some long over due edits all with a99ii and Minolta 400 4.5 1982 lens shots done 2019 for evaluation of lens

[spudhead]

All shots were to evaluate lens all shots uncompressed raw and with shutter speeds as low as 1/50 second! and all shots were under exposed to see what could be recovered in editing latter, all hand held shots although I was wedged against a wooden post. Let me know what you think about the images

• ILCA-99M2
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCA-99M2
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCA-99M2
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCA-99M2
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCA-99M2
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Jeff A]

I guess I don't need to say that these shots are pretty damn good. How large and heavy is this lens compared to some current lenses?

 

[Brownie]

Really nice shots. Since I can see the exif, I am assuming this is an A-Mount lens? The only A-Mount 400/4.5 I can find is the 400mm 4.5 HS APO G, which was introduced in 1995.

Minolta AF 400mm F4.5 HS APO G A-mount lens info

Minolta AF 400mm F4.5 HS APO G A-mount lens detail page with owners reviews and reference to most useful information about the lens

www.dyxum.com

 

[Slug]

Excellent !

 

[spudhead]

Really nice shots. Since I can see the exif, I am assuming this is an A-Mount lens? The only A-Mount 400/4.5 I can find is the 400mm 4.5 HS APO G, which was introduced in 1995.

Minolta AF 400mm F4.5 HS APO G A-mount lens info

Minolta AF 400mm F4.5 HS APO G A-mount lens detail page with owners reviews and reference to most useful information about the lens

www.dyxum.com

a-mount yes its just that capture 1 does not have a profile in the list for the lens .

 

[spudhead]

I guess I don't need to say that these shots are pretty damn good. How large and heavy is this lens compared to some current lenses?

It is a gem its 1.9kg and really not an issue to handle

 

[spudhead]

a-mount yes its just that capture 1 does not have a profile in the list for the lens .

Hi just checked and you are right release year 1995 I had never looked at year of the lens, as you know they mark the better lenses on mount ring Gary

 

[Brownie]

Hi just checked and you are right release year 1995 I had never looked at year of the lens, as you know they mark the better lenses on mount ring Gary

Right. Just bear in mind that Minolta introduced the Maxxum along with the A-Mount in 1985, so you'll never have an A-Mount earlier than that. I was surprised to see it so late in the game though, I figured it'd be somewhere around '88-'90.