{"id":114390,"date":"2025-08-18T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=114390"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:04:15","slug":"minolta-50mm-lenses-on-a7-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/minolta-50mm-lenses-on-a7-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"Minolta 50mm lenses on A7 Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I gathered up the 3 50mm lenses that I have in the Minolta\/Sony Mount and took some test photos.\u00a0 My first 50mm was the AF 50mm f\/1.7 that I used in college.\u00a0 It was already old back then, but little did I know of its power to see and render life on black and white film.\u00a0 Sadly this copy has problems stopping down due to oil on the aperture blades and has been relegated to the ancient tech shelf.\u00a0 The second 50mm I have for the Sony platform is the FE mount version of the 50mm f\/1.8.\u00a0 I’ve read that it’s a clone of the Minolta version, and I think so since it has a nice hazy way of rendering wide open, but still plenty sharp when stopped down.\u00a0 The last 50mm is the f\/1.4 that I thrifted for $4!\u00a0 It’s also mounted on an A7 with the LA-EA4 autofocus adapter.<\/p>\n

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I thought I was going to do a head to head comparison with the Minolta f\/1.7 vs the Sony f\/1.8, but the Minolta one is inconsistent due to the oil\/sticky aperture blades.<\/p>\n

So the rest of this post are samples of my artwork (live figure drawings and portraits) taken with the A7 and 50mm f\/1.4 with early morning daylight through my window.<\/p>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/1.7<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.2<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/4.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/2.2<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/3.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/2.5<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/1.4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sony A7 + Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 @ f\/2.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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And here are photos of the combo above:<\/p>\n

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I gathered up the 3 50mm lenses that I have in the Minolta\/Sony Mount and took some test photos.\u00a0 My first 50mm was the AF 50mm f\/1.7 that I used in college.\u00a0 It was already old back then, but little did I know of its power to see and render life on black and white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,320,7],"tags":[26,32,132,293,170],"class_list":{"0":"post-114390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-art","8":"category-gear","9":"category-photos","10":"tag-drawing","11":"tag-figure-drawing","12":"tag-minolta","13":"tag-photo-gear","14":"tag-portraits","16":"post-with-thumbnail","17":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/More-Minolta-Photos-2025-08-003_Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-tL0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124925,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sony-a7-canon-ef-50mm-1-2l-minolta-50mm-1-4-af\/","url_meta":{"origin":114390,"position":0},"title":"Sony A7 + Canon EF 50mm 1.2L + Minolta 50mm 1.4 AF – Sample Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"December 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Just doing this quick post for my own learning purposes.\u00a0 So here are some image samples comparing two Sony A7 cameras, one with the Minolta 50mm f\/1.4 and Sony adapter, the other with a Canon EF 50mm f\/1.2L with Sigma adapter. The Canon 50mm is obviously meant for my R\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sony-A7-50mm-Nikon-V1-2025-12_01_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sony-A7-50mm-Nikon-V1-2025-12_01_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sony-A7-50mm-Nikon-V1-2025-12_01_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sony-A7-50mm-Nikon-V1-2025-12_01_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100646,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/random-thrifting-haul-minolta-50mm-f1-4-for-4-dollars\/","url_meta":{"origin":114390,"position":1},"title":"Random Thrifting Haul – Minolta 50mm f1.4 for $4!","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"March 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone, for these next series of posts I thought I would just post a few quick thoughts and images on photography gear and techniques I've been tinkering with. Some of it is vintage gear that I've thrifted, or some odd combination of cameras and lenses that I think would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Minolta-50mm-f14-2025-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Minolta-50mm-f14-2025-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Minolta-50mm-f14-2025-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Minolta-50mm-f14-2025-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":112884,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/minolta-lenses-on-sony-a7-la-ea4-sample-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":114390,"position":2},"title":"Minolta Lenses on Sony A7 + LA-EA4 – Sample Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"July 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The other day my Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VR finally broke.\u00a0 I've had it for something like 18+ years and boy did it produce some memories.\u00a0 I probably took like 300,000+ photos with it over the years across many Nikon DSLRs.\u00a0 Every camera\/lens company has a pro lens of this type\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sony-A7-LA-EA4-Minolta-Samples-2025-7-001_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134099,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/canon-ef-50mm-f-1-2-portraits-food-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":114390,"position":3},"title":"Canon EF 50mm f\/1.2: Portraits + Food Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone I put together a collection of Portraits and Food photos taken with the Canon EF 50mm f\/1.2L.\u00a0 A lens that many wedding and portrait photographers have in their kit.\u00a0 There are so many new mirrorless 50mm f\/1.2 options with their own modern sharpness benefits and the associated premium\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Food!"","block_context":{"text":"Food!","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/food\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canon-50mm-f12-Portraits-Food_01.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132886,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/lao-new-year-conley-2026-sunday-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":114390,"position":4},"title":"Lao New Year Conley 2026 – Sunday Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"May 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u223d Lao New Year \u223c Wat Lao Pothisaram Conley, GA\u00a0 |\u00a0 May 3, 2026 \u2022\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2022\u00b0\u2022\u2740\u2022\u00b0\u2022\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2022 Great performances by LAS and LDA! 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