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miran
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:44 pm Post subject: Which lens is this? (35-70mm/3.5) |
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miran wrote:
Can anyone recognize this lens?
It came without the nameplate.  It's for the Minolta SR mount, was mounted to a Minolta X-700 and came with a Minolta lens cap but I'm not sure if it's actually a Minolta lens. Judging by the way all the markings line up it's a 35-70mm/3.5-5.6 or something like that (definitely not the Minolta 35-70/3.5). It's very light, made mostly of plastic and optically not very good. I'd just like to find out what it is before I throw it out.
Btw, the previous owner wasn't helpful.
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Gardener
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Gardener wrote:
This is Minolta MD 35-70 f/3.5-4.8. |
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eddieitman wrote:
Probably a Sigma or something like that, Never throw out a lens, It can always be used for spare parts, you see the nice rubber grip on there easy to remove and use on another lens, I used one from a broken cosinon 200mm f3.5 to repair the missing one from a Konica 85mm F1.8 lens now looks stock again and value tripled from what i paid
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
| Gardener wrote: |
| This is Minolta MD 35-70 f/3.5-4.8. |
I agree positively, there is a review here, its identical. http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_3195.html
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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BurstMox wrote:
| eddieitman wrote: |
| Probably a Sigma or something like that, Never throw out a lens, It can always be used for spare parts, you see the nice rubber grip on there easy to remove and use on another lens, I used one from a broken cosinon 200mm f3.5 to repair the missing one from a Konica 85mm F1.8 lens now looks stock again and value tripled from what i paid |
+1 !
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Jesito wrote:
I also vote for Minolta, the build is almost exact to my Minolta MD 28-70, same shape, same engravings.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:31 am Post subject: |
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miran wrote:
Thank you!  Yes, it looks like it's a Minolta after all. I won't throw it away of course, but it probably won't see the light of day very often either.
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Lloydy wrote:
It should be a good lens, perhaps it's worth another try?
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miran wrote:
Judging by just a few quick test shots it's not horrible but it's not exactly stellar either. I'd say a typical early zoom lens. Usable but not really outstanding.
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casualcollector wrote:
Cosina made kit lens. Very common in many names including being branded by some some camera makers.
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philslizzy wrote:
Cosina made a Minolta lens? - I thought Minolta were one of only a few who made their own from the glass upwards. Cosina allegedly makes everyones lenses.
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Gardener
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Gardener wrote:
I have actually used to have a Cosina and indeed - it's a dead ringer for Minolta. I've always known that Nikon 35-70 was Cosina - but it did not occur to me that the same lens could have two major brand names.
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miran
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miran wrote:
Yours is slightly different though. It focuses down to 0.4m while mine goes only to 0.5m.
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Gardener wrote:
Of course it's slightly different - you've probably also noticed that it zooms in the opposite direction. As far as MFD is concerned - it is dependent on focal plane distance - think of moving the lens from Minolta to Nikon like putting it on a 2.78mm extension tube.
PS. I distinctly remember shooting with this lens and thinking - "not half bad". |
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casualcollector wrote:
| philslizzy wrote: |
| Cosina made a Minolta lens? - I thought Minolta were one of only a few who made their own from the glass upwards. Cosina allegedly makes everyones lenses. |
Minolta did manufacture their own glass at one time. By the mid to late 80s just about all of the major manufacturers went to subcontractors for lenses and even cameras. The high specification lenses were made in house but the consumer market stuff was generally subbed out and Cosina was a major subcontractor for just about all.
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philslizzy wrote:
Look what I picked up today in Canon EF mount as part of a job lot. Similar?
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