hey, did you ever get a 58/1.2 converted for your a900?
and a different view with the 28/2 wide open:
incidentally, all these are on portra 160.
I like that one, too. Portra loves Minolta and Leica lenses.
And, yes, I do own a 58/1.2 and an M-42 to Alpha adapter chipped for 60/1.2. These two things are, at this time, not behaving as a singular unit as I am a slacker.
Bifurcator wrote:
You'll get lots of images like Phillip's cows (above) if you point it in the right direction.
that's always the tough part.
i hear it is very good centrally, but loses something in the FF corners. it should have nice color and contrast. not as good as the 28/2 and 28/2.5 though from what i hear (no personal experience).
Good to hear about contrast and colors. If anything hats all I really want from the lens. I've read it has a bit of field curvature which may be part of he corner issues. I'll be using it on a 5N though.
Under this agreement, on March 31 2006, Sony will receive certain assets from Konica Minolta PI that are necessary for the development, design, production and so forth of digital SLR cameras compatible with Konica Minolta PI's "Maxxum/Dynax lens mount system".
As a side topic, I just re-lubed my MC HG 35/2.8, MC PF 58/1.4, and MC PG 58/1.2(plus an FD 50/1.4, and a S-M-C 50/1.4) with the light helical lube(#10) from Micro-Tools(which get it from japan-hobby-tool.com).
They are all much easier to turn now, and fairly smooth, much like the other lenses that are still like new.
Much lighter than the stuff I was using before which is like a gel, it works fine on simple Helicoids like my Helios 44-2, but in more complex lenses it gets a bit hard to turn, though it is smooth.
I will report back my thoughts after I use them more.
