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Dallen
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Username: Dallen
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 01:05 pm: | 
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will the sixth time is always a charm.I'm new (old really) here and I have to ask this question . Can a MC-TOU/FIVE STAR Auto Zoom 75-200mm 1:45 be adapted to a Minolta SRT 101 . I have to know before I give it away . |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 67
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 08:14 pm: |
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If the "MC" means "Minolta MC mount" rather than "Multi-Coated", then it already fits the SRT101. If it doesn't fit the Minolta, then it can't be adapted. Five-Star lenses were made in several mounts, so there's no way to tell more from your description. |
Dallen
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Username: Dallen
Post Number: 2
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 05:22 am: |
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All I can say about the lens is that on the bottom that mates to the camera , the pin that goes into the camera is not round but flat , with two flat pin like pieces on the outside of the mounting plate . I could possibly for a Nikon , but I can't be sure . Also it could be Automatic and unusable for my SRT101 . If there is a way to adapt the lens to the camera would it be worth it, actually it might be easier to get one that's made for the camera . I only have two Len's , a MC ROKKOR 1:7 50mm ( originally came with the camera ) and a 1 MC ROKKOR - X PF 1:2 f=50mm . I really do think that three Len's will be enough but I would like a good zoom , any suggestions . |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 53
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 09:40 am: |
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If the 'MC' is on the 'Name Ring' at front of the lens, then MC stands for multi-coated. If the letters are engraved on the lens mount or at rear of lens, then likelihood is that these letters are mount designation.
If you cannot fit the lens to your camera, lens is not a Minolta fit. I have no knowledge of this lens, but from Rick's information these lenses are not of the interchangeable mount variety. This would mean that one would need to do a great deal of lens hacking, in order to see if adaption was possible.
I do not want to appear rude or unkind. Your inability to ascertain if this lens will actually fit your SRT 101, indicates to me that you do not have enough experience to go down the lens hacking route.
Apart from some specialised optics, the price of lenses for Canon/Minolta/Nikon etc from this era have been in free fall. It is a buyer's market, go and grab yourself some bargains and put away all thoughts of 'will it adapt'.
Unless it is a typo, you would appear to have two 50mm standard lenses. If I was starting to put a kit of lenses together; it would include a nice 28mm wide-angle, as well as the 75/200mm zoom. (My actual zooms are 35/105 and 100/300.) |
Ben_hutcherson
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Username: Ben_hutcherson
Post Number: 9
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 09:40 am: |
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Here's a great page with pictures of several different lens mounts written by a member of this forum
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html |
Dallen
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Username: Dallen
Post Number: 4
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 12:32 pm: |
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I guess the situation for the lens isn't as important as I thought , it just getting used to the way business is done . I was under the impression that most lens with the MC prefix was a Minolta lens and I thought that the lens looked a little odd . I have spent a lot of money on my camera , and I can say that its a brand new camera to me and I didn't want to do something stupid and do damage to the camera . It doesn't hurt to ask , but people are starting to go up in the prices of services and parts and even cameras . The reason I got the Minolta was that I had one in Viet Nam and lost it !!? That was 40 years ago and I'm retiring (if they'll let me ) I would like to travel and take pictures and enjoy the experience that I have missed after all these years . I do hope that you give me some slack for my ignorance . I am looking forward to meeting and communicating with the people that post on this site . One lens a medium zoom , either a ROKKER MC or MD and I'll start to take pictures , film pictures , I have have a digital but it is boring . hope to get going and knowing guys and learning what I have been missing all these years . |
Jan
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Username: Jan
Post Number: 13
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 12:43 pm: |
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I am 99% positive that the 'MC' designation on the Tou/Five Star lens stands for 'Multi Coated'. Independent manufacturers did not identify the mounts of their lenses on the lens information ring; as a matter of fact, many were not identified at all as to which mount they fit.
If the lens fits the SRT101, than it is a propper Minolta mount and will work correctly. Minolta's 'MC' and 'MD' designations stand for different aperture coupling systems, the physical lens mounts were identical. All 'MD' and 'MC' mount lenses will work with the SRT101, but 'MC' will not support Shutter Priority and Program functions on later X-type Minolta bodies.
Jan |
Henry
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Username: Henry
Post Number: 25
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 03:32 pm: |
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Welcome Dallen. I'm certain you'll learn a bunch about fixing cameras hanging out here. And gathering a Minolta set of VietNam vintage will be an excellent quest. And not a very expensive one these days.
In fact you sound to be in the same spot I was in a few years ago when I retired...medically. You have always wanted a fine SLR and a large selection of fine lenses, but had house and kids to spend the extra money on. So you never got them. Good news, the newer auto-everything cameras aren't much fun and the older "real" cameras are now affordable.
Have fun.
Henry |
Dallen
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Username: Dallen
Post Number: 6
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 12:17 pm: |
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I wanted to let you people know that I made a bold move and got the Auto Zoom Tou Lens to fit on my SRT 101 without braking the fool thing , I looked through the lens and saw that there was no damage to the lens , fogging ,scratches Chips or what ever . It looked pretty good . Any suggestions on testing the lens to assure that the lens is operating correctly .I do suppose that taking pictures is the first test but is there anything I do before that . Thank You |
Ben_hutcherson
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Username: Ben_hutcherson
Post Number: 10
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 01:28 pm: |
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About all you can test with a lens is make sure that the aperture opens and closes, and make sure the lens focuses correctly. If you point the lens at something far enough away and focus, it should be right at the infinity stop. Anything closer and you should at least be close to what the focusing ring indicates.
Beyond that, run some cheap print film through it and see what happens. Once you're satisfied, try some slide film and see how close the apertures are to their stated value. |
Billg
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Username: Billg
Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 05:36 am: |
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I have aFIVE STAR 500mm LENS that I am using on a Canon AE-1 SLR 35mm camera, I am wanting to invest in another Digital camera, I am looking at the Canon line because I want to use this lens with the new camera. Will they interchange? |
Tim_witt
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Username: Tim_witt
Post Number: 4
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 10:36 am: |
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Billg, I can finally contribute some help as opposed to asking for it. This link should answer all questions about Canon FD lenses on Canon EOS cameras. I did not write the post, however, please pardon the bluntness of the writer but it is the answer to your question. You can find more info on the EOS forum and the FD forum at photo.net
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LnZP
Tim Witt |
Sillyconguru
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Username: Sillyconguru
Post Number: 7
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 - 05:27 am: |
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Billg. If your lens utilises a T mount (which it possibly does) then you can easily fit it to an EOS camera, all you'd need to do is unscrew the mount that is on the lens and replace it with an EOS fit one. T mounts are available to fit numerous different SLR cameras so you needed be limited to just looking at a Canon DSLR if you really want to continue using this lens. |
Sigkyrre
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Username: Sigkyrre
Post Number: 1
Registered: 01-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 11:00 am: |
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MC stands for meter coupled according to my copy of Minolta SLR Cameras by Carl Shipman. |
Dgillette4
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Username: Dgillette4
Post Number: 200
Registered: 04-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:14 pm: |
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Just to add a bit of confusion , mc can also mean multi coated...he he he |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 326
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 06:22 pm: |
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Sigmund,
Correct; but only when actually applied to the Minolta lens mount, on optics manufactured by Minolta - trade mark/registered design term. If the book by Shipman was being reissued it would need a rewrite, to clarify the ambiguity that has arisen since the development and introduction of Multi Layer Coatings. |
