MINOLTA ROKKOR-TD 45MM F2.8 — the best choice for Minolta Pancake lenses

LI Sam
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For many Minolta enthusiasts, this Minolta Rokkor-TD 45mm f2.8 is mostly a collectible item. Produced in the early 1964, there are two versions of this lens, one focusing ruler is marked in feet and the other is metric. Since the price was still very expensive in 1964, the output was not much, the second price for this lenses is not cheap today.

Handling / Build Quality

Although the lens is a really tiny lens. It only consists of focus ring and aperture ring. The lens looks and feels like it is an all metal construction, and the lens body weighs about 130g. The minimum focus distance (0.9 m) to infinity, which may cause a little inconvenience to daily use.

Although the Minolta 46m filter has been used, the filter is still quite large in comparison. However, due to the need to accommodate the optical structure, the focusing distance is indeed d, and the focusing distance of 0.9 meters is required, which may cause a little inconvenience to daily speaking.

Minolta Rokkor-TD 45mm f2.8 on the left, Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2 on the right

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LI Sam
Rokkorxblog

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