Kelley (Texas)
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Recently, I acquired an old vintage Minolta lens that was manufactured in 1985. The lens, a Minolta AF 50mm F1.7 was originally designed for the film cameras of that era.
I cut this Rose from the Rose plant growing along the fence between the neighbor and us on the South side of our home. The picture was taken with my Sony A200 DSLR camera using the new vintage Minolta 50mm F1.7 lens. Settings were F7.1, 1/400, ISO 100, Manual Mode, Histogram used for exposure, and used a tripod. Sky was overcast, harsh lighting conditions. Also, I took pictures across the entire aperture range, from F1.7 to F22, and found that the sharpest pictures were at F7.1 and F8. Bokeh was semi-solid, creamy on the more open aperture settings of F2.8 and at F22 the Bokeh was a semi-blurred background. I like this lens, it is a keeper. Kelley (Texas)
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I cut this Rose from the Rose plant growing along the fence between the neighbor and us on the South side of our home. The picture was taken with my Sony A200 DSLR camera using the new vintage Minolta 50mm F1.7 lens. Settings were F7.1, 1/400, ISO 100, Manual Mode, Histogram used for exposure, and used a tripod. Sky was overcast, harsh lighting conditions. Also, I took pictures across the entire aperture range, from F1.7 to F22, and found that the sharpest pictures were at F7.1 and F8. Bokeh was semi-solid, creamy on the more open aperture settings of F2.8 and at F22 the Bokeh was a semi-blurred background. I like this lens, it is a keeper. Kelley (Texas)
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