Post by Peter S. on Nov 15, 2007 16:29:38 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors,
by a matter of accident I acquired two long lenses. The first one was a Tokina AT-X 4/100-300
zoom. I already got the 2.8/80-200 (although this does not see too much light :-( ), so I was
lucky to get the longer companion.
the new acquisition is the upper one. I was surprised, that this lens is substantially
longer. The weight is about the same (and far from being a paperweight). It got a good
reputation - but maybe my Minolta camera's suffer from the missing mirror pre trigger.
Anyway, this is the first picture I took with it. On the day I got the lens :-)
Swiss cattle.
On the full crop I see, that it is not exactly razor sharp. But it is pretty nice anyway.
The best was the price: about 60 $. Including shipment.
But even more funny, a few days later, a original Minolta MD Tele Rokkor 4.5/300 (the later
version with the internal focussing, and a decent near focus limit of about 3m (ca. 10 ft).
This is pretty nice for this long lens. I tested it using Zorro as a model...
Zorro
Even when inspecting this on 100% it looks really nice. :-)
It had a very good price, too. About 80 $. Cosmetically it looks like new. It has a more
convenient 72mm fitler thread opposed to the 77mm of the Tokina zooms.
I found it quite strange that I was able to hunt down two 300mm lenses at
about the same moment.
Best regards
Peter
PS: forgot to say: both were taken on Kodak Elitechrome 100 (EB-2) slide film.
by a matter of accident I acquired two long lenses. The first one was a Tokina AT-X 4/100-300
zoom. I already got the 2.8/80-200 (although this does not see too much light :-( ), so I was
lucky to get the longer companion.
the new acquisition is the upper one. I was surprised, that this lens is substantially
longer. The weight is about the same (and far from being a paperweight). It got a good
reputation - but maybe my Minolta camera's suffer from the missing mirror pre trigger.
Anyway, this is the first picture I took with it. On the day I got the lens :-)
Swiss cattle.
On the full crop I see, that it is not exactly razor sharp. But it is pretty nice anyway.
The best was the price: about 60 $. Including shipment.
But even more funny, a few days later, a original Minolta MD Tele Rokkor 4.5/300 (the later
version with the internal focussing, and a decent near focus limit of about 3m (ca. 10 ft).
This is pretty nice for this long lens. I tested it using Zorro as a model...
Zorro
Even when inspecting this on 100% it looks really nice. :-)
It had a very good price, too. About 80 $. Cosmetically it looks like new. It has a more
convenient 72mm fitler thread opposed to the 77mm of the Tokina zooms.
I found it quite strange that I was able to hunt down two 300mm lenses at
about the same moment.
Best regards
Peter
PS: forgot to say: both were taken on Kodak Elitechrome 100 (EB-2) slide film.
