Olympus E-P5, Minolta MD 50mm F2
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Minolta MD 50mm F2, The Clouds Above
'Vintage lens on mirrorless camera lens test, five frames with the Minolta MD 50mm F2, looking up, above, and around'The MD 50mm F2, perfect as it is, is the slowest non-macro standard prime produced by Minolta. It is less common than the faster MD 50mm F1.7 which was the mainstay as a kit lens for Minolta SR system cameras.
For its compact and lightweight body form, the F2 is actually a delight to use. It focuses smoothly and handles well, and focus peaking on the E-P5 is almost perfect at any aperture in good lighting conditions.
The lens is one of the most low-cost SR lenses on many auction sites, but as you might be able to discern from the images, you will probably get a lot more in image quality when compared to the cost of acquiring the lens itself.
It was a very nice, sunny, and bright day with plenty of cloud cover drifting across the otherwise very bright and blue sky when I took the MD 50mm F2, mounted on the Olympus E-P5, out for a quick take session. It was quite a sight, blue skies, majestic clouds, and it does not take me long to decide what the test shots of the day were to be.
Images were post-processed on Olympus Viewer 3 (OV3) and final print sharpening was on Google NIK Sharpener Pro 3.
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