Minolta AF 35-105mm F3.5-4.5 N A-mount lens review by kerplunk
 kerplunk#10346 date: Jul-1-2012 | |
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| sharpness: 3 color: 3 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 3.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta AF 35-105 f3.5-4.5 (1st) Minolta AF 35-70 f4 Minolta AF 28-105 RS Tamron 28-200 (A031) |
| price paid: | 35 USD |
| positive: | size and weight |
| negative: | Image quality. Sharpness Color |
| comment: | I bought this expecting slightly less quality that the older version in a much more convenient size, and was let down, and was not disappointed by the size. When I first got it, I liked the size and build, put it on my camera and went for a walk. When I got home and started reviewing, I was a bit puzzled with what went wrong with all the pictures looking a bit flat, with no real sharpness. I pretty quickly summed it up to this lens, and figured I must have gotten a bad copy. So I got a second one and tried it, same results. It was a cloudy day, and I didn't notice any flare, but I'm assuming it will have inherited this quality from it's older version (which is pretty bad), and gave it a 3. Neither of the version I got came with a hood, but it has the same clip on mount so I'll assume the original hood was similar. If I want something this small and light to carry around, I'll take the 35-70 f4, the missing 70-105 range can be cropped in with better results. The quality of this lens is far from the original version in my opinion. I think it's more comparable with my Tamron 28-200 super zoom (that is also pretty bad). |
rating summary
- total reviews: 78
- sharpness: 4.16
- color: 4.67
- build: 4.22
- distortion: 4.29
- flare control: 4.08
- overall: 4.28