Minolta MC Rokkor 58 mm f/ 1.2 Lens

The Minolta MC Rokkor 58 mm f/ 1.2   is a legendary Minolta manual lens.

The pictures taken with this lens are remarkable for its "sandy" bokeh, excellent flexibility and halftoning, nice color and good contrast.

The lens features a very reliable metal build and a smooth focus ring.

It is suitable for genre and portrait photography.

At present in the secondary market you can come across many versions adapted for other systems, for example, Canon EF.

The lens came in three versions:

Version 1 (since 1968 to 1969) The Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 58mm  f/1.2

Serial numbers range: 200-257

Features:

Radioactive lens coating

Metal focus ring

Silver aperture ring

Version 2 (since 1969 to 1973)  The Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 58mm  f/1.2

Serial numbers range:  258-259

Peculiar features:

No radioactive lens coating

Rubber focus ring

Black aperture ring

Version 3 (since 1973 to 1978) The Minolta MC Rokkor-X (designation in orange) PG 58mm  f/1.2  ( the "Rokkor-X" orange designation was used for sale in the USA and Canada only, in the rest of the world the "Rokkor" designation was white)

Serial numbers range:    271-277

Peculiar features:

Improved multi-coating of a new version.

In 1978 the Minolta MC Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 was replaced by the 50mm MD f/1.2 with the optical scheme of the 58mm MC Rokkor-X f/1.2 lens.

• A good Review on rokkorfiles.com
• How to convert to Canon EF mount
• A good Review on balmainphotography.com
• The Group at flickr.com
• Disassembling of the lens in pictures

• Minolta - open lens photos (views: 300)
• Minolta - open lens manual (views: 278)
• technical data and depth of field table (views: 174)

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