Showcase Minolta 50mm f/1.4 MD Rokkor

I like this lens too

good color, and very sharp

 

i think it caused by acdsee when I resized the pictures from 1068 to 1024

cheers,

 

Another lens, another beer bottle

I think I like Minolta better than Konica.

Cheers!

iso400, f1.4

 

I must say I'm curious about the bokeh in this shot - I would consider it rather ugly and harsh personnally ? is it just me ?

 

It's distracting, that's for sure. I'd probably blur it out more in post.

 

i really like this lens also, minolta have made some great lenses for this type of stuff.
nice shots!  

 

Timmies

One of my first night photos with this lens.


Bill

 

this lens is just amazing!

 

I think that setting f/1.4 for this lens makes the image too soft and blurry with pale colors, even at the focus point, . I am not sure if this is only in my copy or this is normal for this entire series (2nd generation, MD-Rokkor, no "-X" in lens name). Anyway, I'm still using this aperture for high ISO B&W photos.



f/1.4 ISO1000 1/25s


Reducing the aperture to f/2 makes this lens surprisingly sharp with good colors - I really like it at this settings  .


f/2.0 ISO100 1/2000s

Interesting comparison of Rokkor prime lenses (MC 50mm, MD 50mm, PF 50mm / PF 58mm) can be found here: Regular Rokkor Lens test @ Flickr

 

I love it! I may have to get this lens, since it looks like it gets sharper and more contrasty photos than the Konica 40mm & 57mm that I have.

What's a good price for this lens?

 

@F/2.0 + bokeh masters kit

 

Finally got my Minolta MD -> MFT adapter today so I put the MD Rokkor 50/1.4 on the GH2. I wrote a review about it on this site and here is a grab shot of our dog.

Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm f/1.4 at f/2 on Panny GH2


100 % crop

 

I paid € 40 for my almost pristine sample on eBay which is a steal, from a seller who didn't advertise too well and only offered bank transfer as payment option. Normal prices seem to be between € 50 and € 100.

 

I love this lens also. My one is an older one with a 55mm filter thread and orange type Rokkor-X.
About the image, I am trying something new (freelensing) that simulate the effect of tilt and shift lens.

 

I have an insanely dumb question....(sorry in advance)

I'm assuming that, with the 50mm prime and the 2x crop factor, that this works out to be a 100mm prime on the m4/3rds bodies. Is that correct?

If so, a 100mm 1:1.4 prime might just be one of the coolest portrait lenses ever!

Also, how close will this lens focus?

Thanks!!!
Jeremy

 

50mm focal length indeed works as a short telephoto on a µ4/3 body, indeed ideally suited for e.g. portraits. Nitpicking, a 50mm lens remains a 50mm lens, irrespective of the camera it's mounted on. The angle-of-view of a 50mm on a µ4/3 camera is equivalent to that of a 100mm lens on a 35mm film camera.

Closest focussing distance is 0.45m.

 

At f5.6 it's very sharp imo: