Lens capatibility?

[adkkev]

We have an older Minolta QTsi 35mm film camera and we'd like to use the lenses on a dslr (so we could just buy the dslr body) ... outside of SONY dslr cameras, would these lenses fit on any other makes (Canon, Nikon, etc.)?

thanks!!

[ukcatfan]

Sorry, but no.

Some different brands can be fit on to other brands of cameras, but they do not work right.

[Technosavant]

Nope. Everybody has their own mount system, and usually the autofocus systems are incompatible as well (even if you could mount it, it would be manual focus).

One of the nice things about DSLRs is that they have APS-C sized CMOS sensors (http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/crop_sensor_cameras_and_lenses.html) (the full frame models are extremely expensive), so the lenses are smaller and lighter than the 35mm film lenses. It makes for an easier package to haul around, but you will also have to remember that the field of view at a given focal length will be smaller (a 31mm DSLR lens gives the same field of view you had at 50mm with a 35mm camera).

[MICKEY88]

Nope. Everybody has their own mount system, and usually the autofocus systems are incompatible as well (even if you could mount it, it would be manual focus).

One of the nice things about DSLRs is that they have APS-C sized CMOS sensors (http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/crop_sensor_cameras_and_lenses.html) (the full frame models are extremely expensive), so the lenses are smaller and lighter than the 35mm film lenses. It makes for an easier package to haul around, but you will also have to remember that the field of view at a given focal length will be smaller (a 31mm DSLR lens gives the same field of view you had at 50mm with a 35mm camera).


true only if you buy digital lenses, the disadvantage to that is if you decide in the future to buy a full frame DSLR, your lenses won't work

[Technosavant]

true only if you buy digital lenses, the disadvantage to that is if you decide in the future to buy a full frame DSLR, your lenses won't work

Very true, but if you find yourself in the market for a full frame DSLR, new lenses are comparatively not that bad. Kind of like how more expensive oil changes are part and parcel of owning a Mercedes (or similar)- if you can afford something that high end, the associated costs are not likely to break you (or if they will, it is wise to reconsider).

[MICKEY88]

Very true, but if you find yourself in the market for a full frame DSLR, new lenses are comparatively not that bad. Kind of like how more expensive oil changes are part and parcel of owning a Mercedes (or similar)- if you can afford something that high end, the associated costs are not likely to break you (or if they will, it is wise to reconsider).


perhaps, but the digital lenses aren't that much cheaper and are often lighter because they are all plastic and not constructed as well