Wide Angle Lens - Minolta X-700

I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

Jeffrey Zajac wrote:

I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/boritz/photo/mdlenses.html is a list
of lenses. There are two 24mm versions.

Others will tell you more ... google too.



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Jeffrey Zajac wrote:

I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/boritz/photo/mdlenses.html is a list
of lenses. There are two 24mm versions.

Others will tell you more ... google too.



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-- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource:
-- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm
-- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.--

"Jeffrey Zajac" wrote in message
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I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

I've owned and used both of Minolta's 24mm lenses. The simpler 24 f2.8 was
either badly put together or out of calibration, aperture wise. It took 2
visits to the Minolta service centre before my complaints about
over-exposure were taken seriously, and the lens then performed in line with
my other MC & MD lenses. I bought the more expensive VCF (Variable Field
Curvature) version out of curiosity and used it once or twice in this
(unique?) mode. Exposure (aperture) wise it was spot on against my other
lenses, and seemed very well built. I sold it when I went to an EOS AF
system.
If you do buy a 24mm or even a 28mm, do check out whether its infinity
register is correct. There's not much depth of focus* with a 24mm, and you
do need to have confidence that when set against the infinity stop that it
really is focusing optimally on objects at infinity.
* and in my experience this is why 35mm users tend not to get the results
they hope for...
--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk\oddimage.htm

"Jeffrey Zajac" wrote in message
om...
I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

I've owned and used both of Minolta's 24mm lenses. The simpler 24 f2.8 was
either badly put together or out of calibration, aperture wise. It took 2
visits to the Minolta service centre before my complaints about
over-exposure were taken seriously, and the lens then performed in line with
my other MC & MD lenses. I bought the more expensive VCF (Variable Field
Curvature) version out of curiosity and used it once or twice in this
(unique?) mode. Exposure (aperture) wise it was spot on against my other
lenses, and seemed very well built. I sold it when I went to an EOS AF
system.
If you do buy a 24mm or even a 28mm, do check out whether its infinity
register is correct. There's not much depth of focus* with a 24mm, and you
do need to have confidence that when set against the infinity stop that it
really is focusing optimally on objects at infinity.
* and in my experience this is why 35mm users tend not to get the results
they hope for...
--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk\oddimage.htm

(Jeffrey Zajac) wrote in message . com...
I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

There are several versions of the Minolta 24mm lens, such as MC and
MD, but the real difference is the regular and VFC version. Either
way, it's an excellent lens, but the VFC version is preferable if you
can find one. The VFC is for Variable Field Control, which changes
the plane of focus from concave (normal for many older lenses) through
flat to convex. It really only works on the more open apertures and
near-to-on the outer edges, but useful in the flat field mode. The
VFC was also adapted to their 35mm f2.8 Shift-CA lens, where the VFC
is very useful.

(Jeffrey Zajac) wrote in message . com...
I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

There are several versions of the Minolta 24mm lens, such as MC and
MD, but the real difference is the regular and VFC version. Either
way, it's an excellent lens, but the VFC version is preferable if you
can find one. The VFC is for Variable Field Control, which changes
the plane of focus from concave (normal for many older lenses) through
flat to convex. It really only works on the more open apertures and
near-to-on the outer edges, but useful in the flat field mode. The
VFC was also adapted to their 35mm f2.8 Shift-CA lens, where the VFC
is very useful.

(Jeffrey Zajac) wrote in message . com...
I am a beginner with a Minolta X-700, and am considering the purchase
of a 24mm wide angle lens. Can anyone give me advice as to which lens
in this category would be a wise purchase? Thank you.

There are several versions of the Minolta 24mm lens, such as MC and
MD, but the real difference is the regular and VFC version. Either
way, it's an excellent lens, but the VFC version is preferable if you
can find one. The VFC is for Variable Field Control, which changes
the plane of focus from concave (normal for many older lenses) through
flat to convex. It really only works on the more open apertures and
near-to-on the outer edges, but useful in the flat field mode. The
VFC was also adapted to their 35mm f2.8 Shift-CA lens, where the VFC
is very useful.