Minolta Tele Lens
Minolta is a Japanese company manufacturing optical devices such as cameras, photo-copiers, laser printers, fax machines, measuring instruments. It was established back 1928 in Osaka, Japan. An interesting fact about the company is that in 2003, it merged with Konica to form Konica Minolta. Yoshikatsu Ota is the current President and CEO of Konica Minolta. The company has 2,700 employees worldwide. Konica Minolta's business can be divided in the following two categories - optical product development centered on our proprietary, cutting-edge optical technology; and the development and manufacturing of electronic components including triacetyl-cellulose (TAC) films for use in LCD polarizing plates and glass dry plates used for production of shadow masks.
In all of the years of its production, Minolta has never designed long tele lenses, which are used in nature and sports photo shoots, that's why they have never had any success among these photographers. The Minolta MD Rokkor tele lens are a very popular model for amateurs, because they are designed well enough, both optically and mechanically, even though those Minolta tele lenses were created tens of years ago. The problem with them is that they are hard to find and expensive.
Minolta tele lens with 300 mm focal length are the choice for nature photographers that want to make photo shots from distance or capturing sports events. Those lens are the shortest ones that will still allow you to capture such images. 300mm Minolta tele lenses can be separated in the following types: 300/2.8 super teles, 300/4 lightweight teles and slower constructions.
The Minolta Telephoto 200mm f/2.8 APO G Maxxum Auto Focus lens has filter size 72mm F-Stop range, 2.8-32 Minimum Focus Distance, 4.9 Magnification, 12 degree angle of view. This is an aspherical lens, has focus hold button, circular aperture blades design. Another tele lens from Minolta is the Minolta Zoom wide angle tele 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 Maxxum auto focus lens. This one has a filter size of 62mm. Zoom/focus control, 2-touch angle of view - 75 (28mm) - 23 (105mm) degree. Internal focusing, better manual focus ring. The Minolta MC Tele Rokkor 300mm f4.5 has conventional focusing system, solid structure and rotatable tripod collar. According to specliasits (http://www.geocities.com/mikkonis/teles.html), this model is from the the best mechanical quality ever made. Minimum focusing distance of 15 feet, filter thread diameter is 72mm. The Opteka 650-1300mm high definition super telephoto zoom lens will mount to Minolta Maxxum Film or Digital SLR Cameras. This is a high definition super tele zoom lens, perfect for both professional and amateur photographers. Features a built-in, rotating tripod mount for easily attaching to your tripod or monopod. It's an extremely powerful telephoto zoom lens with the versatility that you need. Produced using the latest CAD (computer aided design) systems, diamond cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass.
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