{"id":6199,"date":"2012-07-25T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2012-07-24T23:29:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T06:29:45","slug":"sun-24mm-lens-the-jelly-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=6199","title":{"rendered":"Sun 24mm lens (The Jelly Fish)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-6209\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/K7_4406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6209\" title=\"_K7_4406\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/K7_4406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/K7_4406.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/K7_4406-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/K7_4406-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A wonderful gift that I recieved from a friend\u00a0is this Sun 24mm lens in Minolta MD mount.\u00a0 That&#8217;s ideal because I have my Minolta X-700 to use it with.\u00a0 If your wondering why in the world I would dub this lens <em><strong>The Jelly Fish<\/strong><\/em> just have a look at these highlights.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-6201\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X700_24mm_June2012_002-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6201\" title=\"X700_24mm_June2012_002-2\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X700_24mm_June2012_002-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X700_24mm_June2012_002-2.jpg 985w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X700_24mm_June2012_002-2-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the only soft thing either the right side of all the images are definitely not in focus.\u00a0 As it is now so it was then, you get what you pay for.\u00a0 This lens though seemingly well built,\u00a0optically\u00a0 is not.\u00a0 Oh well on the plus side it breeds Jellyfish which I hear\u00a0is difficult to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption 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