A compact zoom lens that brings you closer to action and portrait subjects. This compact, lightweight 4X zoom lens is a great value and an ideal choice for covering outdoor activities and sports action, even in large stadium locations. Its wide zoom range handles both middle-ground subjects and portraits shot from a relaxing distance, so people won’t be nervous even captures intimate details and natural wonders close at hand. Ideal for portraits, sports, long-distance subjects Focal Length 35mm Equivalent – 75 – 300 mm Min Focus Distance – 4 feet 11 inch (1.5 m) Aperture Maximum – f4.5 – 5.6 Aperture Minimum – f32 – 28 Maximum Magnification – 0.25x Lens Construction – 13 elements in 10 groups with 7 aperture blades Filter Diameter – 55 mm Dimensions – 2 13/16 x 4 13/16 inch (71 x 122 mm) Weight – 1 pounds 2 ounces (460 grams)

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Solid performer3
This repackaging of the Konica-Minolta 75-300 is a solid performer, at a reasonably good price. If you like to stay with the camera manufacturer’s own products, then you’ll not be disappointed. Packaging includes the front & rear caps; lens shade & 1 year warranty.

Keeping in mind that the KM lenses came out well before any lenses digital SLRs from that brand, you might want to check out the Tamron 70-300 LD Di zoom. It’s a new optic that’s “Digitally Integrated”, has a 1:2 close-up mode, “Low Dispersion” glass, and a six year warranty.

Additionally, you might look around for one of the Konica-Minolta lenses at a discount

 

Excellent lens, apparently a cosmetically re-labelled Konica Minolta 75-300 (D) Zoom lens4
According to a photo magazine, this is a cosmetically re-labelled Konica Minolta 75-300 (D) zoom telephoto, which is a lens that I own (it certainly looks exactly the same as the KM 75-300 lens, but with the ‘Sony’ name). In which case, I have the following review:
(1) Excellent construction quality, this is a very nicely made lens, excellent finish, not too heavy but solid and without the ‘plastic’ feel of many medium-priced lenses;
(2) Excellent optical quality, with good sharpness even at the longest 300mm focal length where most zooms begin to show poor quality;
(3) VERY UNUSUAL: near-zero distortion throughout the entire range of focal lengths (very different from some Sigma zooms that I own, which have conspicuously visible pincushion distortion). This may well be the lowest-distortion 75-300 telephoto from any maker.
(4) ONE CAVEAT: AUTOFOCUS IN LOW LIGHT: on my Minolta Maxxum 7 film camera, whose autofocus system is apparently quite similar to the Sony Alpha 100, the camera has difficulty autofocussing the 75-300 lens at the 300 mm setting (where the aperture is only f/5.6) in light weaker than direct sunlight. This is probably the same with any f/5.6 or slower lens. I have found myself switching to manual focus at the 300 mm setting if the subject is not brightly lit.
NOTE: the Konica Minolta 75-300 (D) lens is still available, for about $140, and reportedly will work with the Sony Alpha 100 just as well as the similar lens labelled Sony

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