Minolta MD 35-70mm 1:3.5 Zoom NM (no macro) lens review
This is the most popular manual zoom lens in the whole Minolta. Or even in the whole world. The second edition – New-MD design but still without macro-mode. (The macro version has been reviewed here)
Minolta 24mm lenses comparison:
Minolta has produced very technically advanced and as result – very famous lenses with a 24mm focal distance. Here is a friendly battle between the three of some of them.
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Minolta MD 70-210mm 1:4.0 Zoom lens review
This is a manual-focus version of “Beercan” – one of the famous lenses of Minolta. A rare case when the description is worth starting with the mention of another younger lens because everyone knows a “Beercan.” It’s enough to say that this is “beercan without autofocus” and everyone immediately understands what it is about. It is believed that the optical properties of the lens weren’t changed when autofocus appeared, but a small probability still remains, therefore I’ll clarify – the review is about MD, not about Alpha.
Chiyoko Tele Rokkor 1:4 f=13.5cm (c) lens review, aka Chiyoko 135mm f:4.0
Mount – LTM, Leica Thread Mount, or LSM, Leica Screw Mount, or M39
This lens is from the list of four very first lenses released by Minolta for 35mm standard film. Just 4 years after the end of WWII. We can say that this lens is a museum exhibit, but nevertheless, nothing prevents photographers from using it. I even think that if these lenses were alive, then they would really like to participate in photographing despite their age.
Helios vs Minolta 58mm comparison
Everyone knows who will be a winner, but let’s check.
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The popularity of Russian lenses has grown considerably over the past few years. And Helios 44M-7 58mm 1:2.0 is from the top of that list. Perhaps this is the result of globalization, perhaps – Photographers protest against the principles of modern lenses – sometimes too featureless.
One day I spotted in the sale Гелиос 44М-7 at an attractive price. Directly with the camera Zenit-122 instead of the back cover. So…
Lens review: Helios 44-7 58mm 1:2.0 MC Zenit
Exploded Parts List for Minolta XD Series 35mm Cameras – 22 pages about Minolta XD/XD7/XD11 and additional four pages for Minolta XD5. Including body, shutter block, electronic elements and wiring schematic.
Chiyoko Super Rokkor 1:2.8 f=45mm (Minolta) lens review , aka Chiyoko 45mm 1:2.8 Tele Rokkor
Mount – LTM, Leica Thread Mount, or LSM, Leica Screw Mount, or M39
This is the first “Minolta” interchangeable lens for the most popular in the world 35mm standard – the new era has been opened. It is difficult to overestimate its historical significance. In a sense, it can be called as the great-grandmother of modern lenses Minolta/Sony family.
Minolta MD 28mm 1:2.8 – 7 elements in 7 groups formula – two copies comparison (New-MD, MD III)
The description of a LensRomantic test is here. These comparisons are for collectors or tech-enthusiasts. Photographers may go directly to a lens review.
This article was made specifically for this Carl Zeiss because Minolta 28mm lenses have already been enough studied and the site contains a lot of materials about them.
Carl Zeiss Distagon 28mm 1:2.8 (AE) for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks.
