which minolta 50mm

[florenceinitaly]

Hi everyone

I have a sony a 500 and looking to get a minolta 50mm f1.7 AF lens, I found several on ebay but there seems to be several variations. I understand there are some that won't mount unless an adapter is present, I don't want to get that one.

Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

For example, I found this

Minolta Maxxum AF Lens 50mm 1:1.7 AF50 - eBay (item 160398554562 end time Feb-01-10 18:16:12 PST)

which I think is not mountable without an adapter.

Then there's this:

MINOLTA MAXXUM AF 50mm 1.7 for SONY ALPHA MINOLTA - eBay (item 190367447182 end time Jan-30-10 18:02:41 PST)

Which obviously says iis for Sony - is there a difference between the two items, and if so how do you know?

 

[florenceinitaly]

i know someone has the answer!

 

[jossy]

hi any minolta af lens will work on sony alpha

 

[Andyvalver]

I bought the sony 50mm 1.8 sam lens. I think thats great if thats a help.

 

[--ares--]

The second link feels a little sketchy to me, he says he tried it on a 5D, I didn't know Canons had the same mount type as minolta/sony...

 

[dragon12]

as long as the minolta lens is af it will work with any sony