The Sony SAL-100M28 100mm f/2.8 AF Macro Autofocus Lens is a mid-telephoto Macro lens that is very suitable for portrait photography, focusing up to a magnification ratio of 1:1. It is compatible with Sony Alpha and Minolta Maxxum SLR cameras. Its double-floating element design eliminates aberrations and ensures sharp, high-contrast results. Its circular aperture provides a natural-looking background.
The superb macro-focus lens for both close-up and distant subjects. This versatile macro-focus lens covers a wide range of photographic applications, from close-up nature subjects to midrange telephoto shots, making it ideal to carry on location or in the field. Mounted on the Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A300 camera, it provides a 150mm focal length (35mm equivalent), and its superb sharpness and clarity give you professional results in every shooting situation.
• Excellent for close-ups and telephoto shots
• A focus-hold button and focus-range limiter improve speed shooting performance
High-performance Carl Zeiss large-aperture zoom. The SAL-2470Z Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar f2.8 24-70mm Zoom Lens is a brilliant all-around performer — with SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) design for fast, silent auto-focus, pro-quality Carl Zeiss T coated optics to reduce lens flare, and 17-element design with two aspherical and two ED glass lens elements to minimize distortion and virtually eliminate chromatic aberration. It benefits from the Super SteadyShot image stabilization built into every Sony α system DSLR — and its wide-angle to medium telephoto range in compact, lightweight design is ideal for a wide range of shooting applications (35mm equivalent: 36-105mm).
Product Details
Color: Black
Brand: Sony
Model: SAL-2470Z
Dimensions: 2.10 pounds
Features
Zoom range of 24-70mm for all-around versatility
Brilliant large-aperture f2.8 design
Carl Zeiss® T* coating to minimize lens flare
Fast, silent auto-focus — SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor)
Aspherical lens elements to reduce spherical distortion
The Sigma 15-30mm is an ultra-wide zoom lens that covers a large wide-angle range from 15 mm to 30 mm. With a minimum focusing distance of 30 cm throughout the entire zoom range, it is an idael lens for Digital SLR Cameras. With aspeherical lenses in the front and rear lens groups, this lens has excellent correction for distortion - a particular problem for oom lenses - and for all types of aberration, and it displays a hig level of optical performance. The lens is equipped with an integral Petal-type hood to block out extraneous light.
The Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC lens offers an ultra-wide zoom solution to digital cameras, and was exclusively designed to suit the characteristics of digital SLR cameras. The super wide-angle capability of this zoom lens (equivalent range of approx. 16-32mm when used with a digital SLR camera) makes it a very powerful tool for both indoor and landscape photography. Aspherical lenses provide maximum correction for distortion and various aberrations; high image quality is displayed throughout the entire zoom range. The HSM equipped models makes fast AF speeds and quiet shooting a reality, and it is also capable of full-time manual focus. It has a minimum focusing distance of 24cm (9.4″) at all focal lengths. It is also equipped with an integral Petal-type hood to block out extraneous light.
The SAL1635ZA model is a super wide angle 16-35mm f/2.8 constant aperture zoom lens, well-suited for landscape, snapshot and indoor photography.
It is constructed of 17 lens elements in 13 groups, including an extra-low dispersion (ED) for exceptional clarity and center-to-edge resolution and a super ED glass element for much stronger correction of chromatic aberration or discoloration. It also features three aspherical lens elements that provide greater brightness from center to the edge of the image field.
Its Carl Zeiss T* (T star) coating technology provides higher light transmission, and minimizes flare to produce images of luminous clarity, color and sharpness.
The SAL1635ZA lens offers the utmost flexibility in challenging lighting conditions due to its wide f/2.8 constant aperture. Combined with Sony’s in-camera SteadyShot Inside image stabilization system, this lens is the only large aperture, full-frame capable, wide-angle zoom lens with the benefit of stabilization in the industry.
Smooth, fast and precise focusing is delivered by Sony’s Super Sonic wave Motor (SSM) autofocus drive system. It utilizes a solid-state focus drive motor to provide silent, high-speed response, powerful torque and fine rotational control – critically important for large wide-aperture lenses.
Includes:
16-35mm f/ 2.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Lens
Front & Rear Lens Caps
Lens Hood
Lens Case
The Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC lens offers an ultra-wide zoom solution to digital cameras, and was exclusively designed to suit the characteristics of digital SLR cameras. The super wide-angle capability of this zoom lens (equivalent range of approx. 16-32mm when used with a digital SLR camera) makes it a very powerful tool for both indoor and landscape photography.
DC lenses are exclusively designed for digital SLR cameras. The image circle (rear of lens) is made to match the smaller dimensions used for the image sensor on digital cameras. As a result these lenses are also more compact and lightweight, and are better matched to digital SLR cameras.
Large aperture, super wide-angle lens for digital SLR cameras.
Ultra wide-angle of view with large maximum aperture of F3.5
Sharp images with high contrast and superior peripheral brightness
Super multi-layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting
Aspherical lenses perfectly correct coma aberration
Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) ensuring silent, high-speed AF
This review is on the Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens. This is very sharp when shooting macro photography. With its adoption of a unique double floating system, the Minolta AF 50mm f/2.8 macro lens corrects inherent distortion, field curvature and other spherical aberrations in addition to providing life-size macro photography without use of an adapter. During focusing, three groups of elements move independently for minimal barrel extension and faster autofocusing.
