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Using Minolta manual lenses on Sony Alpha 6000
After testing the manual Minolta lense collection on a Nikon D7200, I purchased a converter to use them on Sony E-Mount bodies like the Sony Alpha 6000 I could borrow from a friend. After the Nikon D7200 results were unsatisfactory, I have to admit that the set works pretty well with Sony. You can definitely…
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Using Minolta manual lenses on Nikon D7200
After an analog and manual Minolta camera set fell into my hands, I purchased an F-mount to Minolta SR converter without and with correcting glas to use the lenses on the Nikon D7200. The plain adapter ring limits the focus ability up to a certain distance, depending on focal range. It’s OK for macro and…
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Minolta XG-2 with manual lense collection
Sometimes things just happen without premonition. I knew that my parents used to shoot with a film camera when I was young, but I did not expect that they kept everything hidden in the basement all the time. And now, I got it! Among others, I discovered an analog Minolta XG-2 model, a common SLR…
