What's your fastest lens ?

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What's your fastest aperture?

Wider than f/1.4
2
7%
f/1.4
9
33%
f/1.7
12
44%
f/1.8
1
4%
f/2 - 2.2
0
No votes
f/2.5 - 2.8
2
7%
f/3.5 - 4
1
4%
Slower than f/4
0
No votes
 
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What's your fastest lens ?

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We talk about A-mount lenses only :D
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Nice poll.
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thanks, i'm not sure how should be < f/1.4 or > f/1.4 ?
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Having sold of all my old stuff, I am down to 3 lenses, from 10-200mm, the fastest being F3.5 (CZ16-80).
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dynax800si wrote:We talk about A-mount lenses only :D
Are there any A-mount lenses faster than f1.4? I don't recall any. Of course, in other mounts, including the old Minolta MF mount there were.
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bakubo wrote: Are there any A-mount lenses faster than f1.4? I don't recall any.
The poll is alive (Allow re-voting) so I left this possibility for faster than f/1.4 lens if something new appear.
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Let's see, a a pin-hole body cap registers as an f/1 in the EXIF data, but then, it'a actually a pretty slow lens... ;-)
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It looks like the Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7 is a popular lens on the forum - or am I making a rash assumption?
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I voted f1.7 ala 50mm obviously. I have this MD mount also
I think it is a popular lens and has been for some time.
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dynax800si wrote:thanks, i'm not sure how should be < f/1.4 or > f/1.4 ?
I believe you have the signs inverted. It should be "< f/1.4" and "> f/4" AFAIK.
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Two people have said they have A-mount lenses that are faster than f1.4. What are they? For example, I know of some f1.2 lenses that are not A-mount, but don't recall any A-mount.
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bakubo wrote:Two people have said they have A-mount lenses that are faster than f1.4. What are they? For example, I know of some f1.2 lenses that are not A-mount, but don't recall any A-mount.
It is pure speculation on my part, but perhaps they have copies of the 50mm f:1.2 or 58mm f:1.2 lenses with Pete Ganzel's MD to A-mount conversion ?

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roysmith wrote: I believe you have the signs inverted. It should be "< f/1.4" and "> f/4" AFAIK.
It's fixed now :wink:
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