That's a good point and I should have taken that into account. I wish I still had that Soligor because it was built like a tank, very low CA and was very sharp. I could have used it with an adapter.
Was the lens still useable for manual focus? If so I would have gladly taken it off his hands.
WHAT ???? Is there any official report/message/mail from Sony for that ?
I haven't heard that the Minolta SSM version is better than the HS screw drive - I thought they were the same - but, as someone pointed out earlier in the thread, if the Minolta 300 SSM fails you're in trouble. There's something to be said for lenses being simple passive items, especially as they last a long time and are very expensive.
I guess you mean the speed of AF because the camera does the focusing. There was a thread on dyxum a couple of years ago where they compared a 300mm SSM with a 300mm HS and they found that the screw drive was marginally quicker when using an A700. Can't remember what they said about IQ but I don't remember there being any difference. I certainly can't tell any difference in IQ on my 300mm f2.8 HS between f2.8 and f4 - if there is any difference it's very small.
AF can be much more efficient because of the Focus limiter settings on the ssm
I think they had a bad specimen of the Minolta 300 - it's obviously an old lens and I reckon the one that he tested needed a bit of work. I've also got a Sony 70-200 f2.8 G and the Sony 1.4X TC and there's no way that it's better than my Minolta 300mm f2.8. The Sony 70-200/1.4TC is a very good combo but it doesn't deliver sharp images at full aperture like the 300mm f2.8 does.
It's a lens I would never sell.you'd better keep your copy preciously !
The Sony 70-200 f2.8 G was not one of the lenses tested. It was the prime 200mm f2.8 with the 1.4x TC. Big difference, as the prime 200mm f2.8 is one of the very best primes Minolta ever made.
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