Konica Minolta AF 28-105mm f 3.5-4.5 D 35mm Zoom

Konica Minolta AF 28-105mm f 3.5-4.5 D 35mm Zoom 

DESCRIPTION

High quality, 3.75X standard zoom lens covering focal lengths from wide to mid-telephoto. This lens is an ideal choice for most general photographic situations like travel photography where the convenience of carrying just one lens is especially useful. The lens incorporates one compound aspheric element which ensures exceptional image quality and contributes to the compactness of the lens.

USER REVIEWS

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[Sep 15, 2005]
dre_2ooo
Intermediate

Strength:

-"Fast" 3.5-4.5 maximum aperture for a consumer zoom -build quality -value -focal length range -front element does not rotate when focusing

Weakness:

-weight -takes expensive 62 mm filters

After making several enlargements, I must say that this is a fine consumer lens. It's not quite as sharp as my 50 mm 1.7, but it is quite contrasty and shows negligible distortion. It has a good heavy feel to it with solid construction and a stainless steel mount. I do have the XI model, but you can easily disable the power zoom and manually zoom. There are three versions of this lens, but they are all optically the same. http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/lenses.php is the best online resource for all Minolta lens specifications.

Customer Service

None

Similar Products Used:

Minolta 28-80 (TERRIBLE) Minolta 50 1.7 (Excellent) Minolta 70-210mm f/4 (Good-Great)

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Aug 16, 2003]
William B
Intermediate

Strength:

Compact, reasonably light, solidly built, very fast focusing (with Maxxum 7), sharp images, good contrast, minimal flare, smooth zoom action, fairly wide notched/rubberized focusing ring, contains aspherical element and circular aperture, accepts 62mm filters, bayonet lens hood included (thank you Minolta!), reasonably fast, Minolta (Canadian) 5-year warranty. An all-around excellent zoom lens for most photographic situations. Nice job, Minolta!

Weakness:

I wish the zooming ring were just a little more stiff (dampened), but honestly, this is the only drawback I could find. Not really that important.

A VERY good, mid-priced zoom lens. I will use this one the most over any other zoom lens I have. I highly reccommend it. Here's why... (note: non "D", and non "MZ/Power-Zoom" model owned)

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

-75-300 f/4.6-5.6 (mediocre) -28-80 f/3.5-5.6 (truly horrible)

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
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