Vectis lenses

I'll start it off with a few old ones with the original Monster adapter ( before the version 1 or 2 ) .

Only been trying out my new AF unit tonight so have nothing to show .

Vectis 22-80mm on an NEX 7 , MF only .


Mirrored Mist by Neil , on Flickr

Vectis 50mm Macro , heavily cropped .

Starburst ( Web 1, very heavy cropping ) by Neil , on Flickr

Vectis 80-240mm , Nex 7 .

Morning Mist by Neil , on Flickr

Two test shots with the LA-VE2 and 400 REFLEX, the first AF-C using flexible spot S, the second one using MF. Exif gives 405 mm focal length!

AF on the 400 is not ideal, I will experiment with AF settings. The AF sometimes cycles at close focus, not finding anything to lock on. Toggling the A/M switch solves that. This lens does not have a hypersonic drive like modern lenses, I'm expecting something in the line of screw-drive lenses. On some subjects it does that, on others not.   

The 400 REFLEX is the reason I wanted the adapter (my other Vectis lenses are either collateral damage or the result of irrational behaviour/lenslust) and the lens meets all expectations. One remark. Pincushion distortion, I don't know if this is common, but in Lightroom I need -9 to correct it, obviously only noticeable when there are straight lines in the image. Vignetting is surprisingly low for this APS lens, but I doctored the lens by removing the "rectangular" window in the lens mount.   

Two Herons

Focal Length: 405 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.003 sec (1/320)
ISO: 1000

Flower at MFD

Focal Length: 405 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.008 sec (1/125)
ISO: 500

Edited by Snegren - 19 October 2022 at 15:29

Nice to see some pre-LA-VE2 work, Neil, Howard and Jumbolino!
Jumbolino: was your adapter 'home made'?

I adapted 2 Vectis lenses (22-80 and 56-170mm) to M42.

This is what I wrote in 2015:

Leo wrote: I finally managed to adapt a Minolta Vectis lens to E-mount. A Vectis lens is an electronic PITA. It only works on Vectis cameras. Off camera, focus and aperture are dead. But zoom works. Well, I can live without aperture; wide open is my favourite aperture and thank God Vectis lenses are wide open when they're dead. But photography without focus is hard. So I sanded down the bayonet of the Vectis 22-80/4 and screwed it (sort of, it's not perfect yet) into an M42 helicoid adapter; and screwed that into a slim M42 > E-mount adapter. Et voila: focus from 5cm to infinity (and beyond ).

And this is the photo that went with it:

We are family


Some more shots, from 2015 and 2020:

1 Waiting for the night bus

a7s + Minolta Vectis 56-170 @ 56mm

2 Land Art Delft, 1945-2020

a7rii + Minolta Vectis 56-170 @170mm

3 Ice leak

a7s + Minolta Vectis 22-80 @ 22mm

Swan

Camera Model: ILCE-7M3
Lens: MINOLTA V MIRROR LENS 400mm f/8 on MonsterAdapter LA-VE2 auto-focus adapter
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.008 sec (1/125)
ISO: 160

4 Autumn in Goes


5 A pair of windows


6 Pile of pavement


all with a7riv + Minolta V Lens 56-170mm 1:4.5-5.6 (1996; Vectis, APS; LA-VE2)

And here are my first shots with Vectis 400.

Edited by darosa - 25 October 2022 at 23:14

Till today I didn't even know Minolta had something called a V-mount but, oh boy, there are some real fine images in this thread here!

MINOLTA V LENS 28-56mm f/4-5.6 on MonsterAdapter LA-VE2 auto-focus adapter. AF reliable, it better be as the lens does not support manual focus. Some vignetting at the 56 mm end, none at the wide end. It shares the lens-code with the 56-170.

Sunset over De Geestmolen

Camera Model: ILCE-7M3
Lens: 56-170mm F4.5-5.6
Focal Length: 56 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.003 sec (1/320)
ISO: 100

Purmerends Museum

Camera Model: ILCE-7M3
Lens: 56-170mm F4.5-5.6
Focal Length: 56 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.008 sec (1/125)
ISO: 100

Edited by Snegren - 07 November 2022 at 08:53