Will that work on the old manual focus MD mount lenses? My lens is an MD,
not a Maxxum mount (AF) lens.
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On 10/28/08 8:42 AM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Photography & Graphic Design
>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>>>
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>>>>
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