Minolta AF 28-85mm F3.5-4.5 A-mount lens review by Jose de Luna
 Jose de Luna#1043 date: Jul-31-2006 | |
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| sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Excellent build and optics. |
| negative: | Dedicated hood useless. |
| comment: | One of the best zooms I've used in the Minolta line-up, great color saturation (available light or flash photography), sharpness excellent from f5.6-11 (very acceptable at f3.5-4.5). Image quality a bit inferior to its bigger brother (28-135mm). Definitely a better alternative and more serious performer than the kit lens (18-70mm). Dedicated hood not enough to control flare, I use the hood for the 100-300mm APO instead. |
; 10MPrating summary
- total reviews: 112
- sharpness: 4.29
- color: 4.69
- build: 4.85
- distortion: 4.16
- flare control: 3.62
- overall: 4.32