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Prime Lens

On May 16th, 2008 AJ Gressette says:

Prime Lenses will always be the sharpest of all lenses. Prime lenses like the older 35 f/2, 28 f/2, 50 f/1.7 and 50 f/1.4 are week in the Sony lineup now. The Sony 35 is a nice wide-angle lens but the 85 wide open at 1.4 is sharper. It’s the cost of manufacturing these lenses that make them so expensive and the fact that Sony has put more research and development into zoom lenses than the primes. In the future I think we will see some really nice prime lenses come out of Zeiss/Sony. Just on a note: in my personal oppinion the older Minolta 28 f/2.0 is much,much sharper than the Sony 35/ f1.4 wide open. And the Old Minolta 100 f/2 is sharper at f/2 than the 85 f1.4. The old Minolta 100 f/2 delivers one of the best bokeh of any camera lens. The only exception to this would be the Old Minolta 85 f/1.4 Limited Edition. The Minolta or Sony 50 f1.4 is one of the sharpest lenses made and bokeh is amazing. You just cant go wrong with the 50 1.4 or the 50 f1.7.
Thanks for letting me share,
AJ

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Hey this looks dangerous……..You go first!
Only from the mind of Minolta!


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