Below are sample shots take with the Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens.
Specs:
- Angle of View 47 degrees
- Dimensions 2 11|16 x 2 5|16
- Elements|Groups 7|6
- Filter Size 55mm
- Maximum Aperture f|2.8
- Maximum Magnification 1|1x
- Minimum Focus (ft) .7
- Weight 10 5|16
Both pictures were taken :Sony DSLR-A300 and the Minolta maxxum AF 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens f4. Shots specs are 1/160 f2.8 ISO 100 handheld. File format: RAW
The Sony SAL-50M28 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens is versatile as a standard lens and suitable for general purpose photography. With a minimum focusing distance of only 7.9″, this lens provides a magnification ratio of 1:1 (life-size) and uses a double-floating element design to correct aberrations.
Sony SAL50M28 Macro lens-50mm-F/2.8-Minolta A-type Overview
A compact macro-focus lens that covers the full range from life-size to infinity. “Life size” macro imaging means that the image you capture is the same size as the subject in reality - giving you spectacularly sharp photos of insects, flowers, gemstones, postage stamps and other small nature subjects and collectibles. Mounted on the Sony alpha DSLR-A100 camera, this lens provides a 75mm focal length (35mm equivalent) - which means it can also be used as a standard and midrange telephoto lens.
Sony SAL50M28 Macro lens-50mm-F/2.8-Minolta A-type Features
Manufacturer Sony Corporation
Manufacturer Part Number SAL-50M28
Manufacturer Website Address www.sony.com
Product Model SAL-50M28
Fixed Focal Length 50mm
Weight 10.41 oz
Product Name SAL-50M28 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
Magnification 1x
Product Type Macro Lens
Aperture Range f/2.8
This review was used using the Sony a300 with the Legendary MINOLTA 70-210 f4 also known as “The Beercan.” The Beercan we used in the review was purchased from UsedCameras.com for $175. The Beercan can also be found on Ebay and Craigslist for about $150- $200. We at a300.org recommend the Minolta “Beercan”, it’s built like a tank and it’s Razor Sharp!
Sony DSLR-A300 and the legendary beercan 70-210 f4. Shots specs are 1/500 f4 ISO 100 handheld. File format: JPEG
Sony DSLR-A300 and the legendary beercan 70-210 f4. Shots specs are 1/500 f4 ISO 100 handheld. File format: JPEG
Sony DSLR-A300 and the legendary beercan 70-210 f4. Shots specs are 1/1500 f4 ISO 100 handheld. File format: RAW
Sony DSLR-A300 and the legendary beercan 70-210 f4. Shots specs are 1/1500 f4 ISO 100 handheld. File format: RAW
The Minolta AF 70-210mm f/4 lens is an autofocusing telephoto photographic lens compatible with cameras using the Minolta AF lens mount. The lens is colloquially known as the “beercan” by Minolta camera users because the lens shape and size closely match the proportions of a typical aluminum beer can. Further, the lens provides a 1:4 magnification (at minimum focus, an object records at 1/4 its size on film or sensor) which is near macro range.
It was introduced in 1985 at the launch of the Minolta Maxxum/Dynax/Alpha 7000 camera (the first widely successful autofocus SLR) and remained in production for many years. Two years earlier, the lens was introduced as a one-touch zoom in the manual-focus Minolta SR mount (as a “plain” MD lens). However, production slowed and then eventually stopped for both the AF and MD versions; its successors, the 70-210/3.5-4.5 and 70-210/4.5-5.6 had none of the qualities of the original and build and image quality decreased.
It remains popular, however, for use on digital single lens reflex cameras using the AF system, such as the Minolta Maxxum 7D or the Sony α Although relatively bulky and weighty, the lens is valued for its solid build, sharpness and smooth bokeh effect.
For definitive long-shot precision and spectacular portraits even in low light, this professional G-Series lens raises the standard of DLSR performance. Its 35mm-equivalent 450mm focal length and ultra-bright f2.8 aperture combine for superb results in virtually any light–and its high-speed SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) autofocus is fast, accurate, and quiet.
FEATURES:
SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) - A built-in lens motor for faster automatic focusing with high torque at low speed, quick start/stop response, and quiet, smooth operation.
ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass - Three precision ED glass lenses correct chromatic aberrations to provide extremely sharp telephoto images distant subjects as well as dramatic sports close-ups.
Internal Focusing System - Internal lens elements move, so the overall length does not change–creating an autofocus zoom lens that doesn’t affect the balance of your camera.
2 DMF (Direct Manual Focus) Modes - Allow you to quickly revert to Manual Focus by just turning the Manual Focus ring of the lens.
Versatile Focus Hold - Four focus hold buttons in different lens locations, plus electronic slider focus range selector switch.
Lightweight Design - A strong, light magnesium lens barrel makes shooting more comfortable even on long wildlife or sports assignments.
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