Minolta AF 28mm F2.8 A-mount lens review by tafata

tafata#10375 date: Jul-13-2012
sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2	tested on: film camera: APS-C: 6MP; 10MP; 12MP; 14MP; 16MP; 20MP; 24MP full frame: 12MP; 24MP; 36MP; 42MP; 61MP
ownership:	I used to own this lens
compared to:	Minolta AF 50 F1.7 Minolta AF 135 F2.8 Sony DT16-50 F2.8 SSM
price paid:	90EUR (used)
positive:	- lightweight - compact lens - colors - bokeh - sharpness
negative:	- not so wide on APS-C
comment:	PREVIOUS: My copy is definitively not so sharp, even stopped down is far from the results of the other lenses. Maybe the lenses are a bit disaligned but i don't know... (READ BELOW) EDIT: I used this lens with my A77 and the sharpness problem went away... maybe it was a backfocus problem or similar with the A200, that can explain why it showed at all apertures. Now the sharpness compares very well to the 16-50/2.8 and it's only a bit less than 50/1.7. This lens has very beautiful colors and bokeh at wide open, it's lightweight and small enough to be very confortable to carry with.