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Four of my favorite manual lenses

            These four lenses are my favorite manual lenses.

Minolta MD 28-85mm f3.5-4.5
My latest addition. If I want versatility, I couple this with my Sony 70-300mm G zoom lens to cover pretty much everything I'm probably going to shoot. My favorite manual lens so far.

Minolta Rokkor 50mm f1.4
My favorite manual prime. I have a Sony 50mm f1.8 that is technically "better" but I find I use this one much more and prefer to put it in my bag when I go out for a photowalk.

Minolta Rokkor 200mm f2.8
This lens has largely been replaced by my Sony 70-300 G zoom, but when I know I'll need a prime, I still like to put it in my bag. I especially like to couple it with a 2x and a 3x teleconverter for lunar photography.

Soligor 21mm f3.8
I admit, by most standards a hunk of junk, however, for some reason I love this lens. I love how it feels, I like the quirkiness to the images. I don't get to use it as much as I'd like, and that's a shame. Nice and wide. I enjoy it for astrophotography, also.
   

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Taken on: May 12, 2018

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7, f/13.0, 1/40 sec, 28mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7
Lens:	FE 28mm F2
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.1 (Windows)
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