Indeed, an incomplete review - both on the technical side (it was possible to collect information from the Internet!), And on the artistic side (shoot at various apertures and indicate them, as well as submit at least a few RAW files to check what was said and deeper processing of the material). However, the aperture change ring does not rotate with clear clicks, but smoothly, with the ability to leave the aperture between F1.2 and F2, that is, you can put F1.4 and F1.8 on the eye.

By the way, this lens has no middle position between F1.2 and F2. The lens has normal sharpness at full aperture. Personally, it was not very convenient for me to shoot something dynamic with this lens. Between half a meter and a meter, you have all 90 degrees of revolution of the ring - and this is just one human step. The focusing ring rotates from 45 cm to infinity by 180 degrees. The lens, as you can see in the photo, is in excellent condition and was probably a bit tight initially. I filmed dancing people two meters away from me, and it turned out that it was a matter of great skill or luck to fit both into the sharpness zone! Of course, the lens does not have automatic focusing and you have to turn the focusing ring, besides this ring is not so smooth. I want to add right away that it’s not at all easy to control this very sharpness zone on f 1.2, especially if your subject is not standing still. The sharpness zone is very thin and you can shoot a portrait by washing out not only the background, but also objects located closer to the portrait. You can take very interesting photos with strong background blur. The lens allows you to take pictures and shoot videos at f 1.2, that is, it lets in a lot of light.

Minolta md 50mm 1.8 lens adjustments