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Originally posted by addy landzaat addy landzaat wrote:

Originally posted by XKAES XKAES wrote:

Tokina 24-200mm. Covers all the bases.
Interesting. To me this is a compromise lens. For travel I usually bring an ultrawide like the Minolta 17-35G and a short tele like a Minolta 85/1.8G. A 24-200 lens lacks on wideness on the wide end and f/stop at the mid range. But it is convenient, I give you that


That's great if you want to carry it all. But as a "favorite lens" which is what the OP asked about -- that is a singular lens -- NOT multiples.

One lens -- the Tokina 24-200.

The OP did not ask about favorite lensES.
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Originally posted by XKAES XKAES wrote:

Originally posted by addy landzaat addy landzaat wrote:

Originally posted by XKAES XKAES wrote:

Tokina 24-200mm. Covers all the bases.
Interesting. To me this is a compromise lens. For travel I usually bring an ultrawide like the Minolta 17-35G and a short tele like a Minolta 85/1.8G. A 24-200 lens lacks on wideness on the wide end and f/stop at the mid range. But it is convenient, I give you that


That's great if you want to carry it all. But as a "favorite lens" which is what the OP asked about -- that is a singular lens -- NOT multiples.

One lens -- the Tokina 24-200.

The OP did not ask about favorite lensES.
Yep, like I said on the first page of this thread, my favourite lens is the Minolta 200/2.8. unfortunately my copy is damaged

I am sure that would never be your favorite lens - to restrictive probably. People differ.
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Originally posted by neilt3 neilt3 wrote:



FYI , The Minolta / Sony 35mm f/1.4 G lenses sell for less than that . Do your homework if your buying , don't believe the numbers if your selling !

One sold recently , boxed , excellent condition , £343 , ebay link

Opening bid £400 , no takers yet

£520 BIY or make an offer

The US $ and British £ are about the , so same people spending $1000+ on one need their head seeing too ! Even $750 is way to high IMO .

These lenses are coming up often enough , wait and you'll get one for a fair price .

I bought my Sony 35mm f/1.4 G around ten years ago for £700 , lenses that were worth that much then are half the price now .
I've recently bought a Minolta 300mm f/2.8 and Minolta 400mm f/4.5 for around £700 , only a few years ago they were selling for double that .
It's a buyers market now , especially since Sony dropped DSLR's / SLTs .
I got a good deal on an a99ii to earlier this year , they haven't dropped much though as its the last high end DSLR for us , and there's never many for sale anywhere .

Good luck if you want to sell a Sony A mount lens though !



That's awesome you're seeing those prices in the UK, but as I mentioned in my post, at that time the *only* completed sale on the US Ebay site over the last 30 days had been that one lens, so taken in that context, the buyer got a top-tier lens for a below median price.
As always, the buyer determines for them self what a "fair" price is...

Personally, I hope that your pricing trend makes its way to the shores of 'Murica, as I'd love to own a 300 2.8 for under $1k!
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at the moment the 135mm f2.8 Minolta pocket rocket
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Originally posted by XKAES XKAES wrote:

Originally posted by addy landzaat addy landzaat wrote:

Originally posted by XKAES XKAES wrote:

Tokina 24-200mm. Covers all the bases.
Interesting. To me this is a compromise lens. For travel I usually bring an ultrawide like the Minolta 17-35G and a short tele like a Minolta 85/1.8G. A 24-200 lens lacks on wideness on the wide end and f/stop at the mid range. But it is convenient, I give you that


That's great if you want to carry it all. But as a "favorite lens" which is what the OP asked about -- that is a singular lens -- NOT multiples.

One lens -- the Tokina 24-200.

The OP did not ask about favorite lensES.


I had the Tokina 24-200. I liked it better than the Tamron 28-200, aside from the Tokina zoom rotating the opposite direction. When I bought it, it was like new, except for the fact that the AF gear was stripped. I had it repaired. Amazing I found a repairman with access to that part, long after the lens was discontinued. There are several film era Tokina and Sigma models that are prone to stripped gears when paired with the torque of a modern digital camera. This 24-200 might be one of them. BUT the box did say “for digital” on it.

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Originally posted by macronut macronut wrote:

There are several film era Tokina and Sigma models that are prone to stripped gears when paired with the torque of a modern digital camera. This 24-200 might be one of them.


Perhaps I'm fortunate to only use film and early digital AF cameras -- so maybe I'm all set.
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I am lucky enough to have the 50mm Zeiss f1.4 on A mount, its fantastically sharp and silent so it has become my go walk around lens although I usually have the 24mm Zeiss in my pocket incase the 50mm is to long.

The 135mm Zeiss f1.8 takes an outstanding picture but I rarely find 135mm useful.

The 35mm f2.0 also gets a look in being so small light and sharp.
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For me I've got two categories: primes and zooms.

Primes:

   Either the Minolta 24 f/2.8 or the Zeiss 24 f/2
   Zeiss 50mm f/1.4
   Zeiss 135mm f/1.8
   Minolta 200mm f/2.8 G
   Minolta 400mm f/4.5 G

Zooms:

   Minolta 17-35mm f/3.5 G
   Minolta 28-70mm f/2.8 G
   Minolta 70-200mm f/2.8 G SSM

Honorable mention:

   Minolta 28mm f/2
   Sony 50mm f/1.4
   Minolta 85mm f/1.4 G
   Minolta 135mm f/2.8 STF
   Minolta 80-200mm f/2.8 G
   Minolta 100-400mm /4.5-6.7 APO

The one lens I find the most difficult to use is the Sony 35mm f/1.4 G. It is the most difficult lens to micro adjust on my A900, A99ii, A77ii and A7R/LE-EA4. Just when I think I've got things dialed in one day, the next they seem off. Maybe I just don't have a good sample of this lens. When it hits focus just right it does produce sharp images with good color and rendering.
   
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Probably the Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro (screw-drive version).
All my other favourite A-mount lenses have changed over time, but this one is always near the top of the list, even on the A7Rii. Amazingly sharp everywhere, at any distance, even with a TC.
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Hard to pick one lens for most of us. Easy enough for me though, as I’m an owner of the rare Minolta 85mm 1.4 G D Limited and I love everything about it.

Other primes I rate at the top…

Zeiss 135mm 1.8

Minolta 135mm STF

Minolta white APO’s 200mm, 400mm, 600mm

Minolta 50mm 2.8 3x-1x macro

Sigma 180mm 2.8 EX APO DG HSM OS Macro

Sigma 20mm f/1.8D EX DG (second version)

Minolta 500mm Reflex

Minolta 100mm 2.8 Soft Focus

Minolta 50mm 1.4

Minolta 100mm f2

Minolta 35mm f2 RS


Zooms…

Tokina AT-X AF 100-300mm f4 AF (version 2)

Tokina AT-X AF 28-70mm 2.6-2.8

Minolta 28-135mm f4-4.5

Minolta 28-105mm 3.5-4.5

Minolta 80-200mm 2.8 HS APO G

Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2

Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II

Don’t own some that would surely be on this list (Sony 500mm f4 SSM, Minolta 17-35mm 3.5 G, Minolta 200mm f4 macro G)
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