Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.4

Amazing lens!!! Great lens!! Smooth focus ring and great build!! There is fringing when shooting wide open but it almost goes away when stopping down at f2.8. The images are soft at f1.4 but that might also be because of the razor thin dof. It is surprisingly sharp at f2.8-f4 and then sharpness decreases slightly and fringing starts to increase as well. I love shooting with this lens more than my other much more expensive lenses. I just love the colours that this beautiful piece of glass produces!!

Awesome lens if you keep it on a minolta camera I purchased it mount it to a canon DSLR and it might be the converter I bought but the image is not the sharpest. I don't blame that on the lens though because the lens visually is "on point" and very clean. I feel that the converter is giving me the bad results but I'm not planning to buy another converter to find out. Note* I am talking about wide open because what is the point of getting a lens with a wide aperture if you just going to stop it down. When stopped down the lens performed as expected for the most part. Long story short keep it on a Minolta film camera and you won't be disappointed.

For the money you can't find a better fast lens! Lets face it, you purchase a 1.4/50 for using it wide open. And wide open this lens gives a pleasing result. Sharp enough, but not tack sharp. To its benefit, it has great bokeh, so your out of focus parts of which there will be lots are pleasant, and not harsh or busy. Stop it down to F8 and you will be rewarded with an extremely sharp lens, well controlled and high contrast. The newer versions are more expensive, sharper and lighter. The older are not as sharp, cheaper and heavier. Often the iris blades get gummed up or there becomes a light haze in the glass that needs to be cleaned up. but they are rugged, and well built and will last for a very long time.