Actually, Chuck, there is one without optics. It's made by Sony, and full
frame...
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:22 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT: I got an awesome deal on a Minolta lens
> Too bad Minolta won't work on EOS without some optics involved in the
> adapter. I have a 58mm f/1.2 Rokkor that would be nice to use.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> If you don't like it, I have a Minolta-4/3rds adapter.... :-)
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28/10/2008, at 2:06 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> I have an old Minolta SRT-101 that I bought for $30 on Ebay a
>>> couple years
>>> ago when I was living in Santa Fe. I bought it because I had a
>>> Chinese made
>>> Seagull DF-1 35mm SLR that uses Minolta MC/MD mount lenses. The
>>> Seagull 50mm
>>> lens that came with it is a really neat lens with nice Bokeh but
>>> the Seagull
>>> body is really poorly made. I was always afraid I'd break it. So I
>>> got the
>>> SRT to use the Seagull lens on.
>>>
>>> All that leads up to this afternoon, when I went to the local
>>> camera store
>>> to buy some paper. I noticed a Minolta MD Rokkor-X 85mm f1.7 lens in
>>> near-perfect condition for $49.95
>>>
>>> !!! YES !!! $49.95 !!
>>>
>>> I snapped it up. I can't wait to try it out and see how it compares
>>> to my
>>> Zuiko 85/2.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Crawford
>>> Photography & Graphic Design
>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>>
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>>>
>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>>>
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>>>
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