Full-Frame Minolta AF Reflex 500mm F8 Image Thread

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After all the shipping nonsense I must say it was worth the wait. Using it on the A7 IV with the LA-EA5, autofocus works well and much faster than expected. It is limited to the center focus area, but for this lens that's fine. The camera recognizes the lens and reports f/8. I did some shooting in M and some in P. In P mode the camera responds correctly by changing the shutter speed as the light changes. Kind of a big expensive point-n-shoot!

The lens is in perfect condition, it looks like it was just taken out of the box at a dealer. It is small for the genre and light. All of the accessories were included as promised. Both caps, hood, hard case, and filters. For $284 including cost for the slowest shipping in the world, it's a nice addition.

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Forgot to say this lens has a focus hold button. I had programmed the A7 IV for that button to switch the camera into APS-C mode when using the 200-600, and I'll be darned if it doesn't do the same thing with this lens.
 
I have this lens as well and it has work well on the slt 57 A77ii and the A7Riv, I have c4 programmed on my camera to go to aps-c mode and works a treat on all legacy glass and I have c3 to go from raw/jpg to jpg.
Mine does hunt in low light a bit but old school single focus spot and centre spot metering in standard nails the shot everytime .
 
I have this lens as well and it has work well on the slt 57 A77ii and the A7Riv, I have c4 programmed on my camera to go to aps-c mode and works a treat on all legacy glass and I have c3 to go from raw/jpg to jpg.
Mine does hunt in low light a bit but old school single focus spot and centre spot metering in standard nails the shot everytime .
Which adapter are you using it with on the RIV?
 
Lea5 and works with all my old glass happy days
 
Nice colour rendition and plenty sharp enough. Very good.
 
Playing around. These are all handheld MF with the A7R III and Kalimar 1.4 TC

700mm. I don't see much image degradation, if any.

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This one is with the same setup but in APS-C mode, so a 1,050mm equivalent FOV.

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This one is also in APS-C. It's looking soft, but that bridge you see is 1844' feet from where I was standing according to Google Maps. So, a bit over 1/3 of a mile. Plenty of atmospheric interference at that distance, but for a reflex lens on a TC, this is pretty surprising.

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Hi sorry I missed this, looks good, so mf old school not a problem for me I love my minolta glass, so have you got screw drive on the a7/4 on the lea5? , as you know not that lucky on the a9 and the lea-4 is a bit limited on the a9
 
Using the EA5 on the 7 IV gives me full AF and aperture reporting, which of course is always f/8. But the camera knows that and will adjust the shutter speed for proper exposure shooting in A or P.

Using it on the R III I get nothing auto. No focus, no aperture reporting. Again, it's always f/8 so it's a matter of shooting in S or M and spinning the dial yourself. Focus peaking works.

I have not tried the AF on the 7 IV with the Kalimar 1.4, I doubt it will work but it may.
 
I took it to a fair to see how it would do with tracking and was pretty surprised. The lens won't track, it will only focus in a center position. This is exactly how it worked on the Maxxums back in the day. I gotta' say though, a person could do a whole lot worse for a long tele. This may be the ultimate street lens. It's so small and innocuous no one would ever guess that it could reach this far.

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