Old Minolta lens to Nikon D500: I have several (6) old Minolta mount lenses, old but in excellent condition....I was wondering if it is worth buying a lens adapter ring for use with my...

grayhawk

I have several (6) old Minolta mount lenses, old but in excellent condition....I was wondering if it is worth buying a lens adapter ring for use with my Nikon D500. If so any recommendations ?

I hate to toss them out........

Thanks all !

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Those old Minolta lenses fit a lot of the old, and new, Sony A mount Cameras (and others with adapters). Put a list of what you have on this forum to see if any of us might be interested. Be sure to indicate fixed mm or zoom range, AF or not; max aperture; and whether it says MD, MC, etc. Note overall condition and whether operating or not. You may be surprised!

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

grayhawk wrote:

I have several (6) old Minolta mount lenses, old but in excellent condition....I was wondering if it is worth buying a lens adapter ring for use with my Nikon D500. If so any recommendations ?

I hate to toss them out........

Thanks all !

I do have and use a few old Minolta lenses on my digital and I really like them , I shoot Canon though!

BebuLamar

They won't focus to infinity without a lens element in the adapter. If I were you I would sell those lenses.

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BebuLamar wrote:

They won't focus to infinity without a lens element in
the adapter. If I were you I would sell those lenses.

That ... or if they're especially special lenses,
get a live view camera so you can use them
with a direct [glassless] adapter. Sony a7-II
is now under $900 new, and will fall further.
It's a huuuuugely more appropriate camera
for those lenses than your intention of using
a half frame SLR: Proper format, magnified
MF, and IBIS.

Minolta made some verrrrrrry special lenses
that are worth using on an appropriate body.
But non-minolta lenses in old SRT mount you
simply recycle with your beverage containers.
Ordinary minolta lenses you just sell off.

.

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SonyA580 wrote:

Those old Minolta lenses fit a lot
of the old, and new, Sony A mount
Cameras .......

Only if they are marked with the
"Maxxum", "Konica-Minolta", or
"Dynax" brand name. Otherwise
they're SR mount, not A-mount.

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kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

Basically no SLR lenses other than Nikon's own are usable on Nikon bodies, as they are thicker than any other maker's bodies. It is possible to use Nikon lenses with other brands (using an adapter) but not the other way around. There are some adapters available that uses a glass element to adapt other brands to Nikon bodies, but the glass element seriously degrades the quality of the image.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

grayhawk wrote:

I have several (6) old Minolta mount lenses, old but in excellent condition....I was wondering if it is worth buying a lens adapter ring for use with my Nikon D500. If so any recommendations ?

I hate to toss them out........

Thanks all !

If they are MD lenses, here you go
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1349602-REG/vello_la_nf_md_minolta_md_lens_mount.html/?c3api=3679%2Cbing%2C81363901749822%2C4584963490527995&msclkid=97a89dbbfe841784010cc14848cf5001

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I purchased the adapter for the collection of lens I have and they work fine in manual. I don't use them much because the ones I have are heavy but it works fine. I use a D7100 and adapted to Maxxum lens.

BebuLamar

I had the Minolta Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 MC and I sold it on Ebay for $360 rather than trying to buy an adapter to use it on my Nikon.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

kymarto wrote:

Basically no SLR lenses other than Nikon's own are usable on Nikon bodies, as they are thicker than any other maker's bodies.

Leica R flange focal distance is 0.50mm greater than Nikon F. FotodioX makes a replacement flange for R lenses to focus at infinity with no corrective lens on Nikon bodies. There is a loss of automatic aperture control, so stop down to meter, and shoot at the working aperture. Best for still subjects, of course.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

BebuLamar wrote:

I had the Minolta Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 MC and I sold it on Ebay for $360 rather than trying to buy an adapter to use it on my Nikon.

I don’t know why you went to all that trouble selling that lens on eBay when you could have just given it to me for a lot less bother . . .

Stan

BebuLamar

StanMac wrote:

I don’t know why you went to all that trouble selling that lens on eBay when you could have just given it to me for a lot less bother . . .

Stan

But with the $360 I can buy a lens that work perfectly well on my Nikon.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

I like the Fotodiox adapters that have the little aperture control lever, allow me to use my Sony Minolta A-mount lenses on my Nikon DSLR's and vice versa. I love AF and IS, but also love to do full manual. The advantage with the Sony A-mount bodies is the IBIS, even with manual lenses. Sony Minolta A-mount on Nikon is fun too, but no IBIS, so the approach is like the old days, manual, manual, manual!

Even my big ole 800mm T-mount Vivitar mirror is quite useful with IBIS and the Sony Clear Image Zoom (up to 2X crop). If I zoom to approx. 1.3-1.4X with CIZ, all the vignetting disappears and I'm in the sweet spot, which turns an average mirror into a pretty decent lens.

This methodology is not for everyone, but for the adventurous, those with the time and equipment, it can be fun.

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

I can vouch for the Fotodiox on my D5300. I have to shoot manual and with one of my old lenses and teleconverter I get the 35mm equivalent of 630mm. Although I don't use it much, I've gotten some pretty good distance shots. I think I got it three years ago from B&H for $29.95.