| Brand | : | Minolta |
| Manufacture | : | Minolta |
| Label | : | Minolta |
| Publisher | : | Minolta |
| Product Group | : | Photography |
| Product Type Name | : | CAMERA_LENSES |
| Studio | : | Minolta |
| EAN | : | 0000222416955 |
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Product Spesifications
- elements/group: 8/7; aperture blades: 7; minimum focus distance: 1900 mm; filter rotate when focusing: Yes; filter rotate when zooming: No
- max. magnification: 1/8.3; focus design: front;
- min. length: 94.5 mm; max. length: 132 mm;
- filter diameter: 49, front mm; hood: clip-on, round
- max. aperture: 4.5; min. aperture: 22; focal range: 100 - 200 mm
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Product Description
The Minolta AF 100-200mm F/4.5 is a rather small zoom lens, similar in size and weight to the Sony "DT" 55-200mm F/4.5-5.6. It has a constant aperture of F/4.5 throughout the zoom range, which is only 1/3 stop slower than the Minolta AF 70-210mm F/4, and 2/3 stop faster than many telephoto zooms, like the one mentioned above.There isn't much to dislike about this lens, other than the strong distortion near the long end of the zoom, noticeable on a full frame camera, but not so much on a cropped sensor camera. The corners near the short end, or 100mm, are soft, (the Minolta AF 70-210mm F/4 has problems here too) and don't sharpen up as you stop down, but big deal, I didn't notice it in regular pictures, I only saw it when examining my test shots at 100% on my computer screen. The reproduction ratio of this lens is a diminutive 0.12x which isn't so great, and isn't nearly as good as the 70-210mm F/4, (0.25x) but that only comes into play when trying to focus on something closer than about 6ft, or 2 meters.
Here's the really good news; overall, this lens performs much the same as the Minolta AF 70-210mm F/4, but usually sells for half the cost, and is much smaller and easier to carry around. Image quality is nearly identical, thought the 70-210mm is 1/3 stop faster, again, big deal, there're a couple of things that will out-weight that 1/3 stop advantage, like less color fringing, sharper images at larger apertures; meaning the 100-200mm is sharpest at F/5.6-8, the 70-210mm needs F/8-11.
Bottom line; if you don't care much for taking pictures of small items up close like bugs etc, I'd buy the Minolta AF 100-200mm F/4.5 and save yourself some money, weight and space in the bag.
