Thank you for your kind & encouraging words!

Ohhh! I made a mistake. I was listening to a podcast and one of the guys mentioned looking for the 135mm f2 lens for Minolta. I wrote it down bc I knew I had the Minolta and to check the lens... I then wrote down the lenses I had under that note & above that note.... my mistake... my notetaking skills are chaotic.

Ohhh! I made a mistake. I was listening to a podcast and one of the guys mentioned looking for the 135mm f2 lens for Minolta. I wrote it down bc I knew I had the Minolta and to check the lens... I then wrote down the lenses I had under that note & above that note.... my mistake... my notetaking skills are chaotic.

Thank you!
I think I will do just what you and everyone has said... keep the lenses with the right camera. I don't want to ruin my own camera or my papaw's camera or lenses.
He kept everything in pristine condition & I don't want to ruin anything or risk him coming back from the dead to have a talk with me...

No idea. I'll put what the lens says:
Kiron 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 MACRO 1:4 then a 0with a / through it 67 MC 36312360

The Minolta Lens says:
Minolta MD 50mm 1:2 JAPAN the0with/ 49mm

Is any of that helpful?

Another uneducated question: I use my Olympus in M mode... would the adapter work in that mode too?
Also, what do you mean when you say "meter"? I don't know this term. I haven't heard this term.

Thank you for your patience!

Honestly, my mom thinks they are interchangeable and wants me to use them. I think it is more of a keeping her father around since he passed 13 years ago.

I didn't think I could interchange them but if I could, I'd like to see the difference with them. I only have 2 lenses for my Olympus and being able to use that Kiron one would be interesting to me.

I do use the manual thingy on my olympus- but I have everything set to where I don't have to do too much adjusting at work. And by "manual thingy", I have the knob thing set to "M". I do believe I somehow messed up my settings and am having a hard time figuring that out.
You are right- having to do more manual adjusting is probably way beyond my skill level.


**If you want a good laugh- I had to email olympus about how my camera wouldn't focus when in video recording mode... turns out I had to turn the thingy (pro term lol) on the lens to manually focus it. I use all my smarts for hair and not much else hahaha**

In all seriousness- based on the info I've given you, what do you think I should learn and be able to troubleshoot first in my photography learning?

Thank you!
I figured I couldn't use them. Do you find the adapter that will allow me to use the Minolta & Kiron lenses on my Olympus to be worth it? Is there a way for me to see what the meter in my camera is?

I really appreciate the websites you linked. They will be most helpful. I think I will get some film and go from there.


The canon video recorder thingy I've got isn't high end... and honestly- even if the Minolta and Kiron lenses were to fit on it- I would be afraid they would be too heavy on the camera.... It's just a starter thing we got about 4-5 years ago. My husband thought about starting a youtube channel and didn't want to spend a lot of money at the time on a camera. It does the job. It isn't a potato camera. But it also isn't high end. It's a good starter.

Once again, thank you very much for your help, knowledge, & opinions!

First- I am new to photography. About 3-4 years ago I bought an Olympus OM-D E-M10III. That is when I found this website.

I use this camera to take photos of hair (I'm a hair stylist) & salon related things and sometimes photos of my dog. But that is it. I'm not a pro by any means. I still don't understand all the things on my camera... I turn things and press things until the hair through my camera looks like the hair through my eyes.

I tell you all that so that you understand that I am a dumbass when it comes to this stuff.

My mother has given me her dad's (my papaw's) Minolta XG-1 camera.
She believes the lenses are interchangeable.

The Minolta has a MD135 F2 lens and a Kiron 28-105f/3.2-4.3 lens.

I tried, not very hard bc I don't want to break anything, to put the Kiron lens on my Olympus. The Kiron manual does say it is compatible with the Olympus but, I mean... there's 35-40 year difference between my camera and my papaw's.

So, my very uneducated questions are as follows: (and yes, I could google this, but I don't know what is good and trustworthy info and what isn't; that's why I'm here asking yous)

1) Can I use the Minolta & Kiron lenses on my Olympus? Is there an attachment for it?

2) The very little that I have read about the Minolta camera and lenses, it seems like people are still using this camera or at least the lenses.... Is the photography world still using film camera? Like I said, I am a dumbass in this world. I barely dabble in this world.

3) Can I use the Minolta? Where do I buy the film? How do I do the film development?
Is there a way to not use film? (I am going to assume the answer is "No" to this question, but I'm asking anyways)

4) I also have a Canon Video recorder---- is there a way to attach the Minolta & Kiron lenses to it? I have not tried this... I just thought about it.

Thank you for helping me.
I hope you got a little giggle out of my uneducated photo related questions.

I loves her too! I will continue to take her picture as long as she will let me

Thank you!

I'm still new to this photography stuff. I'm using an Olympus OM-D E-M10-III. I usually take pictures of my clients (I'm a hairstylist) but I do like to take pictures of my dog to learn more on how to use my camera.

Nola is hard to photograph because she is usually always running around acting crazy! I figure if I can get decent pictures of her, I'll be able to get good pictures at work!

I took these pictures in my current set up... The room is darker but the photos came out good (in my non-professional opinion). They look a million times better than what I've been taking on my phone. I'm very impressed with how light (idk if that's the right term) the photos turned out being taken in a dark room.
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I believe the boss lady will be taking down the one mirror, painting and bringing in her lights ( so I can take my lights home) & we will have better & more lighting there.
Any tips or critiques?

This is my current set up that I set up this morning. We don't have a lot of options and room. There's one more option I might be able to do... And that will involve removing the mirror... I'd have to talk to the boss lady about that and get it approved.

Current


Possible

Yay!!!! I took some pretty good pics of my crazy Boston Terrier & was really pleased! I have never taken a great clear picture of her. I'm going to let the battery charge and play around. Maybe I'll get a good picture of the hummingbirds..