Minolta E300

[makario]

G'day Guys,

I have a mate who has the Minolta 300 and 3 lenses (fisheye, normal zoom and a tele lens) and wants to make the swith to a DSLR. My question is which modern day SLR (Nikon / Canon etc) will support lenses that can be used on the Minolta E300. Is there any adapters that can be used or does he need to buy an entire new system

Thanks
Cheers
Mak

[birddog114]

G'day Guys,

I have a mate who has the Minolta 300 and 3 lenses (fisheye, normal zoom and a tele lens) and wants to make the swith to a DSLR. My question is which modern day SLR (Nikon / Canon etc) will support lenses that can be used on the Minolta E300. Is there any adapters that can be used or does he need to buy an entire new system

Thanks
Cheers
Mak

No, not with Nikon & Canon, nor any adapter will suit Minolta lens to work on Nikon or Canon.

[daniel_r]

I'm not familiar with the Minolta E300 - is it a dynax/maxxum/alpha 300SI?

If it's post 1985 A-type mount (CPU contacts), the lenses will work just fine on either the Konica Minolta Dynax 5D or 7D.

The KM 7D is a fine DSLR body, in fact I prefer the handling ergonomics of it compared to the D70.

The feature set of the 7D is somewhere between the D70 and D200. It's 6.1MP, but it has more features like user preset banks, ISO 100-3200, under thumb AF disengage, battery grip etc.

You can find the 7D + 17-35mm f/2.8-4 at Teds for around $2000.You may be able to find cheaper elsewhere. The 17-35 is highly recommended as part of the package, it's very good.

If your mate wants to use his A-type mount lenses on DSLR, pick up a 7D before they disappear. Sony will stuff it up once they release the new Alpha The 7D isn't a "ooh megapixels" consumer type of camera.

There's a couple of images from the 7D in my flickr "Hunter Valley" gallery.

[makario]

Thanks for the info Daniel

[makario]

Just to update, the minlota is an X300 camera and not E300. Looks like the 7D and 5D does not support the X300's lenses.

Is anyone aware of any adapters for Minolta lenses that would fit Nikon D50 body

Cheers
mak

[Glen]

Mak, next to no chance and even if he found some they would be manual only in facilities. They would have to be good lenses to justify the stuffing around

[birddog114]

Is anyone aware of any adapters for Minolta lenses that would fit Nikon D50 body

Cheers
mak

Mak,
Don't waste your time, it's negative!

[makario]

hmm thats what I thought... unfortunately