Dear Nexians. Want to have a travel tele zoom for a long time now... I want to have the e-mount AF Tamron 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC but it's too expensive... But can I choose an adapted MF MD mount lens instead??? And if yes, which would be the best to get??? I picked some on the bay to ask for your opinions about them: - Tokina AT-X 3,5-4,5/35-200mm Minolta MD --- 59,90 EUR - Super Albinar Auto MC 1:3.3 / f: 200mm / Minolta MD ---39,00 EUR - Vivitar 3,8/75-200 f. MD --- 79,00 EUR - Minolta MD: 200mm Auto Beroflex 1:3,5 ---69,00 EUR As you can see all are fixed priced with the possibility to offer a price suggestion... Or am I on the wrong path to choose a MF for a travel zoom due to missing image stabilization??? Any help is appreciated... Grisu
Look for Vivitar 70-150mm/3.8 too. It is small and optically pretty good. I am going to take one to Barcelona in two weeks. (With Sigma 19mm&30mm&Minolta 35-70mm/3.5).
The Minolta MD (Rokkor) 200/4 is quite good and I've seen those for € 50 or less. Zoom lenses? Minolta MD 75-150/4 is excellent, as is the MD 50-135/3.5, both are not too expensive. I manage hand-held shots with these two in good light. I wouldn't go for the 75-200/4.5 nor the 70-210/4, quite heavy and more difficult to use succesfully. I'd say that everything over 135mm without stabilization is a challenge.
Markus I'm slightly confused. First you said you want a tele zoom and then on the examples you wrote 3 out of 4 are fixed tele lenses... Tamron or SEL 18-200 is zoom lens that goes from wide (18mm) to tele (200mm) and I don't think you'll find a same quality lens (plus they are stabilizied!!!) in the adapted lens market I think good quality adapted tele zooms cover focal lenghts of more like mid tele to tele (ie. 50-70mm to 135-200mm) but my opinion for those is that in the end of the day you will end up missing the wide end for what you're looking for (an all-in-one lens)...
It's ok to be confused... Seems like i'm confused too... Cause you're right! I want a TELE ZOOM lens and chose wrong ones... :'( *shame*
I am also confused In your signature it says you have 18-55 AND 55-210 Why would you want - Tokina AT-X 3,5-4,5/35-200mm Minolta MD //////Already covered by your 18-55/55-210 combo - Super Albinar Auto MC 1:3.3 / f: 200mm / Minolta MD /////// F3,3 opening but still same as your 55-210 - Vivitar 3,8/75-200 f. MD ////// F 3,8 aperture but still covered by your 55-210 - Minolta MD: 200mm Auto Beroflex 1:3,5 /////// F3.5 aperture but also covered by your 55-210 I hear the 55-210 is at its best around 200mm so you are gambling on the quality of these at around 200mm ( they may be weak due to age, coatings a little antique and mis-adapted to digital sensors and maybe even unusable due to chromatic aberrations at wide apertures
I must either drink less coffee than Ad, or else my standards are lower... but I have managed to use 70-200/4 handheld with no problems. Did take a bit of getting used to. This was taken handheld, in a dimly lit room using built in flash bounced off the ceiling. {} untitled shoot-005 by BugsDaddy, on Flickr And that's in good light: {} 2013-09-008-2 by BugsDaddy, on Flickr I think 70-210/4 Macro is awesome. Another tele lens I have that's even easier to use is Kiron 80-200/4.5 with Zoom lock. It's a bit smaller and has a very pleasant, creamy bokeh. But it's not as sharp as the Minolta, although sharp enough. I mainly use Kiron for portraits, because of the bokeh and colors. This was taken with Kiron: {} DSC04951.jpg by BugsDaddy, on Flickr
@Michel: Ever heard of the JOMLS? -> Just-One-More-Lens-Syndrom??? I want to add a bit more zoom possibilities to my equipment and I love experimenting with lenses... I know that the modern Tamron e-mount would be the best but it's just available for more than 500 EUR here... I searched the bay for some - Minolta 75-150 4.0 and I also found - Vivitar 1 70-210 1:2,8-4,0 - Exakta 70-210 1:2,8-4,0 Macro What would suitable prices for these be? Are they worth the money? As far as I know the Vivitar 1s are very good but also very heavy/large...!?
I wouldn't call Vivitar Series 1 70-210s travel telezooms. They are pretty good even by modern standards but heavy.
A decent 2x TC is $15 on eBay, as long as you have good light I found the results to be very acceptable - you do lose contrast, but that's fixable in PP. Mine is Kiron MC7. So here's a cheap Tele option for you to experiment with. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk
