I'm working my way towards a set of Sigma DG DN lenses as well, just need to figure out which will be most cost and work efficient. I love shooting with a 35mm f1.4, but the Sigma is fairly big compared with the Canon EF counterpart. The f2 version is way smaller but I feel I would miss the extra separation of f1.4.
Thanks for the advice, will try. The problem is not the camera, it is me, it feels like a betrayal, have only shot film last 10+ years, the same film and the same processing. No digital here.
Oh gosh no -- I have a number of the SRTs, in several models, going back a long time now. They've always been quite inexpensive compared to other brands (why?), so if I see one at a good price I'm always tempted. (And you're right, it's SR-T, or is it Sr-T? 🙂) I was short on the MD-X Rokkors, though, so I was happy to get those two (and I didn't have a 28/2.8 before).
That's an amazing deal, assuming the gear is in good working order. Just the 50mm f1.4 goes for at least $75 on ebay. Minolta lenses are so good, I even use Dad's Minolta MC and MD lenses from the late 70s for my work.
Great find. I kick myself for not having bought one years ago, when I could have worked it into the budget.
Everything seems to work fine except one of the flashes (I have a number of dead flashes), though no film through the cameras yet. The guy had it "priced to sell" to quote the posting. Today he asked me if I might be interested in his Maxxum 5 and 28-80, when he gets around to selling them (probably sooner than later; he saw a "live one" I guess). Depends on his price of course but that's a very decent amateur-level camera.
Let’s see how much I use it - I primarily shoot with a 35mm Summicron from 1969 and was tempted to get the new Leica 35 steel rim to replace it but decided to just get the 50mm I’ve always eyeballed. Now I will begin to save up again to eventually get the steel rim…
If it suggests anything: I use the Summilux 35 v2 more than the Summicron-M 50, but only marginally more. When I think about it, I usually find myself carrying the 35/75 lenses as a pair, and the 50 alone or with a 21 or 28 mm to pair with. 🙂
I never really gelled with 50mm until I bought the Summicron 50 v5. It completely changed how I think about 50mm because of its lovely rendering and clean, crisp look. Then came the Zeiss C Sonnar ZM, the Voigtlander collapsible Heliar 50mm f3.5, I just really got into 50's. So the Summilux 50 is something I ought to have bought when able. My other most used lens is the Zeiss Distagon 35mm f1.4, it's an unreal lens.
You can't have too many 50 mm lenses! They are all different, even among the best and so many are worth keeping for one reason or another. And I also needed a few years until a repeated affair with the Summicron v5 and v4 told me what a humble fifty can do. I justed added the fourth 50 mm LTM-lens, third Canon, to the collection. After 1.8 and 1.5 in chrome I also got myself a nice 1.4/ 50 mm to go with the VT which just returned from getting new shutter-curtains.
