Minolta 58mm f1.4 lens on my 7

Looks like a killer combo, I'm looking forward for your images with this set up.

 

I quite like like results (just look at that bokeh!  ), and the almost non existent chromatic abberation (have a look at the glare from the car   ) sharpness -wise though I found that my copy of this lens to (not the sharpest, but) be plenty sharp, this is an image shot wide open with my copy (click on the image to see it in a larger size)

 

I really like your 58, I dont see much much flares at all, even the one from the car is so much contolled with no purple or magenta fringing, (and oh yeah, I'll mention it again because I really like it) THE BOKEH ON YOUR LENS IS REALLY GOOD! Overall I think you did very well!

I'd love to use this lens for portraits. (cute dog btw  )

 

Why not look for a 35mm? it translates to a 50mm when mounted on a NEX.

 

I had that mistake in the past as well  
Speaking of 50mm, you might want to look at the .95 50mm from SLR magic, they re-did the lens from the ground up which looks pretty promising. Steve Huff is currently doing a rolling review on it and so far so good and he's impressed with it. There are some arguements regarding DoF, bokeh, etc...my main attraction to fast glass is mainly for low light shots as I'm fond of evening photography.

Anyways, have a look at Steve's site here and here for more info regarding this lens, he also did mention that SLR magic is planning to release an E-mount version of this lens.

 

Yup, it's not cheap, then again the Leica f.95 Noctilux costs $11,000 and the Voigtlander Nokton f1 costs $999 (which I found a bit disappointing).

 

Sounds like a good plan  

 

Hi guys I´m just thinking about some MF lenses and I got offer for Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm/1.4 and MINOLTA MD ROKKOR-X 45mm 1:2 . Do you got some experience with these lenses, which one of them would you recommend. Thanks.

 

I've got the 58mm 1.4 and really like it--though of course I wan the 1.2--I noticed you've a lot of lenses right around 50mm. Do you find there's a lot of difference in use?

 

I'm also getting a 50mm-ish MF lens for my NEX-5N.

I used to have a Canon SSC 50mm 1.4 and hardly ever used it on my Canon A1 film SLR which I had sold (with all my other lenses) several years ago when they started depreciating rapidly during the advent of the digitals. Kicking myself now for getting rid of those lenses. That 50mm will be the equivalent of a supremely fast 75mm/f1.4 low-light portrait lens mounted on a NEX!

Any chance of some sample pics from your newly acquired "legacy" lenses, Lowincash?