What digital camera can I use my Minolta MC and NMD lenses on natively without an adapter?

Galen Tieszen said:

Well, if i'm mistaken, it still works. I even put a beercan lens on my a-700 (with no adapter) before I posted just to make sure I was right, and it mounted fine, and focused fine. Altho, it IS manual focus etc.

The 1mm difference in flange distance has not caused me any problems.

You might check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_SR-mount for more specifics, and also the entry for the Sony A-mount.

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The "beercan" lens is an A mount lens , the Minolta 70-210mm f/4 that was released in 1985 with the Minolta 7000AF .
It's an autofocus lens who's optics were borrowed from the earlier Minolta SR mount ( manual focus ) 70-210mm f/4 lens .


The lens refered to as the "beercan" does not fit on any manual focus SR mount camera .
And likewise no manual focus SR mount lens will fit on an A mount body , be it Sony or Minolta .

My first DSLR was the Sony a100 in 2007 so I could continue to use my Minolta A mount lenses from my Minolta 7000AF I bought used in the early 1990's .
I also have most of the manual focus SR mount Minolta cameras and a good selection of SR mount lenses .
Pre MC lenses , MC lenses and MD lenses .
Non fit on Minolta or Sony A mount cameras without an adapter .
The mounts are physically different, it's not just the registration distance that's different .

Do a search on it , or do you need me to post a picture of the two lens mounts together?

Galen Tieszen said:

Well, if i'm mistaken, it still works. I even put a beercan lens on my a-700 (with no adapter) before I posted just to make sure I was right, and it mounted fine, and focused fine. Altho, it IS manual focus etc.

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What's commonly called the Minolta "beer can" is a Minolta MAXXUM auto-focusing zoom. Sure, you can set it to manually focus, but it is a Maxxum AUTO-focusing lens with an a-mount -- NOT a Minolta manual-focusing lens mount. All of Minolta's auto-focusing lenses use the a-mount -- they invented it in 1985, and Sony later bought it.

You need to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_SR-mount mope carefully.

Galen Tieszen said:

Well, if i'm mistaken, it still works. I even put a beercan lens on my a-700 (with no adapter) before I posted just to make sure I was right, and it mounted fine, and focused fine. Altho, it IS manual focus etc.

The 1mm difference in flange distance has not caused me any problems.

You might check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_SR-mount for more specifics, and also the entry for the Sony A-mount.

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You haven't put an SR mount lens on an A mount body without an adapter .
See this picture .
The top lens is a Minolta MD 85mm f/2 SR mount lens the bottom one a Minolta 28mm f/2 A mount lens .
The mount is two different diameters, so an A mount lens can't physically fit in an SR mount body , and an SR mount lens would fall out of an A mount body .
The locking mechanism is different as well .
The SR mount lens has a notch in one of the bayonet lugs and locks on from the side .
The A mount lens has a recess on the mounting flange where a pin protruding from the cameras flange locks into it .
And finally the aperture mechanisms are in two different places and two very different designs .
You can no more Interchange Minolta/Sony lenses on A mount and SR mount bodies as you can on Canon bodies with FD and EOS lenses without an adapter .

Some people have swapped the lens mounts so a lens fits on another body , in some cases kits were made for some mounts , and the lenses still retain infinity focus .


Nikon F and Pentax K ( with limitations) no problem , as they kept the same physical mount .

Galen Tieszen said:

Well, if i'm mistaken, it still works. I even put a beercan lens on my a-700 (with no adapter) before I posted just to make sure I was right, and it mounted fine, and focused fine. Altho, it IS manual focus etc.

The 1mm difference in flange distance has not caused me any problems.

You might check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_SR-mount for more specifics, and also the entry for the Sony A-mount.

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By beercan lens, what lens is that. In Minolta slang the "beercan lens" is the first generation AF 70 to 200 F4. Are you talking about the MF MD version. Maybe post an image? My MC/MD lens will not mate to A mount bodies at all, flanges are all wrong.