Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
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Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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Over the last 2 years, I've bought two film Minolta AF SLRs; a Dynax 7 (bought out of curiosity for its film and exposure memory feature) and a 7000 which I bought from our local market because it had an AF 50 f1.7 on it. Looking down a list of used AF lenses I've now come across some described as "Pre-Dynax". Please, can anyone explain what the term means and whether I need to restrict what I buy.
Many thanks.
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Malcolm Stewart
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Roger_Provins
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They probably mean manual focus lenses for the old mount (MD MC etc.)
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Rog
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RonM
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It could also be indicating lenses for the first Minolta AF cameras, which if memory serves were not called Dynax, this is why for years you used to see S/H Minolta lenses with the MAF and MAFD indicators to distinguish between the original AF 'A' mount lenses (some of which came from MD designs e.g. the "Beercan") and those that were designed for the Dynax system which also brought in the now famed flash system.
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Ron NRIPN
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Roger_Provins
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All Minolta auto-focus lenses from 1985 onwards have the same mount and can be used on all Dynax/Maxxum SLRs and Minolta and Sony dSLR cameras.
Those with "D" designation have extra electrical contacts to give information on the actual distance focussed. This, of course, is especially useful in flash photography.
The very early Minolta digital SLR, the RD-3000, used the same lenses as the Minolta Vectis APS film cameras.
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Rog
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Malcolm_Stewart
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Thanks to both for your suggestions.
Checking back to the listing, I note that "Pre-Dynax" was only used for non-Minolta lenses, and I'll steer clear so that anything I buy should work on my Dynax 7.
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Malcolm Stewart
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