The Minolta MC Rokkor 58mm f 1.2 lens is mainly known for its beautiful bokeh, the other performance is comparable to other 50s lenses, i.e. at open aperture relatively unsteady bokeh and overexposure, at f/2 it is great for portraits and at f8 it delivers perfect landscape shots. For this you have to accept a rather high weight and a not very low price. Compared to all other Minolta MC and MD standard lenses the Minolta has the advantage of 8 aperture blades, which even when stopped down draw halfway round blur circles. There are 3 versions of this lens, all 3 belong to the MC generation and are optically identical. The MC-X version is the most common and also my version. It was built between 1968 and 1977. I bought it on eBay last September from a German photo dealer for a rather high price, but the lens was in mint condition, almost like new (see pictures below).

I use the Fotodiox Pro MD-GFX adapter for the GFX50R, which fits perfectly together with the lens. As with all vintage lenses, it’s not easy to shoot with the Rokkor, and I’m still on the way to find the bokehlicious depth of field sweet spot…but the color rendition is beautiful in my opinion.

What is your experience with vintage lenses? Which ones do you use? Your experiences interest me in the comment below.