Minolta SR T101 camera (Page 4): Oh, how often that happens. But it's better to have to minds thinking alike than to have no minds and only words.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

CHOLLY wrote:

^^^Great minds................ Great minds. :thumbup:

Oh, how often that happens. But it's better to have to minds thinking alike than to have no minds and only words.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

maria11372 wrote:

I have a Minolta 101 camera with an assortment of lenses. I am looking at buying a Sony camera and would like to know if I can get an adopter so I can use my lenses with a Sony camera.

Thank you in advance for any help or advice.

your "old,heavy" minolta lenses are probably better than anything made today they certainly are better, at their given focal length, than zoom lenses (with one exception - the zeiss 70-300 af for contax n and n1 bodies).

picturesofdogs Loc: Dallas, Texas.

I have several of the very good Minolta lenses. Zeiss is making some very good lenses right now. Their 25 and 85 are truly good.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

^^^The 85mm for the A mount is TRULY one of the BEST lenses available. :thumbup:

Bushymonster Loc: Oklahoma City. OK.

I have two 201's black bodies and several lenses and love them. I need to get an adapter for my T5i. I love that old camera. No telling what the count is on it. One of them don't have but 5000 count on them.
-Bushy

machia Loc: NJ

wj cody wrote:

your "old,heavy" minolta lenses are probably better than anything made today they certainly are better, at their given focal length, than zoom lenses (with one exception - the zeiss 70-300 af for contax n and n1 bodies).

Remember that Minolta not only built lenses for Leica but used actual Minolta glass to do so . Fine lenses .

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Built and co-designed lenses with Leica.

Now guess who those engineers work for... ;)

SONY.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

CHOLLY wrote:

Built and co-designed lenses with Leica.

Now guess who those engineers work for... ;)

SONY.

Shocking! Stunning! Incredible! Who would have guessed? :shock:

le boecere

Math78 wrote:

I bought the A6000 to use my Minolta SRT-101 lense... (show quote)

This is very helpful and educational, Dave.
Thanks for taking the time to post it.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

maria11372 wrote:

I always like the manual mode. I find manual focus a lot easier.

You won't find manual focus easy on modern DSLRs. They simply don't have as large and bright viewfinders and they lack any of the manual focus aids that older cameras, designed for manual focus had. Also, manual aperture is slower (unless you use aperture preferred), and it further dims down the viewfinder when you stop down those old lenses. By f8, it's pretty dark... making manual focus even harder.

I'd also highly recommend you get at least a kit lens with the camera. Then learn to use auto focus. I shot manual focus lenses for 20 years or so and was darned fast and good at it (if I may say so myself). But modern AF is far faster and more accurate than I or any other manual focus shooter ever was.

It's fine to use the old lenses... but you'll very likely want AF for anything moving faster than a snail.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

amfoto1 wrote:

You won't find manual focus easy on modern DSLRs. ... (show quote)

Obviously, you haven't done any manual focusing with Sony cameras. They are very easy to focus with these old lenses. Even easier than it was on the old camera bodies. Focus peaking is a game changer.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

JimH123 wrote:

Obviously, you haven't done any manual focusing with Sony cameras. They are very easy to focus with these old lenses. Even easier than it was on the old camera bodies. Focus peaking is a game changer.

So true. Focus peaking makes all the difference. I have a manual Nikon 300 mm AIS lens from the early 80's. But I never use it with my D7100. Instead, I have it on the A6000 right now.

maria11372

JimH123 wrote:

Obviously, you haven't done any manual focusing with Sony cameras. They are very easy to focus with these old lenses. Even easier than it was on the old camera bodies. Focus peaking is a game changer.

So glad I kept all my lenses and filters. The responses have been so helpful. Thank you

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

CHOLLY wrote:

Built and co-designed lenses with Leica.

Now guess who those engineers work for... ;)

SONY.

well...actually, they don't. sony uses glass blanks sourced from an independent manufacturer.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Jim and Dave... SPOT ON!

Focus Peaking and EVF's make manual focusing not only fast and accurate, BUT EASY!!! :thumbup:

Folks who try it LOVE it. I know I do.... :mrgreen: