Minolta AF 28-70mm F2.8 G A-mount lens review by photoBear
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 2 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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ownership: | I own this lens |
compared to: | cz16-80, minolta 28-80, tamron 70-200 2.8 |
price paid: | $650 au |
positive: | Built as well as any lens I've ever held, sharpness, colours, easy to manual focus, well weighted and relatively smooth focus & zoom ring, constant 2.8, smooth bokeh. The 28-70 2.8 G 'look' |
negative: | flare & ghosting, mimimum focus distance, slow focus, sharpness at 70mm & 2.8. |
comment: | I bought this lens to go with an a900 & I've absolutely fallen in love with it. I'm sure that something like the cz24-70 2.8 or even the new Tamron 24-70 2.8 would be sharper & focus much faster there is just something intangibly nice about the images I get out of the 'G' There are flaws such as flare control, and it's a bit soft at 2.8 and the focusing is slow, very slow. But there is something intangible about it that I just like the results I get. |
rating summary

- total reviews: 70
- sharpness: 4.66
- color: 5.00
- build: 4.96
- distortion: 4.89
- flare control: 4.24
- overall: 4.75