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Brian J Moody
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 Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:30 pm Post subject: Minolta md |
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows what the Minolta md fitting is like and wether or not, with the right adapter, would work well with my panny dmc g3? The actual lens is a Vivitar 70-150mm 1:3.8 close focusing auto zoom.
Thanks,
Brian.
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Aanything
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Aanything wrote:
Adapters should be easily available, and many lenses from minolta in that mount are excellent and relatively cheap.
So, in my opinion, getting an adapter is a good idea.
The mount looks like the sixth pic from top in this page
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html
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Brian J Moody
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Trying to upload an image but it says error??
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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. Ansel Adams.
Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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Brian J Moody
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Brian J Moody wrote:
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Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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Brian J Moody
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Aanything, this is the pic from eBay, it's the only one that shows any part of the mount. Does that look like the md mount to you? I wasn't sure it did.
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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. Ansel Adams.
Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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blotafton
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blotafton wrote:
| Brian J Moody wrote: |
| Aanything, this is the pic from eBay, it's the only one that shows any part of the mount. Does that look like the md mount to you? I wasn't sure it did. |
Yes that lens has the md connection. Green f/22 and extra tab for automatic aperture. |
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Brian J Moody
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Thanks. I shall go ahead and bid although no-one else has bid yet so it looks like I should get it for all of 99 English pence and 8GBP postage. Bargain!
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Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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Aanything
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Aanything wrote:
I don't know that specific lens, but at 9ukp you can't go much wrong.
My advice however is to get the adapter and look for some minolta lenses.
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Brian J Moody
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Am I right in saying that the md and mc are the same fit?
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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. Ansel Adams.
Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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DigiChromeEd
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
I have this lens and it is surprisingly good as long as it is the Kiron made version which has a serial number starting with 22. There were two matched multipliers made for this lens, a 1.5x and a 2x. the 2x is very common but the 1.5x less so.
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Brian J Moody
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Brian J Moody wrote:
Thanks, I've emailed the seller to see which version it is as the picture is at too much of an angle to see the whole number.
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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. Ansel Adams.
Cameras:
Panasonic Lumix dmc-g3
Canon EOS 500 film camera
Lenses so far:
vivitar komine 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Vivitar 135mm f3.5
Kiron 80-200mm f4.5 macro |
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Aanything
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Aanything wrote:
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| Am I right in saying that the md and mc are the same fit? |
Afaik there are some minor differences, but they're fully compatible: both will mount flawlessly in the adapter for your panny
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BrianS
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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BrianS wrote:
The MC and MD mount lenses should work with the same adapter; my MC and MD mount 50/1.4's work with the same Minolta to Leica mount adapter. |
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Lightshow
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Lightshow wrote:
MC or MD only really matter on a Minolta film SLR, adapters don't really care.
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Tervueren wrote:
The mount although commonly referred to as MC/MD is actually the SR mount mc/d actually refer to different lens series |
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
MC is meter coupled SR mount MD is slightly different and will stop down on automatic cameras. SR/MC/MD for your purpose are all the same. PM sent
In my experience if you have Minolta lenses, avoid the big_is adapters, they dont always lock the lens, or at least require a lot of fiddling. My best one is FOTGA branded. Much better.
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hinnerker
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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hinnerker wrote:
| Tervueren wrote: |
| The mount although commonly referred to as MC/MD is actually the SR mount mc/d actually refer to different lens series |
+1... thats correct 
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