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To follow up on the Canon research, I also found some great examples of people using Lumix GH1 cameras, wonderful Minolta lenses and a Minolta to Lumix adapter.

Here is some video of Single Malt Whiskey bottles with Minolta MD Rokkor 1:2,8 / 28mm and Minolta MD 1:1,7 / 50mm and a Novoflex adapter:

Single Malt Whiskies from Stefan Vohl on Vimeo.

Here is a cat using a Rokkor 58mm f1.2:

GH1 Test – Rokkor 58mm f1.2 from Renaud Duval on Vimeo.

Korean music video shot with GH1 + 20.7, Minolta 50.4, Minolta 100mm macro:

[M/V]Queens – Ahpa(My heart is hurt) from Jay Park on Vimeo.

Test with Minolta 50mm 1.7

GH1 Test from Björn Sonnenschein on Vimeo.

Today, I was totally in the mood to see what other people are doing with Minolta lenses on Canon EOS DSLR cameras with a Minolta to EOS adapter.

Here’s a high contrast shot of a glass being filled with apple juice. Wow. 5D mark 2 and a modified Minolta 50mm f.2:

The applejuice 5D mark 2 first test from Michael Johansson on Vimeo.

HVX w/ Redrock Micro + Minolta Rokkor lenses
Canon 5D w/ Minolta Rokkor lenses:

The Loft Series from Eric Giovon on Vimeo.

Here’s some nice footage with a Canon T1i / EOS 500d and a Minolta 50/1.4:

Mixed with Ambient (500D) from Stedanko on Vimeo.

Here’s some on a Canon EOS 7D with a Minolta 50/1.4:

MINOLTA LENS ON CANON 7D from ANTHONY JACKSON on Vimeo.

Easter kids video shot with Canon 5DmkII with Rokkor 58mm f1.2 lens. Sachtler FSB8 tripod and Redrock Eyespy handheld rig. That 58 1.2 is converted to EOS instead of using an adapter. If you don’t want a 58/1.2 after viewing this, you have no pulse:

The Easter Kids from doubledrop on Vimeo.

I found a very nice photography site, www.suaudeau.eu. The only stumbling point for me is that it’s in French. My knowledge of French is not so good. Wait a minute. Don’t leave yet. Google makes it easy to see a translated copy of a site.

The translated www.suaudeau.eu home page.

There is some really excellent content here, such as this guide to Minolta cameras

That page has individual pages for particular Minolta models. It has history of Minolta SLR and rangefinder cameras. It also has repair tips, lens disassembly instructions, and finder changing instructions for the SRT 101.

The histories are excellent. I like the Minolta Manual SLR history.

Check out these Camera, Shutter and Flash Service Manuals
There are service or user manuals for Leica 2M, Leica 3f, Minolta Himatic 7Sii, Minolta XD-11, Minolta X-700, Minolta X300, Minolta X500, Minolta XE, Minolta 360XP, Minolta SRT 101, Nikon F3, Compur, Pentax K1000, Pentax Spotmatic, Pentax Spotmatic II, Canon EF, Canon EOS 30, Canon EOS 500, Canon F1, Canon Canonet GIII QL 17, Obturateur Prontor 1, Obturateur Prontor 2, Olympus XA, Yashica D, Yashica Mat 124 G, Yashica Electro 35
The caveat is that not all of the manuals have English translations in them.

Along with the manuals, there is a very nice Repair page

This site is well worth checking out, especially for the service manuals and repair section. If you’re a Minolta person especially, there is some great stuff here. Highly recommended.

Please note that if google comes back and says a page is too big to translate, such as the manuals, then just view the page without the translator. Most of the links I provided are for the translations by google.