Manual minolta lenses 80 2000

The minolta amount camera system was a line of photographic equipment from minolta introduced in 1985 with the worlds first integrated autofocus system in the camera body with interchangeable lenses. The lens is less common than its slightly slower md 50 mm f1. Must have minolta manual focus lenses the x700 is a beautiful camera. That means manual focus of the lens and manual control of the lens aperture fstop.

Slides blown up on the screen show the two zooms to be every bit as good as the straights as i call nonzooms. Manual focus lenses for nikon camera 80200mm focal for. Modes program ae, expert program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, ttl flash exp. This is a minolta 200mm manual focusing telphoto lens that fits a minolta slr film camera that uses md mount lenses.

Unlike their competitors, minoltas system boasted aperturepriority and a solid state electronic shutter. The adapter is a simpel piece of metal that just connects the minolta mount lenses to the gfx. There are four major generations of minolta manual focus lenses with several. Top 9 classic lenses every collector should own contrastly. Minolta quietly released a set of new digital cameras. The maxxum 3 and maxxum 4 are based on this minolta, being less featurerich entrylevel cameras. It was first introduced in 1968 and has remained a. Its admittedly strange to choose a prospec camera as a collectors item. By the way, jonas wrote an extensive post about the minolta lenses he uses with lots of sample pictures.

Used minolta camera lenses for sale buy or sell online. The 44 version seems to have better reputation on sharpness, while the 55 version is less sharp and more contrasty. Gfx with vintage minolta lenses confessions of a photographer. In actuality, 2 of the new cameras are the same theyre just different color versions. If you read the specs, they are the same, right down to the weight in grams. The 80200 is also great for low light work as well. After reading about minolta lenses i am still confused as for the impact of whats been said on video usage.

Jan 18, 2008 electronic af dslr cameras from minolta konica minolta sony, also called alphadynaxmaxxum, are designed to use only electronic lenses. The lens is equipped with a circular 7blade aperture. It was first introduced in 1968 and has remained a favorite of many photographers since. If you have original minolta af lens manuals in languages other than what you see here, or for different lenses, please email me if youd like to help by sending scanned copies as pdfs. All product collateral with energy star information met energy star specifications at the time the product was sold. Minoltakonica minoltasony alpha lens data michael hohner. They were optically and mechanically considerably below minolta standards, had no aperture lock, no engravings, no plastic bead. Initially, there were twelve minolta autofocus lenses to choose from between 24mm and 300mm in focal length. When sony took over the system in 2006, 18 lenses were reintroduced as sony amount lenses.

This is the minolta mn357, a 20megapixel wificapable digital camera with a 35x optical zoom and. The death of the manual focussing minolta system was looming on the horizon. For further details see delivery estimates in cart. The drawback is that these wider lenses are more complex and therefore more expensive. Get the best deals on minolta md 80 200mm camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at. Today, the minolta 3570 fills that role as the 2470 isnt quite up to the quality of the other two vivitar lenses. Save up to 40% off sale price and get a 180day warranty. There are insignificant drops in resolution on the edges. The minolta af lens manual front covers are shown below. Photography pages by michael hohner, with information regarding the slrs, dslrs, lenses, flashes etc. Minolta maxxum af 7000 35mm slr film camera outfit with 50mm and 70300mm zoom lenses, rare 2x teleconverter lens, manual and camera bag cameratypewritershop 5 out of.

It has the vintage minolta solid metal build and legendary minolta colors in. The worlds most complete list of manualfokus minolta 35mm slr cameras. In 1985 minolta began to sell some low budget zoom lenses, propably built by supplier. Continuous af for moving subjects, programshutter priorityaperture priority. The last models appeared badged as minolta despite of the merger with konica in 2003.

Other summilux varieties include the 35mm released in 1960 and lighter lenses with focal lengths of 21mm, 24mm and 75mm. My research indicates that the 2870 is a sigma lens, tweaked by leica, and the 75200 is a minolta lens. For instructions on operating the msp 2000 printer, see the operators manual that came with the printer. Lens buttons, focus range limiter, tripod mount, other features, min. It has the vintage minolta solid metal build and legendary minolta colors in its image reproduction. Receive a high quality printed and bound manual in days. Mainly what you are deciding between is one of the 70200 variants or one of the 80200 variants.

