Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm/1.4

[miran]

Another old lens, but this time a little less old. It's Minolta's 1980's staple manual focus lens, the MD Rokkor 50mm/1.4. Good for anything, but on APS-C especially nice for portraits. A little soft and glowy at f/1.4 and f/2 and very sharp from f/2.8 on, but usable at all apertures. The only thing I don't like is the aperture made with 6 straight blades which shows as hard hexagons in the bokeh when closed down to f/2.8 or more.

 

The lens itself:

 

Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm/1.4 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

A few samples:

 

NEX6_0001_4182 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

NEX6_0002_4505 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

 

NEX6_0002_5319 by Miran Amon, on Flickr

[VANGSTR]

I understand the 6 blades doesn't compete with the 9 or 12 but overall the images are very nice.  And the used prices on these lens are a great value.