Pleasantly Surprised…
Acquired this lens about a year and a half or so ago, my first impression after some quick snap shots around the house was not so good for some reason at the time so i shelved the lens and didn’t pay much attention to it since then. Going through my collection with spring here and a beautiful sunny day outside, our little girl is off to grandma for the week ( Spring Break ) its time for us to take a walk and relax with each other without too much worry.
I reached out for the lens and slapped it on my EP3 quietly saying to myself this is all i will be taking out good or bad and lets see what happens. Aperture set to 5.6 to be on the safe side, from my experience with legacy Minolta or Konica lenses many of them shine at this aperture… So off we go with dog in hand. After a few snap shots around the neighborhood, about an hour and a half later back home in Aperture 3 with photos loaded, i was shocked at the overall performance of the lens… See images below.
Conclusion
With good light, the lens performs very well, not too sharp which is the way i love my lenses to render. Just like the rest of the Minolta’s, there is that classic feel to the images when mounted on a digital body such as the Oly Pen straight out JPEG with minimal post processing needed… For a zoom lens, it rivals many of my primes! The 24-50mm F4 is quite rare, they don’t come up often on the used market, if you find one good luck and hold on tight, I will definitely be shooting mine more often going forward. Its a keeper!
by KI
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