SLR lens mount

Minolta SR / MC / MD mount

Everything about the Minolta SR / MC / MD: flange focal distance, native lenses, cameras and which adapters keep infinity focus.

43.50 mm
Flange focal distance
44.0 mm
Throat diameter
1958
Introduced
SLR
System type
1
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Mount facts#

Mount
Minolta SR / MC / MD
Maker
Minolta
Type
SLR
Flange focal distance
43.50 mm
Formats
Full frame
Electronic contacts / AF
No (mechanical / manual)
Production
1958–2001

About the Minolta SR / MC / MD#

Minolta's manual-focus SR bayonet (Rokkor MC/MD lenses).

Minolta SR / MC / MD lenses#

1 native lenses, widest to longest.

LensFocalApertureFormatType
Tokina TELE-AUTO 135mm f/2.8135 mmf/2.8Full framePortrait / short tele prime

Use Minolta SR / MC / MD lenses on other cameras#

AdapterPossible?Flange gap
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Sony E-mountYes · manual+25.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Canon RFYes · manual+23.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Nikon ZYes · manual+27.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Fujifilm X-mountYes · manual+25.80 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Micro Four ThirdsYes · manual+24.25 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → L-MountYes · manual+23.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Canon EF-MYes · manual+25.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Fujifilm G-mountYes · manual+16.80 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Hasselblad XCDYes · manual+25.36 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Nikon 1 (CX)Yes · manual+26.50 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Pentax QYes · manual+34.30 mm
Minolta SR / MC / MD → Samsung NXYes · manual+18.00 mm

Adapting basics#

A lens can be adapted with simple tube spacers when its flange distance is longer than the camera's. With 43.50 mm, Minolta SR / MC / MD lenses can in principle go on bodies with shorter flanges such as Canon FD, Canon FL, Start, Konica AR, Konica F-mount, Four Thirds. Bodies with this mount can take lenses from longer-flange systems such as Exakta, Pentax K, M42 screw mount, M37×1, Contax/Yashica (C/Y), Mamiya Z, Deckel (DKL), Braun Paxette Reflex DKL-mount.

Sources & licences#

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