Minolta 135mm F2.8 also known as Minolta Tele Rokkor PF, 135mm F2.8 v.2.

The Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-PF 135 mm f/ 2.8 v.2 is a fast telephoto prime lens for 35 mm Minolta SR (MD, MC) SLR cameras. Date of production: 1973.

Specs: Focal 135mm | Aperture F2.8 to F22 | Blades 6 | Min. Focus 1,50mt ! Filter 55mm | Weight 511gr ! Length 81mm

Personal Evaluation: Mechanical Quality 4,25 | Optical Quality 3,75 | Usability 4,0 | Price 4,5 | Bokeh 3,25

*** The evaluations refer to the specimen in my hands, and also to the use of the relative adapter ***

Photos taken with lens. Manual focus with MD/NEX adapter mounted on camera.

After some months of shots, this specimen wasn’t exactly how I expected. May be this piece only. Not sharp as expected, with poor contrast between subject and background image. Usable from F5.6 to F11, at an average distance of 3/6 meters from the subject. Absolutely hardly usable for longer distances. Difficulty in focusing, even with use of focus peaking. Rather disappointing for the kind of photographs I normally take. I will try another one in the future, in the hope of having more luck. Unfortunately I cannot suggest it, due to my use. *** This lens was sold on March 28, 2022 ***

Fringilla montifringilla, L.

The brambling is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the cock o’ the north and the mountain finch.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F5.6 – 1/320 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: February 20, 2022

Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy

Sciurus aberti, Woodhouse

Abert’s squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. Native to the southern Rocky Mountains from the United States to Sierra Madre.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F4 – 1/250 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: February 20, 2022

Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy

Corylus avellana, L. (Male catkins)

Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the birch family Betuliaceae.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F8 – 1/400 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: February 09, 2022

Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy

Aegithalos caudatus, L.

The long-tailed tit, also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F5.6 – 1/500 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: January 30, 2022

Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy

Rosa canina, L. – Rose hip

The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the various species of rose plant.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F8 – 1/160 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: January 30, 2022

Location: Trezzo sull’Adda (Mi) – Italy

Taxus baccata, L.

Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe.

Sony Alpha 6000 – Minolta 135mm – F8 – 1/400 – ISO 100 – AWB auto.

Sunny – Date: January 29, 2022

Location: Parco Villa Reale di Monza (Mb) – Italy