LENS PERFORMANCE SURVEY RESULTS

NAME Performance WIDE
(wide open)
Performance WIDE
(stopped down)
Performance LONG
(wide open)
Performance LONG
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Distortions WIDE Distortions LONG Vignetting WIDE Vignetting LONG Color Balance Flare Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) AF Speed Build Quality Number of Inputs
Minolta MD 17mm f/4 MC poor
(*)
very good
(****)
    heavy distortions
(**)
  significant (w/o)
(***+)
  slightly warm some flare
(***-)
average
(2.84)
  superb
(*****)
5
Minolta MD 24mm f/2.8 MC good
(***)
very good
(****)
    significant
(***)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  neutral some flare
(***)
good - very good
(3.86)
  very good
(****)
12
Minolta MD 28mm f/2.8 MC good
(***)
very good
(****-)
    little distortions
(****-)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
  neutral some flare
(***)
good - very good
(3.8)
  good
(***)
10
Minolta MD 28mm f/3.5 MC poor
(*)
good
(***)
    significant
(***)
  heavy
(**+)
  slightly warm quite heavy
(**)
sub-average
(2.18)
  good
(***-)
6
Minolta MD 35mm f/2.8 MC good
(***+)
very good
(****)
    little distortions
(****)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  slightly warm some flare
(***)
good - very good
(3.84)
  very good
(****-)
6
Minolta MD 35mm f/1.8 MC Ok
(**)
very good
(****)
    little distortions
(****)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  slightly warm some flare
(***-)
good
(3.37)
  very good
(****)
9
Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 MC good
(***-)
very good
(****)
    little distortions
(****+)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
  neutral some flare
(***)
good - very good
(3.95)
  good
(***+)
25
Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4 MC good
(***)
very good
(****)
    no distortions
(*****)
  significant (w/o)
(***+)
  neutral little flare
(****-)
very good
(4.17)
  very good
(****)
20
Minolta MD 50mm f/1.2 MC Ok
(**-)
very good
(****+)
    little distortions
(****)
  significant (w/o)
(***)
  warm little flare
(****)
good
(3.4)
  very good
(****)
8
Minolta MD 50mm f/3.5 MC macro very good
(****-)
superb
(*****)
    no distortions
(*****)
  no vignetting
(*****)
  slightly warm little flare
(****)
very good
(4.38)
  very good
(****)
7

NAME Performance WIDE
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Performance WIDE
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Performance LONG
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Performance LONG
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Distortions WIDE Distortions LONG Vignetting WIDE Vignetting LONG Color Balance Flare Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) AF Speed Build Quality Number of Inputs
Minolta MD 85mm f/2 MC good
(***)
very good
(****+)
    no distortions
(*****)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  neutral little flare
(****-)
very good
(4.34)
  very good
(****)
12
Minolta MD 100mm f/4 MC macro very good
(****)
superb
(*****)
    little distortions
(****)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  neutral little flare
(****+)
excellent
(4.77)
  very good
(****-)
5
Minolta MD 135mm f/2.8 MC good
(***)
very good
(****)
    no distortions
(*****)
  no vignetting
(*****)
  neutral some flare
(***)
very good
(4.25)
  very good
(****-)
12
Minolta MD 135mm f/3.5 MC poor
(*)
good
(***)
    no distortions
(*****)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  neutral quite heavy
(**)
good
(3.07)
  good
(***+)
7
Minolta MD 200mm f/2.8 MC good
(***-)
very good
(****)
    little distortions
(****+)
  little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
  neutral some flare
(***)
very good
(4.05)
  very good
(****)
6
Minolta MD 300mm f/4.5 MC poor
(*)
good
(***+)
    little distortions
(****+)
  significant (w/o)
(***-)
  neutral some flare
(***)
good
(3.18)
  superb
(*****)
5
Minolta MD 24-35mm f/3.5 MC poor
(*)
Ok
(**-)
poor
(*)
Ok
(**-)
significant
(***)
heavy distortions
(**)
no vignetting
(*****)
no vignetting
(*****)
cool some flare
(***+)
poor
(1.82)
  good
(***-)
5
Minolta MD 28-70mm f/3.5-4.8 MC poor
(*)
poor
(*)
poor
(*)
poor
(*)
heavy distortions
(**)
significant
(***)
heavy
(**)
significant (w/o)
(***)
slightly warm heavy flare
(*)
very poor
(1.06)
  not so good
(**)
9
Minolta MD 35-70mm f/3.5 MC good
(***-)
very good
(****)
good
(***)
very good
(****)
significant
(***+)
little distortions
(****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
no vignetting
(*****)
neutral little flare
(****-)
good - very good
(3.77)
  very good
(****-)
6
Minolta MD 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 MC poor
(*)
good
(***-)
poor
(*)
good
(***-)
heavy distortions
(**)
critical
(*)
significant (w/o)
(***)
significant (w/o)
(***+)
warm heavy flare
(*)
poor
(1.81)
  good
(***)
5

NAME Performance WIDE
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Performance WIDE
(stopped down)
Performance LONG
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Performance LONG
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Distortions WIDE Distortions LONG Vignetting WIDE Vignetting LONG Color Balance Flare Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) AF Speed Build Quality Number of Inputs
Minolta MD 70-210mm f/4 MC Ok
(**)
good
(***)
poor
(*)
Ok
(**+)
significant
(***+)
little distortions
(****-)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
warm some flare
(***-)
average
(2.52)
  very good
(****-)
8

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