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Minolta AF Zoom 70-210mm f/4

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It was introduced in 1985 at the launch of the Minolta Maxxum/Dynax/Alpha 7000 camera (the first widely successful autofocus SLR) and remained in production for many years. Two years earlier, the lens had been introduced as a one-touch zoom in the manual-focus
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effect, though it suffers from more pronounced aberrations than equivalent modern designs. It provides a 1:4 magnification (at minimum focus, an object records at 1/4 its size on film or sensor).
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4.5-5.6 had none of the qualities of the original and build and image quality decreased.
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Gallery of sample photos taken with Minolta AF Zoom 70-210mm
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cameras using the AF system, such as the Konica-Minolta
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Minolta
Zoom
Crop factor
Aperture
Diaphragm
Ultrasonic motor
Lens-based stabilization
Angle of view
beercan
autofocusing
telephoto
photographic lens
Minolta AF
lens mount

Sony Alpha 55
Minolta SR mount
digital single lens reflex
Maxxum 7D
Sony α
sharpness

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