aperture & MFD) and the Olympus & Pentax lenses (size/weight & MFD) seem interesting. The Minolta would be the best fit for my current collection (I've got a nice Novoflex adapter that's almost permanently attached to my A7) but since my search has come up empty so far, I'm wondering how the other 75-150mm lenses stack up.Įspecially the Nikkor (max. The Minolta 75-150 appears to be an excellent performer (I couldn't find any info on distortion & flare resistance though.), it's among the lightest and the MFD is reasonably short. I've been looking for a Minolta MD75-150/4 for a short while now but copies in good condition are hard to come by.

(Update 4: Konica 75-150/4 added, thank you jamaeolus!) (Update 3: Tamron Adaptall lenses added, thanks vlousada!) (Update: Kiron 70-150/3.8 added, thank you luisalegria & vlousada!) I have collected all the specs I could find (lenses sorted by weight): I quite like the FL range and these lenses seem like a good compromise between FL-range, size/weight and speed. Since there is no reasonably conpact & affordable tele zoom for Sony FE-Mount, I've been looking at these as a more flexible alternative to my primes in this range (Minolta MD85/2 & MD135/3.5). Posted: Wed 9:35 pm Post subject: What's the best ~75-150mm zoom lens?Ī number of manufacturers made ~75-150mm tele zoom lenses around 1980, usually with constant apertures around f/4 and a weight of ~400-600g.Īs far as I could find, many of them seem to perform very well, they tend to be rare but when they're sold the prices are quite reasonable.

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