Lens Comparison-Would You Do This?

astoria59

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Hello, I am new here. I hope I can tap into the vast and diverse knowledge found on this forum starting with a question about 2 lenses for my Sony a700. I have an opportunity to trade my 1 year old Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro lens for an original Minolta 100mm Macro f/2. I love my Tamron however it is a bit cumbersome for me to tote around. So going to a smaller and easier to manage lens of equal quality (not capability) is a desired goal of mine.
Any advice/opinions on this? Good idea-good trade etc. I realize it is all relative to my needs but it would be good to have others opinions.
Thanks in advance.
 
The Minolta 100 F2 is a great lens, but is it a macro? Minolta made a couple of 100mm macro lenses in the 80's but they were 2.8 maximum aperture, and they have good write ups as well. Minolta also do a few macro zooms from the same period, I have the 35 70 f4 and the 28 80 f3.5 f4.5.
 
Your right, I meant it is a Minolta 100mm f/2.8.
 

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