Minolta MD lenses?

kuuan · Expire: 2014-12-26

do you know on which dSLR bodies Minolta MD lenses can be used?

in particular, can they be used on Pentax dSLRs, are there adapterts available?

thank you,
kuuan

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Safe use without modification possible on Olympus E-1.On other Olympus need modify the lens.I don't think so they are usable on Pentax.

VGR · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 160 Location: Belarus

MD lens compatible only with E-system 4/3 !

hiep · Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Tustin, California

Sony's dSLR would be able to use Minolta lens as well. Pentax's dSLR, even with modification, will not have infinity focus. Cross-brand adapter for Pentax system is non-existence, probably due to the K-mount size and Pentax's registration distance.

kuuan · Expire: 2014-12-26

thank you all for the answers.

being able to use Minolta lenses could be a very big advantage as they are the cheapest and certainly there must be real good ones.

I don't have any dSLR yet but still feel a bit distracted by the 4/3 system because I take many photos at wide focal range and playing with shallow DOF being one of the reasons why I am going dSLR.
Sony? Their recent models look nice, should check them out ( but I had a Pentax K100D for a trial over this last weekend and it's performance was very satisfactory )

@VGR: the 50mm/1,4 in your photo is exactly the same and only MD lens that I am having and would love to use. How do you like it?
( and yesterday I had visited a friend who just had inherited a full analog Minolta set with a variety of MD lenses and I had promised him to find out which dSLR he could use them on )

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

If you would use wide variety of manual focus lenses take Canon or Olympus , all other camera has limited choice from mf lenses.