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Here’s a site, http://digitalrokkor.altervista.org/ that explains how to use those Minolta lenses that we horde on newer Canon digital bodies.

Unfortunately the site seems to be a little dated as far as the bodies they cover, but it does show the conversion necessary. This is really interesting stuff.

While I’m at it, there is also a flickr group devoted to this, http://www.flickr.com/groups/md-eos/

EOS bodies
Minolta Rokkor Lenses

Here is a wonderful resource for anyone looking at older cameras. http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk has fantastic pictures and descriptions of many early cameras. These range from Camera Obscura and Wet Plate Cameras to TLR and 35mm SLRs to Disguised and Miniature (Spy) cameras. This is a really well done site and it’s very appreciated. While the reference material isn’t exhaustive, there are plenty of pictures and good descriptions of the cameras. There are also Company Details, British Patents and Serial Numbers.

Being a Minolta lover, I feel compelled to share a site with great technical Minolta information. Here are the categories offered at http://minolta.eazypix.de.

Minolta SR Lens Index
Minolta SR Lens Database
Minolta Coded Lens Shades
Minolta Master Lenses
Minolta SR System Chart
Minolta SR System Guides
Minolta SR Instruction Manual Database
Minolta SR Promotional Literature
Minolta SLR’s of 1980 (german Datasheet)
Minolta SLR’s vs. Canon, Nikon & Pentax
Rokkor BLOG (german)

I really like the Minolta SLR’s vs. Canon, Nikon & Pentax link. It is a great chart showing the different models of SLRs by year from Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Minolta.

The technical Minolta information is very good. This is a site worth reading and bookmarking especially if you are a Minolta fan or collector.

Minolta photography equipment on ebay