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Minolta Rokkor-TC 135mm f/4 Bellows Lens
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:08 pm    Post subject: Minolta Rokkor-TC 135mm f/4 Bellows Lens Reply with quote
I have previously written here about this older Minolta MC manual focus lens meant for use on a bellows. The oddness of the lens (small size, bellows, preset, large # of aperture blades) has encouraged me to try to use it as a non-macro lens.

I don't have good eyesight and have found that it is quite difficult for me to focus this lens for anything not very close to the camera. As it is via a macro adapter and also connected to a bellows, there is no focus confirmation to help things along. As a result a lot of my initial portrait pictures were a bit out of focus ruining them.

Here are a few of the pictures that I thought were worth salvaging. Nothing spectacular but it encourages me to try to take a few more pictures with this lens + bellows contraption just to see what the results look like.

Almost all the pictures were shot wide open at f/4. Some of the cloese up Missal ones at maybe f/5.6 or something. Everything was handheld on my Sony Alpha A350 using manual exposure and sometimes using the old Minolta 5200xi flash gun bounced off the ceiling.

Postprocessing is limited to Lightroom contrast, white balance. Export to facebook size.








I need to try this lens outside


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great results! I love them all!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, magically sharp! How did you connect it to the Alpha? Bellows with A-mount on one end and Minolta MC on the other? Is there a glass element?

Thanks!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Super results, those old Minoltas are not slouches. Good composition too.


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used a glassless Minolta MD -> MA adapter. This adapter is quite thick which is fine for bellows work although I'm looking for a thin glasses adapter so that I can use some of my MD lenses without any glass for shorter distance portraits.

I also have the glass adapter and it does screw up with the picture quality and sharpness of anything attached to it.

Shrek wrote:
Wow, magically sharp! How did you connect it to the Alpha? Bellows with A-mount on one end and Minolta MC on the other? Is there a glass element?

Thanks!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks a lot! Just some random pictures from a Sunday morning. Holding up this bellows contraption and having to focus by adjusting bellows and moving closer/further makes it an "interesting" way to do portraits. Smile

Nesster wrote:
Super results, those old Minoltas are not slouches. Good composition too.


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:16 pm    Post subject: A macro picture from this lens (don't look too close :-) ) Reply with quote
A sleeping brother's ear.
JPG, Sony A350. Lightroom Postprocessing is AutoTone and Sharpening +50



PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sharp!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good sharp results. Like the colour fidelity too


patrickh


PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If anyone needs one, I have three and only need one, so two can go, all in excellent condition, one with Minolta bellows - PM me.
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