Minolta AF 20mm F2.8 RS A-mount lens reviews
 hazard#885 date: Jun-5-2006 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Tokina 17/3.5 for Canon FD Canon 24/1.4L FDn |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Sharpness and flare control is absolutele top notch. |
| negative: | Well, maybe the small focus ring, but I seldom use it in MF anyway |
| comment: | Simply a joy to use, both on film and 1.5x digital. |
; 12MP| GTjake#837 date: May-26-2006 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | 24 f2.8, 28 f2 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Compact. Light weight. Sharp. Good price. Close focusing. Takes 72mm flters. |
| negative: | Narrow manual focus ring. Not metal bodied. |
| comment: | This is a fun lens to use. |
| colorsound#813 date: May-19-2006 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | sigma 18-35/3.5-4.5 sigma 17-35/2.8-4 EX minolta 28-75/2.8 sigma 20/1.8 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | outstanding image quality very, very sharp circular aperture amazing bokeh very close minimum focus distance nice hood |
| negative: | wish minolta made this lens as maybe a 15mm or 17mm |
| comment: | out of my current 5-pack lineup (20|50|85|100|200), this lens is blowing my mind! i had the sigma 17-35/2.8-4 EX for a couple of months...it was OK, not bad actually...much better than the sigma 18-35 non-EX...it was fairly sharp and had good color...there was really no way of creating pretty bokeh with it, as the minimum focus factored in with the focal length didn't warrant that type of photography. this lens, the 20/2.8rs...wow, i can get to within 250mm to the CCD...i can create incredible bokeh with it. then i imported the photos into my mac to check them out...holy, freaking sharp! is it possible to get a 20mm this sharp???...you bet, and they did it with this lens! i was always pretty negative about finding a sharp-wide lens, but the search is over. this lens is sitting with the big leaguers in my setup (200/2.8G, 85/1.4G(D), etc) and it really, truly holds it's place well! i have not owned it for very long yet, but it's one of those lenses where your gut tells you that she'll be with you for life (as long as sony doesn't create a better prime with say, a 15mm focal length-non-fisheye) can't recommend this lens enough, really! |
| Mark_k#685 date: Apr-15-2006 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta 20-35/3.5-4.5 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Great sharpness, excellent distortion control |
| negative: | Small focusing ring |
| comment: | I felt sorry for this lens, which has been in my Minolta collection for quite some time before I finally took it out for regular use, only after I got great results from Nikkor's 20/2.8. Much sharper than the less expensive zoom version, and the quality explains the price difference |
| lifephoto.it#274 date: Dec-11-2005 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Hard build and sharpness |
| negative: | Distorsion, but it is a 20 mm! |
| comment: | Very good fix lens to make reportage with Dynax/Maxxum 7D |
| vaddavvero#100 date: Aug-8-2005 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 18-125 @ 20mm |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Fast AF |
| negative: | AF not so much precise on low contrast. Focus ring not easy to find. |
| comment: | Good lens but not so much sharpen as expected from a KM fixed lens, better result at f5.6. Compared in sharpness with Sigma 18-125 @ 20mm the result is better at f5.6. |
| former member#96 date: Jul-23-2005 | |
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sharpness: 3 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Nice wide lens with the 7D. Ideal landscape lens with little curvature. Good colour rendition Nice bright lens with 2.8 aperture. |
| negative: | Not sharp enough for portraiture, ok for landscape. |
| comment: | This 20mm lens seems to be the ideal lens for landscape photography when used with the 7D. Recently in New Zealand, I found it to be my most used lens. However, I wasn't always that impressed with the sharpness. I feel that the zoom lens I bought with the camera is far sharper than the 20mm. It is easy enough to sharpen them using the Dimage software, but can be time consuming when you take thousands of photos. |
| Nick Clayton#69 date: Apr-3-2005 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Good minimum focusing distance. Clean colors |
| negative: | The small rubber focus ring can be hard to find for manual focus. |
| comment: | This is one of my favorite lenses . |
| former member#21 date: Nov-30-2004 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | Any other 20mm lens. This is the best for your Minolta camera. |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Fast AF speed Very sharp Great contrast and colors |
| negative: | Small manual focus ring |
| comment: | This is the best for your Minolta Maxxum camera. |
rating summary
- total reviews: 39
- sharpness: 4.53
- color: 4.82
- build: 4.56
- distortion: 4.26
- flare control: 4.31
- overall: 4.49
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