Minolta AF 100-300mm xi f/4.5-5.6

A superb lens for the Sony Alpha series Digital Cameras With Sony having bought Minolta's camera and lens part of the business, the new Sony Alpha series incorporated Minolta Camera's technology into their Digital Cameras. Best outcome of this is that all the Minolta Maxxum lenses can fit perfectly onto the new Sony Digital Cameras. Two great advantages of these : 1. 20 year's worth of Maxxum Lenses are instantly available to be purchased for the Sony Cameras. 2. The Maxxum lenses, like this one, are superbly made glass lenses, with great optics. (Many of the current lenses are suprisingly not made of glass!). 3. A really wide range of used Maxxum lenses are available on ebay for excellent prices ! While most Minonlta Maxxum lenses are nice, be careful when buying used. Be willing to pay extra for those that come with the original box - as this means they were properly cared for, and spent most of their life safely stored in the original box. Look patiently for someone selling clean Maxxum lenses, like this one, for a good price. The 75-300mm lens is great for Portrait Photography and for Nature photography. For Portraits, you will get very sharp focus of the subject, while the background & foreground will be blurred. To maximize this effect, stand a little further back from the subject, and zoom in. This is a beautiful lens, and I am thoroughly enjoying using it with my new Sony Alpha A55 ! Thank You for reading and rating my review.

Just fine...older Minolta lens on my New Sony A-33 just tried the lens on my Sony A 33 SLT camera...the old Minolta lens are a bargain..way cheaper than the Sony Lens of comparable range and speed...and the build is way better unless you spend a whole lot of money for the faster glass or brand....affordable photo fun.... It was really nice of Sony to incorporate the older style Minolta-Konice lens mount into their new Sony Alpha SLR line of cameras...seems most companies just change everything to make older gear obsolete...and sell more product... So for this reason I bought Sony---for the lens adaptability... Ps..from what I can tell without using my new Minolta lens..it's going to be just fine for my needs--- SteveWb

Good all around telephoto lens I bought the Konica Minolta 100-300mm lens to take photos of my grandson racing his dirtbike.I had always wanted a telephoto for other shots.I have had very good experiences using this lens,taking a few rolls at his races.It is easy to use and produces great pictures.I have even tried faster speed film with great results.Also taking shots of our dog who usually won't let you get close to get good pictures.I have really been pleased with this purchase with this purchase and would highly recommend this product,buying slr camera accessaries are a lot cheaper now than before digital cameras came along.Like with anything else the only downside is buying film and getting it developed