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24th January 2006
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Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
Got this lens 2nd hand and its in pretty good condition internally. Many people dislikes the donut bokeh effects in the out of focus areas in a shot but I find it pretty good if the background is far away. This is the most lightweight and smallest lens (665g) among the 500mm lenses making it hand holdable, no mono/tri-pod required. It has a minimum focusing distance of 4m and comes with a clear integral filter, as well as an ND4 integral filter.
The only cons about this lens are its fixed aperture at f/8, donut bokeh and some may find it slow in auto-focusing. Hey! it auto-focuses! I would say the focusing speed is comparable to the Minolta AF 100-400mm f/4.5-6.7 APO. Well, lets see some sample shots (EXIF available).  Click to see full image  Click to see full image  Click to see full image  Click to see full image As you can see from the last shot, the donut bokeh is very obvious, much obvious than the rest. Last edited by Drudkh; 24th January 2006 at 06:17 PM. |
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
can shoot a flame & see? cos i think bokeh would look nice with it...
btw, any model shot with this?
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
flame? need to find where's my lighter.
no model shoot, but here's a shot of passer-by.   Click to see full image |
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
you bought the cookie tin lens? man you are in desperate need for range is it
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
desperate?
 if i am, i would have Hart mailed the lens rather than wait for him to bring back.pls stop the OT posts. |
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
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Re: Lens Test: Minolta AF 500mm F/8 Reflex
Thanks for your testing result.
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