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The Sony A7II is capable of fulfilling two tasks that only 2 years ago where pure dreams:
1) Use any kind of third-party lens on an affordable Full Frame camera
2) Improve the image quality with those lenses by adding on sensor stabilization.
So I figured out it would be nice to show you how you can spend $100 or less for a second-hand lens and take great pictures with it.
SAR reader Drasko tested the [shoplink 35229 ebay]70€ Minolta 50mm MC Macro Rokkor QF 3.5[/shoplink] on the A7II. You can find all the pictures on our SonyAlphaForum (Click here). Those images are simply great!
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14 Responses
Oh great, some more flower photos.
As opposed to “some more landscape photos”, or “some more street photos” or “some more pet photos”
The 28mm 2.8 Celtic MD is a winner as well. Quality of bokeh is the biggest downer.
a7ii only? anybody could attach whatever lens to a7x cameras but this doesn’t mean you take good picture. Just to make an example, let’s use a Summicron 35mm on an a7r and then compare the same images with a Leica m9…. uncomparable and with both you have a 36mbytes raw file…..
I have a few Rokkors, 24 and 28mm f2.8, 35mm f1.8, 50mm f1.4 and f1.2, 85mm f2 and 135mm f2.8 and f3.5 and all perform well. They can’t compare with my FE 55mm towards the edges but after sharpening, vignetting and fringing correction when necessary they’re nice 😀
I also have Olympus Zuiko and Canon FD lenses and find that the Rokkors are equal or in some cases best at each focal length (at 50 and 85mm for me the Rokkors are clear winners.)
I use my old lenses on my A7 via Novoflex adapters and they’re great fun.
Couldn’t agree more.
Interesting! I use the 50 and 85mm Olympus lenses regularly. Are some of your pictures online?
Sorry, I don’t have an on line account.
The Olympus lenses I have only lose out a little to my Rokkors due to displaying a little more purple fringing but only at the widest apertures and nothing that would spoil a whole image too much.
All of the old SLR lenses I have are very useable.
Thanks for elucidating! A rather sparse collection of my pix: http://photophab.tumblr.com/
Well I would still classify this as a not successful attempt att a good macro shot.
The background bokeh is not so good, and the focus doesnt feel good enough, try again =)
The Minolta 35mm f/3.5 Macro is a nice lens; I’ve got one, too, alongside a few other Minolta SR/MC/MD lenses, which I’ve been using with a NEX and now use on an Olympus OM-D with and without a Speed Booster adapter. There have been several versions of the lens which share the same optical design; the one shown with its silver F-stop ring is one of the older MC versions. The later versions, specifically those labelled MD, are much lighter (200g instead of 300g) while still being solidly built, even if plastics were used for some part, and have more modern lens coatings, but which one to choose is probably mostly a matter of taste.
Personally, though, I cannot really do macro photography without an automatic aperture, except when I’m working on a tripod with static objects, because focusing isn’t precise enough with the lens stopped down, except when I use the viewfinder zoom function, which makes framing the shot difficult. So for a Sony camera I’d probably look out for a Minolta AF 50mm f/2.8 with A-Mount, which can be mounted with an automatic adapter, is slightly faster, and does 1:1 without the addition of an extension tube.
Oh, and then there are several 100mm macro lenses, too. Some MC and MD versions with f/3.5 and a MD f/4 version with SR mount, of which the f/4 one is clearly the best, and of course the AF 100mm f/2.8 A-Mount lens – which tends to be quite expensive, though.
How to view the photos? When I visit the forum link it shows me more links to jpgs that do not work.
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“Improve the image quality with those lenses by adding on sensor stabilization.”
False. It simply removes camera shake a bit. It doesn’t steady the subject or speed up the shutter and it certainly doesn’t make a a blurry lens sharp