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Post by Dan Vincent on Oct 29, 2016 22:01:20 GMT -5
I used to do magazine articles with Minolta Film SLRs and would like to use some of my lenses on my Nikon D90 and D5300 DSLR's. This Tokina 28-85 was used for many magazine photos and I hate to see it sitting on a shelf. Another I want to try is a 600mm Sigma Mirror Lens. This adapter is a Fotodiox (Minolta MD - Nikon)   Another I want to try is a 600mm Sigma Mirror Lens.  |
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Post by Dan Vincent on Oct 29, 2016 22:08:44 GMT -5
Almost forgot to show a couple of pictures I took with the Nikon D5300/Tokina Lens. I need to get used to manual focus and flash settings again.   |
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Post by belgiumreporter on Oct 30, 2016 7:36:51 GMT -5
Nice line up of minoltas, what would a minolta collection be without an XK? :-) do you've got sr series as well?
It is frustrating the flange distance of nikon dslr's is such it is inpossible to focus at infinity with (adapted) other brand lenses.
Solutions are at hand, but not all of them are that good or cheap...
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Post by Dan Vincent on Oct 30, 2016 7:56:39 GMT -5
Everything in photography seems to involve trade-offs. I'll just play around and try to find the positives and avoid the negatives. The only SR series Minolta I've had the pleasure of owning was an all black SRT-102. Since I also had my XE-7 at the same time the 102 didn't get much use and a guy from Canada talked me out of it.  |
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Post by Dan Vincent on Oct 31, 2016 20:29:03 GMT -5
Trying different lenses, I decided to try out my Minolta 24mm 2.8 MD W Rokkor-X lens with the Nikon adapter. I threw a magazine on the floor and popped off a shot, then turned around and grabbed a shot of the camera display cabinet. The pictures were then resized down from around 5000 pixels to 800. The larger images were much clearer but I'm pretty impressed with these. With time and proper set-up this looks promising.   |
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Post by SidW on Nov 1, 2016 19:12:02 GMT -5
... The only SR series Minolta I've had the pleasure of owning was an all black SRT-102 ... Minolta "Celtic" lens? I've only ever seen Rokkors. |
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Post by Dan Vincent on Nov 1, 2016 20:45:17 GMT -5
The Minolta Celtic lens series was a cheaper line with less coatings. I used my Celtic 100-200 for all of my magazine in-flight model airplane shots and they were quite sharp. They are probably rarer than the Rokkors and the tables might have turned on collector value. That Celtic 35 lens when used with a doubler, gave excellent shots of HO train locos. Here are a few shots I took with the Minolta Celtic 100-200 zoom lens and scanned in on an old scanner over ten years ago. These were 4" x 6" shots taken with a Minolta X-700 or XD-11. The prop jobs had to be taken at 1/500 or less to avoid stopping the props. I have hundreds, maybe thousands of model aircraft pictures.      |
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