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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / August 2005Newbie question
In the early 1970s I bought a Minolta SRT 101 SLR with several lenses. If switching to a Minolta digital SLR, can these lenses be used at all? Unlikely. Those lens would have been manual and not auto focus. > In the early 1970s I bought a Minolta SRT 101 SLR with several lenses. > If switching to a Minolta digital SLR, can these lenses be used at all? >Unlikely. Those lens would have been manual and not auto focus. So? Many people use manual focus lenses on DSLR's and even film SLR. It's not a hard skill to learn, in fact it's used to be considered part of being a photographer. >> In the early 1970s I bought a Minolta SRT 101 SLR with several lenses. >> If switching to a Minolta digital SLR, can these lenses be used at all? ******************************************************** "A nice man is a man of nasty ideas." _Introductions to History of the Reformation_ Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 > So? Many people use manual focus lenses on DSLR's and even film SLR. Yup Do you know if there's any adapters available to allow these old lenses to fit the new AF mount? Toa >> So? Many people use manual focus lenses on DSLR's and even film SLR. > >Yup > >Do you know if there's any adapters available to allow these old lenses to >fit the new AF mount? May I suggest you try Google. I'm a Canon user. ******************************************************** "A nice man is a man of nasty ideas." _Introductions to History of the Reformation_ Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 > May I suggest you try Google. I'm a Canon user. I checked B&H and it seems they indeed do have such a adapter. I may try our local stores and see if it's available down here Toa >> May I suggest you try Google. I'm a Canon user. > > I checked B&H and it seems they indeed do have such a adapter. Combined with a 2X teleconverter. > I may try our > local stores and see if it's available down here  Signature-Stephen H. Westin Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors. >> I checked B&H and it seems they indeed do have such a adapter. > > Combined with a 2X teleconverter. > -Stephen H. Westin ahhh, I never noticed that, thanks Toa >> So? Many people use manual focus lenses on DSLR's and even film SLR. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Toa >> So? Many people use manual focus lenses on DSLR's and even film SLR. > > Yup > > Do you know if there's any adapters available to allow these old lenses to > fit the new AF mount? Not possible, from a mechanical point of view; the Minolta autofocus mount has a *larger* register (distance from mounting flange to film). The older mount was about 43.7mm, the newer one 44.6. Signature-Stephen H. Westin Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors. |
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