Minolta 35-70 F3.5 Macro Version (the Leica Lens)

[eddieitman]

Well had a spare 20 minutes during lunch and mounted to the NEX was the 35-70 eager for some testing nothing to much hope to add some more in the future, when i have better weather and more time.
Impressions
CA very little at least in these conditions
Colours very nice straight out the camera only very little tweaking required.
Bokeh is typical Minolta very smooth and transitions nicely
Build quality its quite good for something from the 80's
No hood used in these pics.
It seems a bit strange that this lens extends to reach 35mm rather than retract.


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[Nesster]

Clearly a super lens, every sample I've seen has excellent sharpness and color.
I compared it to the Tamron 35-80 CF, and it was no contest. About the only surprise was that both lenses had similar barrel distortion at 35mm... which I actually like.

[Excalibur]