This compact, yet powerful minolta slr film camera body is mechanically operated, with a manual focus and exposure. This was the standard kit lens for the srt101 1966, the camera that really put minolta on the map. It was aimed at demandig amateur and semiprofessional photographers and therefor packed with many outstanding features as the new topoftheline minoltaslr. This was the kit lens for the budgetpriced srt 100, 100b, 100x, and 200 slrs. Yes 28mm, you could probably find a cheap zoom 80200. I can recommend this camera to anyone looking for a great manual slr camera. These pages are dedicated to full text pentax, nikon, canon, chinon, ricoh, sears, kodak, cosina, fujica, miranda. Guide to minolta md lens mount adapters for sony emount. Here are a few reasons this is such a special lens. At least once a week i get a email stating i can make money by adding advertisements to this site, nope. I started with a srt 101b model and with a standard 55 mm rokkor mc f1,7 lens, rather than using a zoom.
Minolta srt200 35mm slr film camera body only for sale. Minolta srt100 slr camera, lenses and accessories ebth. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 cameradownload the official user manual this is it. For the first time minolta had released a camera with through the lens metering. Nikon, om, pentax m42 screw, and leica slr lenses can all be adapted. If the image below looks like your camera, click below to see. Get the best deals on minolta md camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at. With shutter speeds from 1 sec to 1, this slr film camera body can even capture moving objects beautifully.
Discussion in accessories started by mcrodgers2, apr 30, 2003. How can i convert an old minolta mount lens to nikon. Minolta did made changes to their lens mount over time that provided certain. I rank the minolta srt 202 right up there with the nikon f2as and canon ae1, two of my favorites from the 70s.
Do minolta lenses fit sony e mount sony alpha full frame. Introduction to the sharpest and cheapest manual lenses and how to adapt them to a digital camera. I am giving someone a lens for free with a lens mount for srt101, but he has a srt202. The minolta srmount was the bayonet mounting system used in all 35 mm slr cameras made by minolta with interchangeable manual focusing lenses. Free camera instruction manuals, camera instructions, free.
The minolta manual focus mount continues on today since minolta is still. If you walk into a camera store with used lenses, just make sure you get minolta manual focus lenses, which are. Most people think that all of minoltas manualfocusing slr lenses will fit on any manualfocusing minolta slr camera. Minolta srt 200 chrome 35mm camera body at keh camera. The xg series was considered to be more entry level compared to the higher end xd series, and both the xg and xd series followed the successful sr and srt lines of minolta slrs first introduced in the late 1950s. Buy or sell used minolta camera lenses at keh camera.
Of course the k has a hot shoe, which wasnt added on the srt line till the 101b, or till it became the 201. It is named after the minolta srt line of cameras which were the first minolta. A minolta srt100 slr camera with lenses and accessories. The minolta af lens manual front covers are shown below. The srt 202 is the premium model of the srt line from minolta, probably made between 1975 and 1979. Canon eos film and digital slrs can, on the other hand, accept almost anything but a canon fd lens with adapters. Minolta started this low budget lens line, which was sold in north america only, in 1972 with a single lens, the 5mm 1. Fotodiox pro lens mount adapter minolta rokkor sr md.
Minolta 031040201 battery cover minolta srt series. Rokkor files dedicated to the minolta enthusiast cameras. I believe that any manual focus minolta lens will work. In 1985, when minolta introduced its new alpha a mount which permitted auto focus, the srmount was not. Minoltas next lens mount is the srt mount, which adds a tab coupled to the ttl meter in the camera body green arrow.
Minolta manual lens index very useful index of any manual minolta lens ever made. In fact i have another srl camera olympus om2000 but hardly use it because of its less mechanical feel. Builtin ttl meter, manual metering, center weighted averaging, needle meter display, original model. The minolta srmount was the bayonet mounting system used in all 35 mm slr cameras. Fortunately, all mc and md lenses are mounted on a sr mount so all the lenses are pretty compatible on minolta cameras. Used minolta camera lenses for sale buy or sell online. The manual focus minolta lens lineup is fantastic and the used prices are nice and low. The 70210mm f4 minolta maxxum medium telephoto lens, affectionately known to minolta maxxum enthusiasts as the beercan, is the most sought after of the minolta lenses on ebay. I had also found earlier a 58 mm mc rokkor in the same pile for. Oddly, if you mount a sr2 automatic lens on a later mc, md or x series. The minolta sr mount is the bayonet of all minolta 35mm film slr camera bodies for interchangeable manual focusing lenses, and takes all lenses designed to attach directly to these minolta sr system cameras. Minolta lens mount compatibility discussion in 35mm. Introduction to the sharpest and cheapest manual lenses.
