The G-Lenses are a series of large aperture lenses. They are of high performance and superb quality. The three G series zoom lenses have a constant minimum aperture, making them a very good substitute for prime lenses.
Leading edge lens technology has been used in the design and crafting of these fantastic series of lenses.
Most of these lenses use apochromatic glass and anomalous dispersion (AD) glass elements. Circular edged aperture blades are also used for more realistic out of focus background rendition.
| Lens | Body Colour | |
|---|---|---|
| Wide Angle | 35mm f1.4 | Black |
| Zoom | 17-35mm f3.5 | Black |
| 28-70mm f2.8 | Black | |
| 80-200mm f2.8 | White | |
| Telephoto | 85mm f1.4 | Black |
| 200mm f2.8 | White | |
| 300mm f4 | White | |
| 300mm f2.8 | White | |
| 400mm f4.5 | White | |
| 600mm f4 | White | |
| Macro * | 200mm f4 | Black |
There have been slightly different versions of some of these lenses, for example earlier 200/2.8 lenses did not have a focus hold button. The most recent release is the 17-35mm zoom.
The white coloured telephotos (sadly not the zoom) can be used with Minolta's matched APO teleconverters. Both 1.4x and 2x were made in two different versions - the earlier ones without gearing to change the AF speed. AF is not possible with lenses slower than f2.8 when using the 2x converter. The Mk.II versions of the converters have a gear train in the AF coupling shaft to increase the accuracy of the AF system.
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