Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 (beercan) A-mount lens review by blek

blek#8853 date: Apr-1-2011
sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 3 flare control: 3 overall: 4	tested on: film camera: APS-C: 6MP; 10MP; 12MP; 14MP; 16MP; 20MP; 24MP full frame: 12MP; 24MP; 36MP; 42MP; 61MP
ownership:	I have experience with this lens
compared to:	Minolta AF 75-300 F4.5-5.6 Big Beercan Minolta AF 28-135 F4-4.5 Minolta AF 70-210 F4.5-5.6 II Minolta AF 100-300 F4.5-5.6 xi
price paid:	IDR 2.000.000 (used)
positive:	Bokeh Minolta colors BOKEH Build like a tank BOKEH! Sharp BOKEH!!!
negative:	Not a lens for rich people.
comment:	Rich in detail with smooth, creamy out of focus area. Crop? Please do. It is sharp enough for 100% crop. Full? Please do. It is imbued with the great Minolta colors. Baseball? Please do. It is 100% metal short bat. The legendary lens, the gem lens. Peoples told you what it was, now, and then. For such price, you cannot get a lens better than this. Give it scratch, no lens hood, no cap, fungus, whatsoever, get one. Get one! And I meant it. AFAIK, no lens produce such a nice combination of bokeh, sharpness, and color better than this lens. A few lens my produce better sharpness, nice corner, good CA control, you name it, but remember, a photo is a whole, not a partial. And you can call me Minoltard. The only reason it is not the jack of all trades is it's range. Oh, and last one, this one clearly not a lens for rich people. They use G. :D