Konica Minolta AF80mm-240mm Vectis Lens

With the Vectis system, you don't have many choices, and since this was my first SLR purchase, I don't really have anything to compare it to. I was happy with the results it gave me. i am writing in the past tense becuase I have sold all of my Vectis equipment. I purchased it cheap (it was factory refurbished) so I can't complain. I think I got what I paid for

Good Zoom
Complements 28-56 and 22-80
Manual Focus

AF Hunts alot

Vectis S-1 body
Vectis 28-56mm

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A great little lens equivalent to 100-300mm in the 35mm format. Uses anomalous low dispersions glass and this is reflected in the quality of the images it makes. Drops in your pocket and you can forget it is there. Makes a good companion to the 22-80mm.

If only it were image stabilised...

Small, light weight and optically excellent

I forget that I really cannot hand hold this lens at 1/20th at the 240mm end - that f5.6 aperture can be limiting.

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As an Vectis system lens, you can't beat the light weight. Lens hood is included, and the bayonet mount works well. With any lens, the proof is in the pictures and this lens has produced very sharp images for me; seem to be a bit better than the 22-80. As with all S1 lenses, the manual focussing is an electric coupling to motor in lens. Sensitive to rate of turning- which is a nice feature once you understand it. Not a bad system, but takes getting used to. Also, my lens "squeeked" a bit at first when zoomed, but that went away as the lubricant worked in I assume. I just wish Minolta had put depth of field preview on the lens; how hard can that be with electic stop down?

Very sharp images for a zoom. Lightweight of course.

Manual focussing through electic coupling.

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