Nikon d3400 & Canon sl2

[penuttmman]

hi I'm looking to buy my first DSLR and my grandpa has some lenses that he had like 20-30 years ago from the brand Minolta and Sigma so is there any camera that I could use them on? thank you! I'm still debating to get Nikon d3400 or the canon sl2.

 

[benhasajeep]

The Minolta will not work on either Nikon or Canon without an adaptor. The Sigma is a brand but doesn't mean what camera mount it has. If his older lens is a Minolta, my guess is the Sigma is also a Minolta mount lens.

The better adaptors allow focus to infinity. To do this they have a corrector lens. The one's I know of in the $35 to $50 range that have a corrector lens has a multiplication factor of 1.4x.

 

[Derrel]

FORGET ABOUT using 20- to 30-year-old Minolta mount manual focusing lenses on a brand-new, d-slr camera! Just forget about it. NEITHER Nikon F-mount NOR Canon EF-mount d-slr cameras work well with Minolta's old lenses. Minolta's old lens mount is not a very compatible mount with a Canon or Nikon d-slr camera system, plus you're just, as a beginnr, WASTING time and shot opportunities futzing around with lens f/stops and manually trying to squint-focus MF lenses on AF cameras that have small, squinty, sub-standard viewfinder images.

Stick with _modern_, system-specific autofocusing lenses!!! The results in sticking with modern, camera-brand-spoecific autofocusing lenses will, for a beginner, especially on entry-level compact d-slr bodies like the two you mentioned, be well,well worth it!

For the beginning shooter, using a compact, pentamirror type d-slr, using obsolete lenses, or lenses that require a glass element in the lens adapter is just an exercise in missed shots, bad light metering, and flub-ups. SYSTEM-specific lenses, those designed for modern, autofocusing cameras, are the very best bet for the beginning shooter!

 

[Derrel]

If you _must_ choose a d-slr, then SKIP MInolta's lenses, and g to a better-suiuted brand, like Nikon F-mount lenses, or Yashica/Contax mount, or some others. See this page for a good deal of information on adapting lenses to EOS mount (Canon EF mount).

Due to flange-to-film distance (flange-to-sensor), Nikon F-mountd-slr cameras are not a good choice for using adapted, off-mount type lenses, since the F-mount's flange-to-film distance of 44.5mm (IMMSMC) requires a glass element in the adapter to achieve Infinity focus with off-mount lenses; Canon will NOT need a glass element.

Canon EOS Adapters