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SLR to DSLR lens mount

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Scott.Benson12
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So I am on the brink of convincing my parents to help me out with a t2i, but my parents have some older lenses from their SLR's that they would like to still use on the t2i. They have an old Minolta Maxxum 7000 with an old sigma 75-200. and some others. As I understand it the mount for the Minolta (AF I believe?) is completely different than the EOS mount of the t2i, so my questions are..

Is it as easy as just getting an adapter for the lenses?

Will I loose quality if I do buy an adapter?

Link to lens:

http://http://www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?LENS_ID=1635

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Jun 17 2011 12:07PM
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loganimlach
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if you just google the mount type, i'm sure you will come up with results.

ex. "minolta to eos" gives: http://www.amazon.com/Minolta-lens-Canon-mount-adapter/dp/B000YD77KE
Jun 17 2011 12:37PM
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eheath
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It should work out, you just won't have auto focus and you'll have to adjust the aperture on the lens.
Jun 17 2011 3:16PM
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Scott.Benson12
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awsome thanks guys +k
Jun 17 2011 6:37PM
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TijmenDal
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And you'll lose a lot of IQ because you're putting glass between the sensor and the lens - it does work though.
Jun 18 2011 4:19AM
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eheath
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Only if the adapter has glass...
Jun 18 2011 4:28AM
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