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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / June 2006Have Minolta 85/1.4, 50/1.4 lenses from 700si, do they fit any digital slrs?
I'm considering buying a digital SLR, and I already have these lense (Minolta 85/1.4, 50/1.4) from an old 700si film camera. Do these lenses work well on any current digital cameras? Cheers, Dean > I'm considering buying a digital SLR, and I already have these lense > (Minolta 85/1.4, 50/1.4) from an old 700si film camera. Do these lenses > work well on any current digital cameras? Absolutely. Lenses for your 700si or any other Minolta (or Konica Minolta) Maxxum or Dynax camera will work just fine on Konica Minolta's digital SLRs, the Maxxum 5D and 7D. Konica Minolta recently sold their camera business to Sony, and reportedly Sony will be producing digital SLRs that will accept those lenses also. But there is no firm news about this yet that I'm aware of. Great! I was considering a Nikon, but if this is the case I need to compare them more now. Thanks for the heads up. Dean I've had these lenses maybe 15 years now, when I had the 7000. Is there any chance these are not maxxum lenses, some pre-dated style? It does not say Maxxum on them anywhere. > I've had these lenses maybe 15 years now, when I had the 7000. Is there > any chance these are not maxxum lenses, some pre-dated style? It does > not say Maxxum on them anywhere. Dean- I have the 8000i and 9xi. The lenses I checked only had Minolta on the barrel, but also had Maxxum on the front of the lens (including the 50mm f/1.4). If yours are marked "Minolta" and fit the 7000, then they are most likely the same lenses. It is my understanding that Maxxum was the name used on bodies and lenses intended for the U.S. market. Equipment intended for other countries may have been named "Dynax" instead. Fred > I've had these lenses maybe 15 years now, when I had the 7000. Is there > any chance these are not maxxum lenses, some pre-dated style? It does > not say Maxxum on them anywhere. Looking at a few of my own Maxxum lenses just now, some of them say Maxxum on the bezel around the front element, but others do not say Maxxum anywhere. If your lenses worked on your old Maxxum 7000 and your 700si, they should work fine on the new digital Maxxums. Ok thank you both, that's great news:) I'll go test them out. Dean > > I'm considering buying a digital SLR, and I already have these lense > > (Minolta 85/1.4, 50/1.4) from an old 700si film camera. Do these lenses [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Sony will be producing digital SLRs that will accept those lenses also. But > there is no firm news about this yet that I'm aware of. Sony seemed to be in the Zeiss lens orbit. It will be good if they continue to make bodies with the Minolta mount. Dave Moorman skrev: >> Konica Minolta recently sold their camera business to Sony, and reportedly >> Sony will be producing digital SLRs that will accept those lenses also. But >> there is no firm news about this yet that I'm aware of. > > Sony seemed to be in the Zeiss lens orbit. It will be good if they > continue to make bodies with the Minolta mount. They do have released details about their upcoming model a while ago. search for Sony Alpha a100 Have minolta mount for sure. |
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