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I am thinking about trying to find an affordable used Minolta APO G 200mm telephoto lens. It is, according to any website and magazine, the best 200mm that is out there, with an incredible performance wide open. This sounds good, and even the size and build quality is cool.
However, the lens does not have circular aperture. I own the old Minolta 100mm 2.0 with circular aperture and love the bokeh it produces. Question is, why didn’t Minolta ever make a circular aperture on that still going strong lens? Last few year, even a lot of their cheap lenses take advantage of the circular aperture. Some lenses did not change in lens design, only cosmetically and… circular aperture… Why did the 200mm G never follow this trend? What will defocused reflections look like from wide open to 4.0 on the 200mm G? Is not having a circular aperture on this lens really a pity or not?
However, the lens does not have circular aperture. I own the old Minolta 100mm 2.0 with circular aperture and love the bokeh it produces. Question is, why didn’t Minolta ever make a circular aperture on that still going strong lens? Last few year, even a lot of their cheap lenses take advantage of the circular aperture. Some lenses did not change in lens design, only cosmetically and… circular aperture… Why did the 200mm G never follow this trend? What will defocused reflections look like from wide open to 4.0 on the 200mm G? Is not having a circular aperture on this lens really a pity or not?