Konica Minolta Autofocus 50mm f/1.7 Lens for Maxxum SLR Cameras

by Konica-Minolta

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 9 inches ; 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006I5I2
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This Konica Minolta AF 50mm f1.7 lens features improvements over the previous generation lens. The manual focus is now better dampened, and it has a wider rubberized ring.

The Minolta Maxxum Autofocus Lens System is one of the world's most complete lens systems, covering every kind of lens from wide-angle, telephoto, and wide-range zooms to large-aperture, reflex, and soft-focus types. Only Minolta Maxxum AF lenses are expressly made to link perfectly with your Minolta Maxxum AF SLR. Every Maxxum AF lens locks into your Minolta camera to form an integrated unit that allows focus and exposure data to flow from the lens' read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit to the camera's central processing unit. Each Maxxum AF lens is a product of Minolta's advanced computer-assisted optical design. Minolta is one of the few camera makers to insist on making its own optical glass.

Product Description

50mm manual focus lens for Minolta cameras

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Little Lens!, July 13, 2010

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Marco Almendarez "Gonz!" (Managua, Nicaragua) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Konica Minolta Autofocus 50mm f/1.7 Lens for Maxxum SLR Cameras (Electronics)

I love this lens! Sure, as my first prime lens, it's been a bit tricky getting the angle of a picture that I want without the zoom function, and it still is taking some getting used to, but the advantages of this lens in razor-sharp clarity, faster shutter speeds, and incredible detail, especially without a flash. I was having some second thoughts about the Sony A300 that I purchased a year ago, and was thinking that I needed to move on to a better cammera, but this lens has proven that the cammera has a LOT more to offer, and all I needed was a faster, better lens than the standard 18-70 ;ens that it came with. I highly recommend to anyone who has bought a Sony SLR, and is getting sick of pictures still looking a bit amateur-ish... A must have!!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Lens at a Super Price, March 28, 2008

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G. Goodwin "slant6guy" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Konica Minolta Autofocus 50mm f/1.7 Lens for Maxxum SLR Cameras (Electronics)

This little 50mm f1.7 lens is very good for the price it's sold at. Granted, you get what you pay for, but what you get is a very fast lens w/ good bokeh. The built-in hood is a joke and there's no f-scale, but a good shootist can still get very memorable photos with this lens. If these items are a nuisance, then go get a good B&W metal hood and one of their excellent slim line UV haze filters and learn to judge distance. It's a good portrait lens on the 7D. BTW, to those who don't know, this lens is an auto-focus lens, hence MAXXUM. Maxxum means auto-focus. Getting this lens won't disappoint you.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem in a small price, October 4, 2005

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S. Bodur "Kokopelli" (Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Konica Minolta Autofocus 50mm f/1.7 Lens for Maxxum SLR Cameras (Electronics)

I own a former version of this lens. It is an autofocus lens and it can be used in manual focus mode. This one has a better grip on the focusing ring. This lens is built robust and the results are excellent. I keep it with me in case of serious sharpness is needed or there is not enough light to handhold.

Stopping down a few stops will give better results. I don't have the 1.4 version but the results are said to be the same after f:2.8.