Album images with the Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2, a compact and lightweight pancake lens with a reputation for versatility and optical performance.
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The Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2 pancake, the hidden gem in Minolta's lens lineup, is a compact and lightweight lens with a reputation for versatility and optical performance, capable of sharp images with pleasing bokeh.
The lens, with 6 elements in 5 groups and 5 aperture blades, is well built, though mainly out of plastic, and has a robust metal mount and rubberized focus ring.
The lens, first released in 1978, is particularly favored for travel and street photography. has a minimum focusing distance of 0.6 meters, weighs 127 grams, and takes 49mm filters.
On a 35mm full-frame camera (as in this case, the Minolta X-700), where the diagonal of the film frame is 43mm, the 45mm is almost the 'perfect normal' lens.
It sees what the eye naturally sees: images that are natural and relatable without distortion or exaggeration of distances between subjects.
The focal length is equally suitable for head-and-shoulders portraits, intricate details in lifestyle photography, and, with its wide aperture, low-light scenarios.
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Minolta X-700
The Minolta X-700, the icon of Minolta's manual-focus 35mm SLR film cameras, is recognized as one of the last manual-focus cameras produced by Minolta before the introduction of the auto-focus Minolta Maxxum 7000 system series.
Minolta X-700, Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2
The state-of-the-art flagship body was developed from the frame of the XG-M, built with electronically controlled stepless shutter speeds, a full program autoexposure system, or 'MPS' (Minolta Program System), autoexposure lock, and interchangeable viewing screens. The X-700 has a shutter speed range of 1/1000 to 4 seconds and accepts film with an ISO speed range from 25 to 1600.
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