Minolta Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 (Made for Landscapes) | Round Glass Review

The Minolta Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Alpha Mount lens is one of the poster children for why a 28mm f/2.8 is a solid cornerstone for a camera kit from the first time someone buys a camera through, well, as good as they can get with their gear. A good, and this one is that, by the way, a good 28mm f/2.8 lens will perform reliably and deliver images that a photographer can be happy that they took. The complaints I could levy against the Minolta 28mm f/2.8 are minimal and mostly things like the focusing ring is small and the damping is laughable, but those are functions of the design aesthetic of the era. The aspects of this lens that matter - image quality, contrast, color, sharpness, aperture stars, and overall lens build are all, if not the best, then at the very best two or three of any 28mm lens I’ve reviewed so far.
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Video Index:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Round Glass Review
1:27 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Specifications
2:07 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Tips & Tricks
3:45 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Aberration & Bokeh Analysis
5:35 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Video Use
6:30 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Strengths & Weaknesses
9:42 - Minolta Alpha Autofocus 28mm f/2.8 Review
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[@seoulrydr]

TY for the vid. I (very recently) got around to using a 28mm lens almost exclusively for 2 weeks. I almost died. Within 24hrs I found life again. I shot it enough that when I finally grabbed my 57mm (2 weeks later), I immediately put it back in the bag to return to 28mm, but decided to try 35mm for a while. 28mm is a focal length definitely worth learning to understand.

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Thank you! 28mm also took me a while to really get used to and to like, too. Now that I do like them and get them, they're great and the angle of view is fantastic for very many subjects.