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The rumor that the made in China model is somehow inferior to the made in Japan one will never die, but there is no basis for it. The X-700 was one of Minolta's best sellers, and is a very capable camera indeed.
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and are the sites I use to identify the versions of MD lenses that are for sale.I used to collect manual focus Minolta cameras and lenses for many years. Is there any way to identify the year, or later/newer lenses for "plain" md lenses? (I'm interested in mostly the newer MD lenses) I know MD lenses come in MC, MD-Rokkor X, and "plain" MD, with plain MD being the latest.
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Posted: Sun 10:17 am Post subject: Re: How to tell MD lens years (MD III, late version) Minolta I suspect that, at a minimum, the 50mm f/1.7 and the two zooms were continuing to be produced as long as the cameras were. I don't know if the new numbers I have were based on inventories of new but discontinued items, or if they were still being produced. The lenses include a 24mm f/2.8, 28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.7, 50mm f/3.5 macro, 100mm f/4 macro, 135mm f/2.8, a couple of zooms and even bellows lenses. The X-700 and X-370, for example, and, according to my sources, these two cameras and a few lenses were available as new as recently as the year 2000. I will just try to buy them in great condition, but there is probably not much difference in make or quality, but maybe coatings for later years.ĪFAIK Minolta made SR mount lenses as late as 1995, when they made their last SR mount camera, so they had to be producing new lenses at that point still.Ĭooltouch wrote: Minolta continued to offer a small variety of manual focus cameras and lenses throughout the 1990s.
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Serial numbers do not give any indication as to the year of manufacturing and on some MD lenses there were 4 different sequences of serial numbers that do not really seem to make any sense and for which we have yet to figure which sequence came first if any.įorest_rain wrote: Thanks for all replies guys, it looks like the Minolta serial numbers are non-decipherable so it's impossible to tell the year. MC-X ( marked as MC ROKKOR on the front ring with rubber waffle focusing ring: 1973-76 (but some lenses were not carried over to MD-I so some remained until MD-II replacements were introduced like 35mm F 1.8, MC 58mm F 1.2, 300mm F 4.5, 300mm F 5.6). MD-I (marked as MD ROKKOR without filter diameter on the front ring): 1977-78 MD-II ( marked as MD ROKKOR with filter diameter on the front ring: 1978-81 Minolta did bring in new models of lenses after 1985 but they were all zooms but all were entry level, outsourced as far as people know to Tamron, Cosina and maybe others and are not on par with previous generations of Minolta lenses.Īs for identifying their production year: So there is no real modern MD lenses to look for. Michelb wrote: From 1985 on, AF lenses had been introduced so all MD lenses were actually being phased out. I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me. Lloydy wrote: The Rokkor Files is your friend, it's a mine of information. Slalom wrote: This is a list of minolta mf lenses, after the list you find, by time period tipical lense pictures: Is there any way to identify the approximate year it was manufactured, maybe by features or serial number? Newer would be better.
Seems like they were manufactured up to 1995 or so, probably with the ending of the Minolta SR mount at that time. I'd like to try older 1981 vs late 1990s to see if there's any difference in the "plain" md lenses. Posted: Thu 9:54 pm Post subject: How to tell MD lens years (MD III, late version) Minolta SRįorest_rain wrote: I know MD lenses come in MC, MD-Rokkor X, and "plain" MD, with plain MD being the latest.
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