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Author:  finlay666 [ Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:39 pm ]
Post subject:  I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
Woops ;)

Ordered one tonight, not going to have a huge amount of money due to moving to a new place (car insurance will be shooting up :( among other extra costs) so figured I'll get one while I have a bit of extra cash to splash

Went for a Minolta 50mm F1.7, I was looking at the Sony version, but it was £20 more at least and was slower and didn't seem to have as good reviews, ended up spending £80 inc delivery (I know some go for £70ish, but it's from an actual camera shop and comes with both caps which can be a pain to get separately)

Can't wait to try it out with some proper manual focussing :)
Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
finlay666 wrote:
Can't wait to try it out with some proper manual focussing :)


Looking forward to seeing the results, too. :)
Author:  veato [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
Nice one fella.

Talking about manual focusing I dont do it all that often and sometimes when I do I end up with a less than pin sharp photo. The thing is though my first ever DSLR (Pentax P30T) was manual only. I got on with that fine so I wonder what the difference is. I'm thinking maybe the focusing screen. I liked those split view jobbies (technical name ;) ) and am sure I'd use manual more if I had one on the DSLR.
Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
I hope you like your f/1.7 as much as I like my f/1.4.
(8+)

Mark
Author:  finlay666 [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
timark_uk wrote:
I hope you like your f/1.7 as much as I like my f/1.4.
(8+)

Mark


If I like it I might be tempted to pick up a f/1.2 :P (Minolta had an old MD Rokkor lens that can be adapted apparently, the f/1.4 is pretty cheap just a case of being inclined when I have more money to try out other lenses with adapters)
Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
finlay666 wrote:
the f/1.4 is pretty cheap
Lucky for you! (8+p

Mark
Author:  finlay666 [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
timark_uk wrote:
finlay666 wrote:
the f/1.4 is pretty cheap
Lucky for you! (8+p

Mark


Minolta Rokkor f/1.4 is about £50 with the cost of the adapter kit on top judging by ebay prices, a f/1.2 is about £500 for a good quality one as it's apparently very rare http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Minolta-MD-Rokkor ... 5d2e280f03
The AF 1.4 is closer to £150 used, and around £300 new from memory, don't think they do a faster one without getting into the uber money

That said if someone offered me one of these I wouldnt say no:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Leica-NOCTILUX-M- ... 35b0f754e2
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:13 pm ]
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It arrived while I was at Tescos getting lunch :D

Image
Author:  finlay666 [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
Image fail....

http://twitpic.com/4hx88w

Will try to get some photos over the weekend, been pretty busy past couple of days trying to get bits sorted for moving house in a couple of weeks
Author:  brataccas [ Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:24 pm ]
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anyone remember I bitched how I hated my F1.4 50mm? im quite liking it now I guess :(
Author:  timark_uk [ Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
brataccas wrote:
anyone remember I bitched how I hated my F1.4 50mm?
Yes. It puzzled me then and it puzzled me even more after I got my one.
What's changed your opinion on it now?

Mark
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I accidentally a 50mm f1.7
image quality is outstanding compared to my tamron 17-50 which is now just a 17 as its half broken :(

and can work out where it would work well etc now
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