![]() ![]() A nano AR coating suppresses internal reflections to minimise flare and ghosting, while a fluorine coating on the front element repels grease, water and fingerprints.Īs well as the lens itself, inside the box you will also find a padded zipped bag and strap, as well as the large ALC-SH151 lens hood. The lens is comprised of 22 elements in 16 groups, with two extra-low dispersion (ED) glass elements and one super-ED element that help to keep chromatic aberrations to a minimum. I’ll be talking about just how well these teleconverters perform a little later on in this review. The lens is also compatible with the Sony FE 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters, helping to extend its reach up to 560mm with the 1.4x and up to 800mm with the 2x. The lens has a focal range of 100-400mm on full frame cameras like the Sony a7 series and a9, but mount this lens to your APS-C camera like the a6000/a6300/a6500 and you’ll now have a 35mm equivalent focal range of 150-600mm, which is quite the reach! The introduction of the Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens finally filled a substantial gap in Sony’s E-mount lens line up, and has provided Sony sports and wildlife photographers a serious piece of glass to freeze action and capture spectacular moments from afar. It’s very difficult to review images on such a tiny screen, so if you are seriously considering purchasing this lens, I’d recommend that you continue reading on something a little larger. All images are copyright protected and may be used for personal use only.īefore we go any further I have one question for you: Are you are reading this review on a small mobile device? If so, please stop right now. However, I do provide the username/password to all members of our community forum. RAW files are also available but password protected to help keep my hosting costs sensible. Full resolution SOOC JPEG images are available to download. **Please Note: Unless otherwise mentioned no post processing has been applied to the image samples in this guide except for cropping. However, if you would like to learn about how this lens performs in the real world, and view a variety of shots from environments that this lens was actually designed to be used in, then please keep scrolling. Let's look at sharpness on the A7s and a6500 first (click for full resolution).Sony FE 100-400mm 400mm | 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 800 | Full Resolution SOOC Download: JPEG The Konica AR 135mm f3.2 is surprisingly good, giving excellent performance at all apertures. ![]() It does, however, have the advantage of focusing closer (1m vs 1.3/1.5m on above lenses), so it's a good choice for close-up work. ![]() The lens is much smaller and lighter than other 135s I've tried (such as Canon nFD 135 f2 and Pentax SMC 135 f2.5), but of course it is much slower at f3.2. I would assume that on a mint copy, the aperture action would be very good. The Konica comes with a very short built-in hood that works well mechanically but does little to help with flare. ![]() It's hard for me to comment on the aperture ring since mine appears to have a slight problem. This is an all-metal lens that's very well put-together with good focusing action. Aperture - 6 blades, f3.2 to f16 in full stopsīuild Quality/Handling (Very good/Very good).In Konica's 135mm line up, it sits between the smaller and cheaper f3.5 and the more expensive but bulky f2.5. Well, it turns out it's an excellent performer, and I'd be happy paying much more to have it in my collection.Īccording to this great resource, the Konica AR 135mm f3.2 was produced for a short time sometime in the 70s. This lens was only about 20 bucks, so even though I knew nothing about it, I just couldn't help myself. I also found this one at Fujiya camera, which really is one of the best shops in Tokyo for vintage lenses (I prefer it to Map Camera). ![]()
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