forpetessake

That's because what they are physically, regardless of crop factor. The lens is 71mm/2.0 with 0.71x focal reducer, and it will be that on any camera with any crop factor. If you are used to think...

I don't have MD version so can't write from personal experience. But after testing about 10 lenses with two versions of LT I must say, don't believe too positive or too negative reviews. Among...

Lots of Minolta+LT shots here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1216015/0

Yep, the market evaluated it and found wanting. Pentax dumped it at fire sale. The end of story. My personal experience -- the market reacted absolutely adequately. I got K01 when it was discounted...

If it was a 'fine piece of home decoration' it would have some merit. But it looks like it's only suitable for a blooper collection: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/51462977

They wouldn't be able to get any profit if they came with an expensive solution for such a niche market. If they want to make FF offering successful they need to appeal to a broad category of...

Petty people with petty problems. How could this thread manage to grow that big?

There are some samples taken with Minolta MD 50/1.4 here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1216015/1

FWIW, I did a quick experiment with 4 different lenses and an LT adapter. I noticed that corner sharpness correlates with lens curvature, it looks like LT amplifies the effect of curvature. It's...

They are very close. When it comes to pixel peeping, in some places LT looks better, in other SB, though I would give a slight edge to SB overall. The very distant corners are bad in LT, so for...

The bottom line, there are no bargains, prices in equilibrium mean you get what you paid for. That said, it doesn't cost too much to experiment with the old lenses, so why not. Most of them have...

No, I wasn't pulling anybody's leg. Those were unmodified DPR images, both at ISO 200, exported in LR4 with size set to 1080 pixels "short side" and sharpening set to "screen low". As you guessed...

My guess it might not be the adapter (or not just the adapter). I tested two lenses on the same adapter and one showed some coma, the other didn't. But I never tested anything wider than 24mm, so...

Thanks for testing, and keep them coming. Though I would prefer you embedded the pictures here, Flickr is mighty annoying. In my testing of 10 different lenses with Lens Turbo I must say there is...

I took two carefully executed controlled test taken with the same lens on NEX5N and NEX7 and resized them in LR4 to the same 1080 screen resolution. Can you guess which is 5N and which is 7? Camera...

No, not exactly. It's actually Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4 lens with Zhongyi Lens Turbo, which becomes 36mm f/1.0 e-mount lens. The Pentax is one of the best (if not the best) legacy 50mm lens on APS-C,...

Ad hominem attacks are always a sign of lack of arguments on one hand and bad character on the other.

What was lost in this discussion is the fact that proliferation of FF is an inevitable result of the market forces. The high cost, size, weight, etc. of current FF cameras isn't something inherent:...

It's easy to see on 100% crop that Sigma shot is strongly oversharpened, there are artifacts all over the place. Sigma shoot is also overly contrasty with blown highlights. Sony seems to be...

It's not my task to help people against their will. If somebody is happy with the crappy pictures it's their right to be so, no need for all that verbal diarrhea :-D