Not up on minota, but probably not. The A900 looks interesting, but not much
more.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT: I got an awesome deal on a Minolta lens
>
> 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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> Chris Crawford
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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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