Across the Thames

Really nice - almost timeless shot, printed to perfection.
The skyscrapers in the background remind me of my first job in the mid 70s (building management) , I remember a lecturer explaining how the clay soil in London precluded the building of tall buildings in that city !

Thanks.

I am quite impressed with the detail captured by the Rokkor lenses I have. When I printed this one and looked at it properly in good light I had to remind myself that it was from 35mm. It compares favourably with images I have taken with my 6 x 4.5 format Bronica.


Steve.

Hi
I'm impressed by the sharpness of your image.

The compression effect from the 135mm lens makes it look as though the boat is towing a barge holding the large block of buildings on the right. Look out -- low bridge!

Mike

I'm impressed by the sharpness of your image.

Me too!

I have only had the Minolta since December and I am quite impressed by it.

I am a Nikon person, influenced by my father who owned every F series Nikon up to the F5. I have had various Nikon bodies but I have never owned any Nikkor lenses, only third party lenses such as Tokina and Sigma, and all zooms.

I wanted to change this and buy some Nikkor prime lenses but found that I couldn't really afford them.

When my father added a Minolta SRT 101 to his growing collection, I looked into what was available and found that Rokkor prime lenses were selling for about a quarter of the price of their similarly specified Nikkor equivalents.

I bought the XE-1 and a 50mm f1.4 lens from a UK dealer and added a 28mm and 135mm lens from ebay.

So far I have been very impressed. As I said above, viewing this image made me think it was as good as one of my medium format image as far as detail was concerned.

I think Minolta is often overlooked. My father told me that many years ago he was trying to decide if he should buy a Minolta SRT-101 or a Nikon F. In the end he bought the F but only because it was the one the shop had in stock.



Steve.