Legendary lens that forgotten

From what I was learn in Architecture school. There was an argument about timeless design and to be define without any reference to the pass and history. It reminds me the greatest Minolta was sadly purchased by Sony which really market is a bitch by brainwashed consumer.

The timeless design refer to the design of the legendary lens such as 35mm f1.4 G, 85mm f1.4 G, 70-210 f4 beercan and etc... which the only few lenses carry out with new version from Minolta to Sony.

Those existed shadow of Minolta in Sony will be those first batch of DSLR territory from Sony. There will be the 16mm f2.8 Fish eye, 20mm f2.8, 35mm f1.4 G, 50mm f1.4, 135mm STF, 70-200 2.8 G and last the only AF reflex 500mm f8.

It's been five years since the first sony DSLR A100 first announced to the world. Many changes have been made but not well development. Thus ironically the market still enlarge.... maybe this really like create to satisfy to all type of consumers.

One of the legendary lens that made by sony and the most being forgotten is the 35mm f1.4 G






With unique floating element and the G quality which create the most creamy bokeh and portraiture softness that impress and poison me to hunt for this lens.

The originate batch together with the first sony DSLR - a100.






The low profile G





The close distance shots of Pentax K5, the impressive floating element create the creamy bokeh and more closer shots.





The size to compare the 50mm f1.4 and minolta 28-85. I would say light and small which i alway prefer to carry around.






Test shots for sharpness and DOF bokeh.. awesome 3D effect to highlight the focus subject with creamy blurred background.





easier for shots with background composition even in APS-C size.





easier to highlight the subject with more background for composition.





inherit the minolta color and the proper softness.





the sharpenss still there....





not so hightlighted but a slight sharpness on the subject.





quite perfect for portrait shots with softness without touch up





highlighted object to have some mystery shots....





test the night performance with large open aperture





The DOF bokeh with sharp object.





The night with stars... the stars can be view more with large aperture.





large aperture to allow more lights to capture night scene.


I would say one of the best lense for Portrait in terms of the natural softness maintain with detail, but still a handy lens for artistic composition and best for portrait.