Minolta AF 24-105mm F3.5-4.5 D A-mount lens review by petemcarthur
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sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 3.8 | tested on:
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ownership: | I own this lens |
compared to: | missing |
price paid: | £80 |
positive: | Excellent zoom range on film / ff Compact |
negative: | Extremely soft wide open Distortion at 24mm |
comment: | This is my first Minolta lens and it's a good lens as long as you are aware of it's limitations. Particularly at it's widest setting it is so soft as to be unusable. Wide open at 24mm I can't even print at 6x4. It's still unacceptable at f4.5 and only becomes useable at f5.6. The tele end is not as bad but this is a lens you want to keep stopped down. Perhaps my copy is really bad. Having said that it's a good walk about lens covering most situations well. |
rating summary

- total reviews: 109
- sharpness: 4.25
- color: 4.51
- build: 4.12
- distortion: 4.15
- flare control: 4.24
- overall: 4.25