is the minolta pf 58 mm f1.4 vintage lens any good for modern photography?

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is the minolta pf 58 mm f1.4 vintage lens any good for modern photography?

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Күн бұрын

putting the 55 year old minolta pf 58 mm f1.4 through its paces,dust of those vintage lenses and join me in the real world#photography. #vintagelens

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@campbells0ups 2 күн бұрын

the colors of this lens are outstanding to me. perfect balance of pleasing and punchy

@fistfulloflenses 2 күн бұрын

Yes totally agree, love this lens, Minolta lenses handle colour beautifully, they were early adopters of lens coatings and used magnesium fluorite and other ingredients, they seem consistently good in this regard, such a shame they no longer are in the business

@user-dt2qh5rn5g 4 ай бұрын

I love the character of this lens and the images it produces

@fistfulloflenses 4 ай бұрын

Thanks you, glad you liked the images ,it certainly is a lens that produces a distinctive look

@RomanKumarRai Күн бұрын

one of the best lens that i owned. I used this all the time. Great results when you use this lens in the sunlight with vibrant colorful backgrounds. super Bokeh!

@fistfulloflenses Күн бұрын

Absolutely agree, love the way the lens renders colours, must be down to the minolta coatings ? I don't think I'll ever part with my copy, looking forward to using this lens more in the future

@BriansPhotoShow 29 күн бұрын

Like many camera collectors, from time to time I find it necessary to pare down my overgrown collection. A few years back this meant getting rid of my Minolta gear, a decision I agonized over simply because of this lens. It has a look I've never seen replicated by any other. A contemporary review I ran across in one of the old photography magazines described it as primitive and outdated. Of course, this was long before Western photographers discovered the concept of "bokeh" in the early 2000s.

@fistfulloflenses 29 күн бұрын

@@BriansPhotoShow thank you, I find that very interesting, this particular lens certainly has a unique character to it, that's what encourages me to try out different vintage lenses for myself.i have a few good modern lenses , but I feel that many modern lenses are technically very good but lacking in character

@brugj03 15 күн бұрын

Bokeh never was a thing before because it didn`t come out very well with low quality analog film. Once the step was made to much better digital it became apparent to do something with it.

@fistfulloflenses 15 күн бұрын

@@brugj03very true, when I started photography in the late 1980s early 1990s nobody talked about bokeh

@brugj03 15 күн бұрын

@@fistfulloflenses You`re right. My GM lenses are outstanding but a bit to clinical. They do everything well but lack a little expression. I also shoot voightlander, it`s got loads of expression and popping dynamics. But many things go wrong if you pixel peep. I don`t pixelpeep anymore.

@fistfulloflenses 15 күн бұрын

@@brugj03 pixel peeping is for amateurs 🤣only joking

@b.walter6646 16 күн бұрын

I dislike this lens at 1.4. Soft subject and lousy bokeh. But at f2, it's outstanding. The subject gets sharp and the bokeh becomes soft and gorgeous. Forget 1.4 and go right to f2 and you'll have an outstanding portrait lens.

@fistfulloflenses 16 күн бұрын

Sound advice, I found it a challenge at f1.4 , and needed to stop down a little