Minolta AF 100-300mm F4.5-5.6 APO A-mount lens review by pcarmalt
 pcarmalt#7230 date: Apr-1-2010 | |
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| sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 3 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 3.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Tamron 55-200 F4-5.6 (APS-C) Minolta 70-210 F4 Sony 100 F2.8 Macro |
| price paid: | GBP 170 |
| positive: | + Compact and lightweight + Good colour + APO works....lack of CA |
| negative: | - Soft. Need to stop down to f/8, even then not as sharp as beercan - Bokeh not as smooth as beercan - Doesn't have the same 3d look as beercan / 28-135 etc - VERY slow AF, slower than beercan. |
| comment: | I didn't really warm to this lens. The first mistake I made was comparing it at 100mm to my 100 Macro :-) I took this lens on two holidays and I don't think I printed a single photo taken with this lens... it just seems to be missing the beercan magic. Then I compared my beercan + Kenko 1.4x TC to this lens and realised I could always turn my beercan in to a 100-300/5.6 with better performance, so there was no point in having this lens. |
; 36MPrating summary
- total reviews: 69
- sharpness: 4.20
- color: 4.58
- build: 4.00
- distortion: 4.51
- flare control: 4.26
- overall: 4.31