Interestingly, and unlike many other manufacturers, the company also maintained a constant lens mount over that period. Mounts minolta rokkor sr md mc slr lenses to canon eos ef, efs mount slr cameras. Minolta af a mount pz power zoom and xi series lenses do not support af on the laea4. Its a very well balanced lens that cranks up the image quality by f4. Canon and nikon cameras are snatched up quickly at garage sales and small antique stores. If you have original minolta af lens manuals in languages other than what you see here, or for different lenses, please email me if youd like to help by sending scanned copies as pdfs. The srt camera, as the name might imply, uses sr mount lenses.
The usa model remained designated the srt200, while the europeanasia. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 camera user manual download here. The minolta lens mount never changed, until the maxxum autofocus series came out. But if you want the experience of manual shooting, you cant beat an srt. What makes the meter special is minoltas throughthelens contrast light compensator system. The pz lenses, in fact, are not usable at all on the laea adapters, while the xi ones can only be used with manual focus. Minolta maxxum lenses compatible with sony dslrs feltmagnet.
Or simply so with the mounts for the current minoltasony af models. Several iterations of the mounting were produced over the decades, and as a result, the mount itself was sometimes referred to by the name of the corresponding lens generation f. Minolta changed lens mounts with autofocus so they do not work with the srt cameras. Get the best deals on 200mm focal camera lenses for minolta when you shop the largest online selection at. Even the oldest minolta lens 1958 auto rokkor and rokkor will fit and function on the newest minolta camera 2004 x370. The rated list of minolta mdmc lenses on the sony a7.
This 35mm camera has manual focusing and contains the manufacturing number of 3026406. This set comes with a minolta 55mm lens, a minolta 58mm lens, a marexar 55mm lens, a soligor 5mm lens, a vivitar 28mm lens, a sunpak auto 221d flash, three filters, and more. Some of the early ones did not automatically stop down but they still work. For classic minolta mc and md series lenses, look at this web site. This one the classic minolta srt 101, the k of the minolta cameras.
Builtin ttl meter, manual metering, center weighted averaging, needle meter display, original model had no hot shoe, it was added on later models. The minolta srt 101 is a 35mm manual focus slr camera with throughthelens exposure metering ttl for short, that was launched in 1966 by minolta camera co. View online or download minolta srt 201 owners manual, manual. Over the period 19582000 minolta manufactured an extensive range of manual focus slr cameras, from base model consumer bodies through to fully featured cameras for professional photographers. The lens line introduced in 1974 had a rubber coating, but different from the mcx.
I happened upon a minolta srt 201 with a like new kiron 2. Your donations support these website pages, camera manual purchases and equipment needed to create this site. This lens look pretty much like its mc ii sister with a mc i style focussing grip and it lacked the meter scale. Autofocus minoltas cannot accept manual focus lenses. Those lens have not a big value on the market now but their quality is outstanding. Minolta slr lens mounts thanks to the longevity of the minolta lens mount, every manualfocus minoltastyle lens will fit on any minoltastyle manualfocus camera. Save up to 40% off sale price and get a 180day warranty. Minolta srt 101 35mm slr film camera body only for sale. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 instruction manual, user manual, pdf. Novoflex adapter for minolta md or mc lens to sony emount.
Minolta sold the exact same camera in japan and in other markets as the xge and xg2. Genuine minolta replacement battery cover for the srt series film cameras. Owning a used minolta may not excite the younger generation. Find great deals on ebay for minolta srt200 and minolta srt 201. This is a rated list of many manual minolta md and mc lenses, based on extensive use and detailed tests with these lenses on the sony a7. It allows you to mount a minolta md or minolta mc lens to sony emount camera with a precision mechanical adapter.
All lenses for these mounts are interchangeable between older and newer minolta manual focus 35 mm film slr bodies. Minolta produced an extensive array of lenses for the manual focus slr system, and thankfully, given the lens mount remained the same throughout the history of the company the lenses from any era will mount onto all manual focus bodies, with varying degrees of functionality. Minolta srt 200, 50mm lens, gemini auto tele converter 2x, zigma high power zoom. Olympus om10 om10 35mm manual focus film camera and lens combo. Srt101,srt100,srt201,srt200, srx fstop viewfinder display added. All lenses for these bayonets are interchangeable between older and newer minolta manual focus 35mm film slr bodies there are exceptions, such as, the lenses before 1961 feature a.
Rokkor is the designation minolta used to identify any lens manufactured by minolta they originally built cameras that used lenses manufactured by other german and japanese companies. While that is almost true, there are certain constraints. Minolta srt 101 35mm film camera wminolta 50mm manual focus lens. Does anyone know of a way to replace or convert the old minolta mount to a nikon f mount. I never heard about craig optic lenses, although i was a minolta user for many years. Minolta srt200 srt 200 35mm film md lens mount slr. Minolta srt202 slr 35mm camera with a minolta rokkorx 45mm f2 lens.