Walk around with Minolta W.Rokkor 28mm/2.8

[miran]

I've had the Minolta W.Rokkor 28mm/2.8 for a while now but only used it a few times. Mostly in bad weather and now I somehow subconsciously associate this lens with drab grey lifelessness and every time I hold it in my hands think of it as something of mediocre image quality and overall substandard photos. The truth is quite the opposite. It's a capable lens, sharp enough from wide open and handles most situations well. Here are a few samples from my last couple of walks: the closeups are at f/2.8 and close to MFD, the sunsets are three shot bracketed hdrs at f/5.6 (-3EV to +3EV).

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NEX6_0001_7483 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

2.

NEX6_0001_7497 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

3.

NEX6_0001_7467-7469 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

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NEX6_0001_7461-7463 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

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NEX6_0001_7449-7451 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

[AstroZon]

All nice. I really like photos 1 & 4. I like Rokkor lenses. I have several: a 35, 50, 55, and 135 + some other Minolta lenses.

[miran]

Thanks. I have a very small Minolta manual lens collection, mostly of lesser, inexpensive ones (28/2.8, 45/2, 50/1.4, 135/3.5, 200/3.5), but they're all good.

[Teo]

Hello,Miran ! You made remember my excellent trip in Slovenia last year Indeed a good inexpensive lens. It was on my short list for my trip to Lübeck this year .
I like the more the 2-5 pics.