| Minolta AF 300mm 1:2.8 (32) APO TELE |
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Camera: Sony alpha 900 (24MP, full frame) DSLR Back in film times the Minolta AF 2.8/300mm APO HS usually got very good, but not excellent test results - Canons EF 2.8/300mm L was "the" 2.8/300mm lens. While the Minolta AF 2.8/200mm APO is a truly stellar performer, only the later Minolta 2.8/300mm APO G (D) SSM was able to reach this level and to outperform the Canon EF equivalent. The newer SSM version (2003), not tested here, has three "anomalous dispersion" (AD) glass elements, while the elder versions (original 1985, HS version 1989) tested here have only two AD elements.
I am quite sure that the night shots shown below were not perfectly focused. Nevertheless I publish them. Why? I think they are a typical example for "real world testing", and they demonstrate the performance of the entire "20y old lens & brand new body" combination. Actually the scenery shown below is at a distance of about 8km from the photographer: the light of a few street lights in nearly 10 km distance is sufficient for a still rather precise autofocusing!
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