Sony A850 with secret handshake lens

testing the waters with my sony a850 with the minolta secret handshake lens

[BackCountryWrenching]

it is a great lens and hard to find now

[BackCountryWrenching]

Odds of finding a new lens would be very rare and expensive as these lenses were made in the 80's and are over 20 years old. Your best bet would be local second hand camera stores or ebay

[vjd]

I plan to purchase the "secret handshake" lens. Ebay is a great way to purchase the older Minolta Lens. This video response was taken in S.F. less than a week ago using my Sony A850 and the Minolta 17mm-35mm lens plus a BW circular filter.

[BackCountryWrenching]

i've neve had any issues actually with the auto focus in any of the minolta lenses so far

[BackCountryWrenching]

the secret handshake lens is a great lens but your right your not able to shoot at close distances with it. i'm going to look up the sony 18-135 and see how much it's worth

[CLINNYY_]

where can i buy a new one of these lenses and how much are they??

[snupcho]

@1chomps A850 has no video. But it would be interesting to try this lens on a A33/A55/A580...

[chomps]

hi have you ever try it on video ? thanks in advance

[lpl]

this lens is 20 years old.

u only find it in used conditions on ebay.

[BackCountryWrenching]

I really like the lens too bad i just wished it could focus a bit closer on your subjects