is a good lens!! |
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peterqd
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:59 am Post subject: Re: REply to Peter |
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peterqd wrote:
| ferrick wrote: |
Dear Peter,
I used AWB, aperture priority mode and -1/3ev. As regard lighting conditions, it was a bit rainy for the outdoor ones and usual shopping mall lighting condition for the indoor ones.
BTW, you lived in HK before? You should come back more often to experience the changes, for the better. We still adopt the common law system, respects the rule of law and enjoy full autonomy.
Regards,
Ferrick |
No, I've never lived in HK. But my son's wife is from HK and I went there for a month for the wedding. I now have about 30 Chinese relatives! We had a fantastic time and I have many very fond memories. Most certainly we shall be going back sometime. We stayed in a serviced apartment in Mercury Street, near Victoria Park (Tin Hau) which was near where the wedding took place, but her grandmother lives in Wong Tai Sin and we went across on the Star ferry many times!
You are right about Leica. This is the same lens as the Leica Vario-Elmar 3.5/35-70, which was built by Minolta. Minolta and Leica collaborated on the manufacture of several cameras and lenses.
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:29 am Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
[quote="peterqd"]No, I've never lived in HK. But my son's wife is from HK and I went there for a month for the wedding. I now have about 30 Chinese relatives! We had a fantastic time and I have many very fond memories. Most certainly we shall be going back sometime. We stayed in a serviced apartment in Mercury Street, near Victoria Park (Tin Hau) which was near where the wedding took place, but her grandmother lives in Wong Tai Sin and we went across on the Star ferry many times!
You are right about Leica. This is the same lens as the Leica Vario-Elmar 3.5/35-70, which was built by Minolta. Minolta and Leica collaborated on the manufacture of several cameras and lenses.[/quote]
Dear Peter,
I am glad to hear that you had a fantastic time in Hong Kong. 30 Chinese! Wow, it's quite a number!
The Leica Vario-Elmar 3.5/35-70 really does look like my MD Zoom. Both got concaved front lens.
Regards.
Ferrick
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Tervueren
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Tervueren wrote:
I have 3 copies of this lens, buying them while they're cheap  sooner or later the Leica relationship will push prices up  |
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ferrick
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
[quote="Tervueren"]I have 3 copies of this lens, buying them while they're cheap sooner or later the Leica relationship will push prices up [/quote]
Good idea! |
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RAART
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:31 am Post subject: |
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RAART wrote:
Please post the pictures of the lens itself... I had once 35-70 MD (I think that it was 3.5-4.5 what I had but not sure) lens but I sold it while I wasn't satisfied. Curious to see if yours looks like mine.
Thanks!
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Tervueren
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Tervueren wrote:
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Please post the pictures of the lens itself... I had once 35-70 MD (I think that it was 3.5-4.5 what I had but not sure) lens but I sold it while I wasn't satisfied. Curious to see if yours looks like mine.
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Check this out http://www.fourseasonshd.com/cgi-bin/csvsearch.pl?db=db1&tp=tp4&search=3570macro |
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RAART
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:39 am Post subject: |
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RAART wrote:
I check the link provided and I can say that I didn't had this lens... I guess that is this reason I wasn't satisfied with quality of it.
Need to give another try with that one...
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Here is the list what I have to trade/sale:
Primes: - Kiron 28mm f2 (C/Y); Vivitar 28mm f2.5 Auto (FD); Minolta MD 50mm f2 (incl. adapter to m4/3); Miranda Auto 35mm f2.8 EC (incl. adapter to m4/3); Miranda Auto 135mm f2.8 EC (incl. adapter to m4/3);
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ferrick
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
| RAART wrote: |
Please post the pictures of the lens itself... I had once 35-70 MD (I think that it was 3.5-4.5 what I had but not sure) lens but I sold it while I wasn't satisfied. Curious to see if yours looks like mine.
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This is how it looks like.
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ferrick
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
[quote="Tervueren"][quote="RAART"]Please post the pictures of the lens itself... I had once 35-70 MD (I think that it was 3.5-4.5 what I had but not sure) lens but I sold it while I wasn't satisfied. Curious to see if yours looks like mine.
Thanks![/quote]
Check this out [url]http://www.fourseasonshd.com/cgi-bin/csvsearch.pl?db=db1&tp=tp4&search=3570macro[/url][/quote]
Thanks for providing this interesting link! |
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Tervueren
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Tervueren wrote:
If you keep an eye out on ebay under 'film cameras' you can usually spot one attached to a camera for peanuts  |
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ferrick
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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ferrick wrote:
[quote="Tervueren"]If you keep an eye out on ebay under 'film cameras' you can usually spot one attached to a camera for peanuts [/quote]
Really? I should keep an eye on the ebay then! |
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RAART
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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RAART wrote:
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| If you keep an eye out on ebay under 'film cameras' you can usually spot one attached to a camera for peanuts |
Then I will keep eye on the ebay! I am sure now that lens I had didn't look like this one and didn't had macro...
There is one there for $99... For how much they going for? Anyone knows?
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FOR SALE:
Do you have Pentax-A or F or FA primes and like to trade?
Here is the list what I have to trade/sale:
Primes: - Kiron 28mm f2 (C/Y); Vivitar 28mm f2.5 Auto (FD); Minolta MD 50mm f2 (incl. adapter to m4/3); Miranda Auto 35mm f2.8 EC (incl. adapter to m4/3); Miranda Auto 135mm f2.8 EC (incl. adapter to m4/3);
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Tervueren
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Tervueren wrote:
| RAART wrote: |
| Tervueren wrote: |
| If you keep an eye out on ebay under 'film cameras' you can usually spot one attached to a camera for peanuts |
Then I will keep eye on the ebay! I am sure now that lens I had didn't look like this one and didn't had macro...
There is one there for $99... For how much they going for? Anyone knows? |
I've not paid more than £35 including a camera that said it's about 6 months ago since I bought last one so prices may well be on the up |
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Tervueren
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Tervueren wrote:
A very quick look found these
Click here to see on Ebay
Click here to see on Ebay
Even 1 for sale in ffordes
http://www.ffordes.com/product/12062010584381 |
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