MD Rokkor 200mm f4 tests

[dothesteve]

<p>Both photos shot Adobe RGB RAW with Sony NEX C3. The flower pic was shot handheld and had no Lightroom processing; the thistle was shot on a tripod and has -.3 exposure correction, slight clarity boost, minor sharpening and defringing. I think I'll be keeping this lens. </p>

 

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[dothesteve]

<p>100% samples<br>

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[Brian]

<p>The Rokkor short teles are marvellous lenses - though I admit I never had the 200. I had the 135 2.8 but sold it in a moment of weakness. I still have the 100 2.5 which is superb. The only drawback with using them on today's small mirrorless cameras is that they are so heavy. I'll try and look out a shot with the 100 and post it. </p>

[Brian]

<p>Here is a shot with the MC Tele Rokkor 100mm f2.5 (at f5.6 I think) mounted on a GF1.</p><div></div>

[dothesteve]

<p>Yes, the 200mm was challenging to use on a travel tripod and with wind gusts. No place to put on a tripod collar. But compared to the Pentax 200mm I just got, it's tiny, and so pretty easy to use hand held. <br>

Nice duck, BTW. The human brain is a little creepy, tho' :-)</p>

[dothesteve]

<p>Oops, had a brain fart about the tripod collar comment. I do indeed have the lens on a Chinese adapter with a long tripod foot. I was having a problem using it with a small tripod head, which caused the rig to be off-balance. </p>

[SCL]

<p>I was going to get one a few weeks ago, but got intercepted by a Vivitar 200/3.5 which I put a ring collar on and have been mightily impressed with the results, which I think pretty closely mirror the Rokkor's performance. Congratulations on your acquisition though...the best of the Rokkors rival anything else out there in head-to-head competitions for lenses of the era. The nice thing about Rokkors is Minolta concentrated on ensuring a consistent look and coloration across their top of the line lenses, something which Leitz took notice of in the 1970ss when they collaborated with Minolta in the production of several lenses for their R bodies..</p>