Minolta dynax 500i super issue help needed

[Bolex]

Hi unsure where to post this on forum I just acquired a Minolta dynax 500i super film camera year 1995 with two sigma lens 28 to 80mm and 70 to 300 1.4 _5.6 macro super lens as well as a cobra 700 flash and what looks like a portable component so it can be used off the shoe. I paid just over 35 pound on eBay. Listed as excellent used condition upon arrival I have discovered that there is what looks like a blue haze about a quarter in size when looked thru the viewfinder with the lens off the camera I can also see some dust and tiny hair fragments i have lightly gone over the mirror with a camera brush to no avail. My questions if anyone can help please are 1 what is this light blue haze and will it affect photos taken 2 will the dust hair fragments show up on photos 3 can anyone tell me anything about this camera it is very light but looks cheaply made compared to say newer canon digital camera 4 Can anyone tell me anything about the lenses would they be compatible on say a canon film camera 5 the telephoto lens is missing its lens cap any idea where I could get a replacement Many thanks

 

[Wade D]

The light blue haze and tiny hair fragments are likely in the viewfinder only. They should not affect the pictures. I don't know anything about the 500i. Minolta made so many models from entry level to pro. The A-mount lenses will only fit the later Minolta cameras. Lens caps are cheap on eBay. Get one that fits the filter size of the lens.

 

[AgX]

Dust and hairs on the mirror will not show as such in the finder, as they are out of focus.
What you see likely is at the underside of the viewing screen. Try to blast it off.

I got no idea on that blue haze though. Quite puzzling.

 

[ic-racer]

Yes, as mentioned, unlike a Bolex, the mirror on that camera moves out of the way during the exposure.

 

[blockend]

Yes, as mentioned, unlike a Bolex, the mirror on that camera moves out of the way during the exposure.

Bolex, Sony's new DSLR and Canon Pellix, among others have static mirror. I think Minolta's Dynax range shares a mount with Sony digital cameras, with pushes Minolta AF bodies down and the lenses up in price.

 

[Paul Howell]

All Minolta SLR use a traditional mirror that moves up when the shutter is released. When Konica/Minolta exited the camera and film business in 2009 Sony bought the A mount from Konica/Minolta, Sony's first two generations of digital bodies were based on the Konica/Minolta D5 and 7 bodies. Sony still uses the A mount for it's translucent mirror cameras which have mirrors that pass light to the sensor. Sony also makes a mirrorless line up that uses a very different mount the E mount. Older Minolta A and Konica/Minolta lens can be used on all A mount cameras and E mount with a $400 adapter. Prices for Minolta consumer grade lens are still very low compared to Nikon and Canon AF mount, pro level G lens are and have been as expensive as Canon L glass or Nikon pro lens. Minolta MD MC lens manual focus lens are not compatible with the Minolta A lens mount cameras.

 

[Bolex]

All Minolta SLR use a traditional mirror that moves up when the shutter is released. When Konica/Minolta exited the camera and film business in 2009 Sony bought the A mount from Konica/Minolta, Sony's first two generations of digital bodies were based on the Konica/Minolta D5 and 7 bodies. Sony still uses the A mount for it's translucent mirror cameras which have mirrors that pass light to the sensor. Sony also makes a mirrorless line up that uses a very different mount the E mount. Older Minolta A and Konica/Minolta lens can be used on all A mount cameras and E mount with a $400 adapter. Prices for Minolta consumer grade lens are still very low compared to Nikon and Canon AF mount, pro level G lens are and have been as expensive as Canon L glass or Nikon pro lens. Minolta MD MC lens manual focus lens are not compatible with the Minolta A lens mount cameras.

Sorry would my sigma lenses fit onto say a canon 1000f film camera

 

[Paul Howell]

If your Sigma lens have an Minotla A lens mount then no, will not a Canon, Nikon or Pentax camera, only a Minolta A mount. Not sure what the blue tint is. The lens you have are decent performers, I have both in Sigma SA mount and although my Sigma film cameras have died the yellow death I still use both on my Sigma SD9s and 15. The 28 to 80 APO macro is an under rated while the 75 to 300 red ring is very sharp, just slow AF. Speaking of the yellow death, the gule that was used on the Penta Prisms Sigma turns yellow with age, wonder if the blue is an issue with the glue in the Minolta prisms? Had had heard of any issues, but might be. Have you shot a roll of film though it? If you like the lens I would look for another Minolta AF body.