FalconChase Loc: Canton,Ohio, USA

The Rokkor lenses fit manual focus Minolta film cameras, they do not fit Minolta Auto Focus film or digital cameras, which are A Mount, the same as Sony DSLRs. The Rokkors can be used via an adapter on Sony mirrorless cameras. I have several that I use with my a6000. They are generally very good lenses.

Sonyjim Loc: Southern VT

I love old glass and have collected several. Mostly minolta MD mount which is what you probably have. I use them with adaptors, on Sony nex mirrorless E- mount cameras and shoot in manual mode. You should be able to get adaptors on ebay for cheap to adapt most types of lenses to most modern dslr cameras with varying success. As far as I know, Md mount lenses are different to the minolta Maxim line which are auto focus and serve as a platform for the modern A- mount used on the Sony Alpha cameras

Sonyjim Loc: Southern VT

Many people still use them with adaptors as manual lenses. Look on ebay to get an idea of value.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

If the original poster's Rokkor dates from the time of the Minolta SRT 202 (offered from 1975 to 1980), it's a manual focus lens and won't fit or perform as you describe. I seem to recall they used "MC-mount" or "MD-mount"... but am not certain. There were several different iterations of MD mount, all of which were manual focus. The earliest Minolta SLRs used an SR-bayonet mount (1958 to 1966). They switched to to a modified version called "MC-bayonet" mount, in order to provide a mechanical meter coupling between lens and camera. MC-bayonet (1966-1977) was necessary for Through The Lens (TTL) metering and, later, for auto exposure. MD-bayonet lenses (1977-2001) were a further modification of the mount to provide additional mechanical communication between camera and lens for improved, more advanced types of auto exposure.

Starting in 1986 Minolta began offering the first truly successful SLR system with autofocus. But that necessitated a change to the Minolta AF-mount or A-mount, as it's more commonly called, to accommodate both autofocus and other electronic communication between camera and lens. Some of their earlier lenses relied upon a motor in the camera body, while others and most current ones have a focusing motor built into the lens itself (much like Nikon still does today).

There are adapters to allow MD, MC and SR lenses to be used on A-mount cameras (probably on E-mount too). But, of course, they will still be manual focus... and probably manual aperture control only, too. Those make it slower to work with. Especially since the lens actually stops down when you set it to a smaller aperture manually... dimming down an optical viewfinder and making manual focusing more difficult. However, on modern cameras with an electronic viewfinders and exposure simulation, the camera can probably provide "exposure simulation" which will brighten the image, helping with manual focus. There also may be other features of an electronic viewfinder, such as "focus peaking" that help with manual focusing.

A bit of history....

Konica discontinued their SLR camera line in the mid-1980s, about the same time Minolta started converting to and launching their autofocus cameras and lenses. The hand writing was on the wall that AF was the future, so Konica had designed a new electronic mount (much like Canon's), but didn't use it. They decided instead to opt out and only continue making point n shoot cameras until about 10 years later when they launched the excellent Hexar line of Leica M-bayonet mount cameras and lenses (unfortunately, those were film cameras.... introduced just when digital was beginning to take revolutionize photography). Minolta was struggling to make the transition to digital too. So in 2003 they merged... Konica brought the money, while Minolta contributed the DSLR system. For a few years they were marketed as Konica-Minolta.

Then in 2006 Konica-Minolta decided to sell off all their photography-related divisions to Sony, who really wanted to get into the DSLR game, but only had point n shoots of their own. They are essentially the same A-mount (and now E-mount), but Sony has extensively revised and grown the system, with help and collaboration from Zeiss. Konica-Minolta continues to exist, but primarily as an office equipment manufacturer (copiers and such). Sony turned right around and sold off the Konica-Minolta light meter division (excellent products... basically the same as the earlier Minolta meters with a name change). That was bought by THK or "Tokina Hoya Kenko" (which also owned Pentax at the time) and improved versions of the meters are still being sold under the Kenko brand (Pentax has since been sold off to Ricoh).

As a side-note, I've never been able to confirm it, but there were rumors that the electronic mounting system developed by Konica in the 1980s, which they chose not to use when they decided to step away from SLR cameras and lenses, was licensed to Sigma and is still in use today in the cameras and lenses they produce for themselves, using what they call the "SA bayonet mount".

polonois Loc: Lancaster County,PA.

That lens is most likely A MD or MA mount used on Minolta Film cameras. I have a mess or those lenses maybe 30 or so. I tried them on Sony DSLR's. They work fine but you need an adapter from MD mount to A-Mount. Take note it will be manual focus only and you need to change the aperture manually also.
The Meter works in manual mode. Some give excellent results others not so much. I have used them on a Minolta Maxxum 8000i, a Sony SLTA65V, and a Sony ICLA-77M2. Remember no auto focus and everything is manual.

Frankwz

This lens will not work with the Sony/Konica/Minolta A-mount cameras. It has a MC or MD mount used on the SRT series Minolta camera, in the 1970s, as was stated by another comment. As far as adaptors, I know nothing. It is definitely manual and not directly attachable to the Maxxum/Sony Alpha (A-mount) cameras. I have both Minolta SRT and Maxxum systems (Yeah, I'm an older fart), but you can get used SRT cameras for next to nothing if you want to. It's a great system to learn photography basics with...definitely manual, not a point and shoot. Good luck!

BebuLamar

What kind of adapter do you use to mount them on the Maxxum 8000i or the SLT A65V?

polonois Loc: Lancaster County,PA.

I use this adapter.
https://fotodioxpro.com/products/md-snya-pro

sinead

This is a Soligor C/Zoom Macro 80-200mm lens...1:45 -0- 55 #38175058 MC

My mistake.

BebuLamar

In which case you much rather not try to adapt it as the adapter is worth much more than the lens.

RonJohn

Is there any way to used an old Minolta lense to a Nikon digital camera. I have a number of the old film Minolta camera. Today I am using a Nikon.

Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in this matter.

polonois Loc: Lancaster County,PA.

TRY THIS;
https://www.ebay.com/i/263399300752?chn=ps&dispItem=1

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

It won’t allow you to focus to infinity.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

This adapter doesn't really work. You won't be able to focus beyond about 1 to 3 feet, let alone infinity. I've tried it.

The only adapters which work with Nikon must include a lens to enable infinity focus. Something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Minolta-MD-MC-Lens-to-Nikon-Body-Mount-Adapter-Ring-Infinity-focus-w-Glass/272884353622?hash=item3f892cca56:g:dNsAAOSwYmZXNpQ5

But adding that additional glass element will degrade the image quality - maybe a little, maybe a lot. Some people find it acceptable. I never tried it.

Instead, I bought a Sony mirrorless camera which allows me to use legacy lenses without anything being added to the optical path.

frankie c Loc: Lake Havasu CIty, AZ

In it's day Rokkor lenses were excellent quality glass. It the lens is in good shape it should be useable with an adaptor.
There are adaptors available.
here is one for micro four thirds.
Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter, Minolta MD, MC, Rokkor Lens to Micro 4/3 Olympus PEN and Panasonic Lumix Cameras

check out Fotodiox adaptors I found this one on AMAZON

The lens you found maybe a treasure for someone. My first SLR was a Minolta SRT 101.. I loved those Rokkor lenses.