older minolta lenses??

hi gang,i recently acquired a few minolta manual lenses and a film camera too,the lenses are 70-200 f4 zoom 28mm 2.8 and a 50mm 1.7 are any of these lenses worth getting the adapter to fit my 70d,i have 2 manual lenses now the fisheye and 85mm 1.4 rokinon,i like the manual lenses,makes u think a bit more haha,are these minolta lenses called md lenses,thanx for any info

dave

Minolta mount wont work on the regular canon EF/EF-S mount so you're out of luck.

You can sell them to the Sony guys, or you can buy a Canon EOS M, since it's a mirrorless it can work with those lenses. They're cheap as well, like $250-300 new with it's 22mm 2.0 kit lens. the IQ on that tiny camera is just as good as your 70D.

For the record the lenses that will adapt to the regular EF mount are Pentax K, M42(universal screwmount), Yasica/contax and Nikon F.

Minolta MD, rangefinder lenses and Canon FD will not work without extensive modification. Unlike the ones above that just require a cheap adapter.

Minolta MC lenses are the first ones to support aperture-priority metering and control. MD lenses also support shutter-priority and are newer. You should see engraving around the objective element that says something like "MC ROKKOR-X"

will this adapter work,theres a few for md to eos
http://www.amazon.ca …=minolta+to+can​on+adapter

genesimmons wrote in post #17121915
will this adapter work,theres a few for md to eos
http://www.amazon.ca …=minolta+to+can​on+adapter

That adapter has a correction lens, because the distance from the flange to the sensor is longer than an EF lens. The FD lenses require a similar adapter with a correction lens. The correction lens can usually be removed, but you will not be able to focus to infinity.

Generally speaking, using these adapters with the correction lenses result in image degradation, most noticeably reduced contrast.

thanx for the replies,igot the lenses for free so i figured if i could mount them i would try and use them,ya i read u can remove the corrective lens,i might give it a try

I had pretty much the same lenses when I shot film except my tele zoom was a Sakar 80-200/3.9 or something close to that and a crap Quantaray 35-80 something to 5.6 I didn't use much. Forget about trying to adapt these. It's just not worth it. The best thing you could do is buy a reversing ring and use the 50/1.7 turned around attached to your nifty fifty or other lens for macro stuff. However seeing you already own a dedicated macro lens, even that is an exercise in futility.

maverick75 wrote in post #17121811
For the record the lenses that will adapt to the regular EF mount are Pentax K, M42(universal screwmount), Yasica/contax and Nikon F.

Minolta MD, rangefinder lenses and Canon FD will not work without extensive modification. Unlike the ones above that just require a cheap adapter.

You forgot Olympus OM and Tamron Adaptall

None of the lenses you listed are worth the hassle imo, TS.

You might consider buying an EOS-M; the Minolta lenses adapt easily with no additional optics required. That's actually what I'm doing. But, as others have indicated, trying to use them with an EOS SLR is probably not going to give a satisfying result.

thanx so much for the great info,i also have a samsung nx 1000 mirorless maybe ill see if theres an adapter for that camera,i got the md lenses for free i don't want to throw them out was just hoping to get some use of them,but i don't want to waste any money if the images produced are garbage,thanx again for all the info

They do exist:

eBay link

genesimmons wrote in post #17122622
thanx so much for the great info,i also have a samsung nx 1000 mirorless maybe ill see if theres an adapter for that camera,i got the md lenses for free i don't want to throw them out was just hoping to get some use of them,but i don't want to waste any money if the images produced are garbage,thanx again for all the info

They're not garbage lenses, just nothing that special. I wouldn't bother converting them for Canon because it's a PITA, if you have a mirrorless body though, definitely go ahead and get an adapter, they're so cheap that there's really no reason not to imo

No, guaranteed they are not garbage! I used my Minolta Rokkor lenses for some 30 years and they did a great job. Like you, I wanted to give them a bit more life in the digital age and it's definitely still an option.

EverydayGetaway wrote in post #17122454
You forgot Olympus OM and Tamron Adaptall

I knew I was forgetting one! I don't consider adaptall one though, since that's a modular system and falls into a number of mounts so it's included with the others, as is the T mount used by microscopes/telescopes​. Fun stuff