A keen bargain hunter could easily purchase an xd11 with 24mm f2. Andreas lindemann 77 view pdf 0,23 mb minolta mc w. Like all other autofocus minolta cameras, it used the same lenses initially offered in the mid1980s. We have been in business for over 40 years and have hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers all over the world. It also had six interchangeable viewfinders, 11 focusing screens, and manual shutter speeds from 1 2000 of a second to as slow as 16 seconds. Get the best deals on minolta camera lenses 80200mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. After i published the minolta list several kind people offered to lent me minolta lenses so i had a md 285 and mc 1. Up into the mid 1990s, amount lenses for the north american market where the amount camera bodies were labelled maxxum were engraved maxxum af rather than just af as was used in the rest of the world, including in those regions otherwise using the. If you are still shooting film you can of course use any minolta mc or md lens on a wide range of old minolta sr filmcameras like the minolta xd7 or x700. Jun 20, 2014 its one of the very first manual focus slr lenses that i ever bought and i used it together with a 50mm minolta prime lens and it covered pretty much every need. This is a tech data sheet of all minoltakonica minoltasony alpha lenses. First generation af lenses by minolta for maxxum 7000 part i. If you arent completely happy just return the manual for a full refund.

Its one of the very first manual focus slr lenses that i ever bought and i used it together with a 50mm minolta prime lens and it covered pretty much every need. Any older, manual, nonelectronic lens adapted to these modern electronic dslr camera bodies require an adapter and have no electronic feedback or controls in communication with the camera body computer. Below are scanned images of original minolta af lens manuals. Also see question do my minolta manual focus lenses work on the minolta 7d or 5d or sony alpha dslrsslts. The system used a lens mount called amount, with a flange focal distance 44. This is one of the original minolta af lenses from the mid 1980s, and is now over 30 years old. Also available was a battery grip bp200 for extended 35 mm film shooting. All minolta and konica minolta amount lenses are compatible with sony amount cameras. I recently bought a minolta xd11 with the camera manual. The lenses and flash accessories for these are not compatible with the previous minolta sr, sr t, and xseries of manual focus 35mm film slr cameras, lenses and flashes.

It is an allmetal lens even the hood is metal and has great optics with fast autofocus. Electronic af dslr cameras from minolta konica minolta sony, also called alphadynaxmaxxum, are designed to use only electronic lenses. Manual focus lenses for nikon camera 80200mm focal ebay. Canon ef mount nikon f mount pentax k mount sigma sa mount sony amount. There are many mc and md lenses to choose from and even some premc lenses. Standard kit lenses for the s1 were the 2856 and 56. Sep 08, 2010 so there are actually four lenses in that lineup. Minolta and konica minolta released the following lenses for minolta amount cameras. External changes include af locklens function button one for 200mm, two for 300mm and 600mm lenses, and high speed focus decal on lens shade. Type 35mm slr lens mount maxxum af, or xi focus modes predictive af, manual, power focus with xi series lenses exp. Because of the flangefocaldistance of minolta sr lenses all adapters for dslr cameras either contain an optical element which will reduce image quality a lot or you. Minolta sr mount lenses do not work on these cameras directly.

The unsung heroes of 35mm photography part iii manual. Sony bought minolta in 2006, thus sonys dslrstyle cameras are 100% compatible with this lens. Minolta and konica minolta released the following lenses for minolta amount cameras between 1985 and 2006 while most autofocus lens designs were new developments, some optical constructions were derived from minolta srmount lenses as indicated. Combined with the 2280 and 80240mm zoom lenses, the s1 makes a light and compact kit for travel photogaphy. From what ive read, the sony 70200 and minolta 70200 are pretty much indistinguishable besides the name on the side. Lens for a minolta maxxum 3000i photography forums. Combined with the 22 80 and 80 240mm zoom lenses, the s1 makes a light and compact kit for travel photogaphy. Buy or sell used minolta camera lenses at keh camera.

The essentials a guide to the best of minoltas camera. Jul 20, 2018 unlike their competitors, minoltas system boasted aperturepriority and a solid state electronic shutter. Can i use my old apo converters with my ssm lenses, or do i. Some users prefer the 25150 lens for the range covered in a single lens.

Again minolta raised the bar with new lens designs, like the circular fisheye 7. Minolta produced an extensive array of lenses for the manual focus slr system, and thankfully, given the lens mount remained the same throughout the history of the company the lenses from any era will mount onto all manual focus bodies, with varying degrees of functionality. Fit and finish are good, but it still feels like it has an overabundance of plastic, like the sony 1870mm kit lens. Minolta maxxum 3xi slr 35mm with af power zoom 2880mm. View and download minolta ms 6000 operators manual online. Product information package dimensions 9 x 4 x 4 inches. They have more than one lens per manual, because many are basically the same. There is no link on the cover image, but below each cover youll see the different language versions, which is a link to a larger image. Minolta 200mm f4 md manual focusing telephoto lens.

Both of these lenses allow switching to manual focus. Using 1980s minolta lenses on a modern sony digital camera. Mainly what you are deciding between is one of the 70200 variants or one of the 80 200 variants. International orders are processed the next shipping day. Compare 0 items add items to compare add 1 more item x.