Minolta AF 28-70mm F2.8 G A-mount lens review by photoBear

photoBear#13227 date: Apr-13-2015
sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 2 overall: 4.4	tested on: film camera: APS-C: 6MP; 10MP; 12MP; 14MP; 16MP; 20MP; 24MP full frame: 12MP; 24MP; 36MP; 42MP; 61MP
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.