Minolta Lens
Mar 31, 2018 11:44:30 #
Hello ~ Cleaning out mothers house I found a Minolta Rokkor lens. I would like to get rid of it and need advice as to selling price. Or even if it can be used.
Where and how?
Thank you.
sinead
Where and how?
Thank you.
sinead
Mar 31, 2018 12:00:02 #
Mar 31, 2018 12:27:05 #
dienson wrote:
Take some pics, need info of lens, more details
Ok. I did take pic of it. If need more info let me know what. Thanks.
Minolta 202 lens ~ Rokkor-X
Mar 31, 2018 12:37:30 #
sinead wrote:
Ok. I did take pic of it. If need more info let me know what. Thanks.
Uummm, OK, try taking a picture or list the relevant information.
The end of the lens will have some writing - numbers, such as "f3.5" or "f3.5-5.0" and "75-200." Another number that means less with be something such as 62 dia (a 0 with a line through it). Any other writing such as "macro" should be included. That will tell us the size and type of lens.
OR, just take a photo of the end of the lens.
Mar 31, 2018 12:50:20 #
Mar 31, 2018 14:19:06 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
The Minolta 202 was a popular film camera. It must have been used on that film camera. Not sure if that lens will fit the current Sony A-mount DSLR/DSLT cameras?
Mar 31, 2018 16:13:44 #
Best I can tell the Rokkor lenses were film era lenses form the 60's & 70's.
There are adapters available to use them on Sony E-mount, and even A-mount.
There are adapters available to use them on Sony E-mount, and even A-mount.
Apr 1, 2018 06:15:14 #
Apr 1, 2018 08:16:34 #
Yup that's right! KEH is selling something like that for $29. If you are selling I think you can get half that. The lens of course can be used on the Minolta cameras of same vintage.
Apr 1, 2018 08:50:21 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
[quote=sinead]Hello ~ Cleaning out mothers house I found a Minolta Rokkor lens. I would like to get rid of it and need advice as to selling price. Or even if it can be used.
Where and how?
Thank you.
The best place to find what your lenses are worth is to go to ebay and look up your lens. Then go down the left column to SHOW ONLY, then SOLD LISTINGS, click on that and you will see what your lenses are actually selling for.
Where and how?
Thank you.
The best place to find what your lenses are worth is to go to ebay and look up your lens. Then go down the left column to SHOW ONLY, then SOLD LISTINGS, click on that and you will see what your lenses are actually selling for.
Apr 1, 2018 10:41:19 #
Apr 1, 2018 10:42:49 #
I once mounted a Minolta 70-200mm lens to a first or second generation Sony DSLR. If you aren't aware of this, but many years ago Sony bought out Konica/Minolta. I was working at Best Buy at the time and did this at the advise of my supervisor in DI. Amazingly, they had not changed the lens mount. Since the autofocus mechanism is built into the body of the Sony, that function worked as well. The autofocus in the Minolta I had was incredibly slow. The Sony made it whirl around like a dervish. Ergo, you might be able to sell the lens to someone with an older Sony DSLR. Sorry that took so damn long to explain, but I was amazed.
Apr 1, 2018 10:52:13 #
They work on Sony DSLRs. I have 2 of those lenses as well. Have gotten around to selling them.
sinead wrote:
Hello ~ Cleaning out mothers house I found a Minolta Rokkor lens. I would like to get rid of it and need advice as to selling price. Or even if it can be used.
Where and how?
Thank you.
sinead
Where and how?
Thank you.
sinead
Apr 1, 2018 10:57:35 #
I have an old Minolta SRT-102 that would take that lens without a problem. How it would work with a Sony DSLR is another question. The old SRT-102 was manual focus. Used a multi-prism and split focus system in the view finder. That, and the rest of the view finder went in and out of focus. Aperture was, also, manual. The only thing "automatic" about that camera was the match needle system for setting the exposure. Using that lens will put you in the same boat - manual operation. Very slow, but it sure worked well in its day.
Apr 1, 2018 10:57:58 #
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