This is one sharp lens! I keep getting surprised with all my classic Minolta glass, so far I have: 50mm f1.7 28mm f2.8 (although I marked the glass by accident ) 35-105mm f3.5-4.5 Macro 75-300mm f4-5.6 (sharp but to much purple fringing, not for digital really, replaced with Sigma 70-300 APO DG) 28-100mm f3.5-f5.6 (plastic but pretty good for what it is, not amazing but for plastic, pretty good) Here's a sample I'm gonna be looking for more and more classic Minolta lenses. My 7D is producing some of the sharpest images I have seen with the classics, I am well chuffed!!
... but you don't have a "beercan" (70-210 f4) ... you must get one, it's mandatory for Minolta/Sony owners and a 50mm macro ... small, neat and oh so sharp.
I don't have a beercan either, quite happy with the results from the Tammy 55-200. My line up was starting to get a bit Tammy heavy, 17-50, 55-200 and 90/2.8 plus 135/2.8 and 200/3.5 Tammy adaptall manuals. The Minolta line up was 28/2.8, 50/1.7 & 18-70 kit now joined by a 35-105/3.5-4.5, but the newer version than the macro in the topic heading, hoping to give it a trial on Satuday at the Winchester Mayfest, bring on the dancing girls (and boys) Just to keep it a bit varied I do also have the Sigma 600/8 and a Tokina 80-400
I will look into it, as I am also liking the way they look on the camera, with their all black metal body with the Minolta logo on the side.
Funny how that happens........ I was out on Saturday with my Canon D30 and all 3 lenses I had with me were Sigma: 10-20mm, 28-70 and 70-210... Despite my best intentions of sticking with Canon lenses I still seem to have ended up with 6 Sigmas and a Tamron in EF mount - probably 'cos most of them were secondhand bargains........
^^^What Rog Said^^^ the 'Beercan' on all my film Dynax's and my 7D is superb (if a bit heavy) especially the 'bokeh' when wide open, in fact come to think of it all my Minolta f/4 lenses do display superb lens characteristics from f/4 on. Personally if I were going for a Macro I'd go for the 100 f/2.8 D which according to the late Dr Stewart Bell of AP lens test fame reckoned it was the best 100mm Macro he'd ever tested.
