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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 753040" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>Me, I had a chance purchase of an entire Minolta XD-11 kit from a sheriff auction in the mid 1990's as my first SLR purchase. My previous SLR experience was high school photography class (1982) with the usual Pentax full-manual SLR and only the 50mm prime to use. The Minolta had a flash, auto-winder, but only 1 lens, a Tokina push-pull zoom which I don't remember the specs on. As I remember adding a used 45mm prime was not expensive at all. Still have that kit, last used for photos about 10 years ago when I discovered some unused 35mm film stock in the bag.</p><p></p><p>But my experience with using vintage F mount lenses is that the very best lenses of their time hold up good for image quality today, but only if you can control the lighting to prevent flaring. DSLR sensors have a way of reflecting light back to the rear lens glass in a way that film stock did not do. And mid-grade / low-grade lenses don't age as nicely compared to inexpensive lenses of today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 753040, member: 48483"] Me, I had a chance purchase of an entire Minolta XD-11 kit from a sheriff auction in the mid 1990's as my first SLR purchase. My previous SLR experience was high school photography class (1982) with the usual Pentax full-manual SLR and only the 50mm prime to use. The Minolta had a flash, auto-winder, but only 1 lens, a Tokina push-pull zoom which I don't remember the specs on. As I remember adding a used 45mm prime was not expensive at all. Still have that kit, last used for photos about 10 years ago when I discovered some unused 35mm film stock in the bag. But my experience with using vintage F mount lenses is that the very best lenses of their time hold up good for image quality today, but only if you can control the lighting to prevent flaring. DSLR sensors have a way of reflecting light back to the rear lens glass in a way that film stock did not do. And mid-grade / low-grade lenses don't age as nicely compared to inexpensive lenses of today. [/QUOTE]
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