I understand that you guys have cameras that will attach to Minolta lenses. If so I want to purchase one

Question

I have several lenses and a Celestron telescope that used my old Minolta camera body. I want to be able to use them on a digital camera and I understand that you guys took over Minolta. Do you have a camera body that you can sell me that will fit this bill? And I'm not looking to spend an exorbidant price and don't need a ton of bells and whistles..

Answer 1

Sony bought the camera division of Konica Minolta, and continues to use the Minolta A-Mount for its interchangeable lens DSLR and SLT cameras, so any A-Mount lens made for a Minolta or Konica Minolta camera since 1985 will probably work fine on any Sony Alpha with a two- or three-digit model number. In addition, Sony sells adapters so those same lenses can be used with Sony's Alpha models with one- or four-digit model numbers, albeit not with complete functionality. Lenses made before 1985 would use Minolta's older SR-Mount (MC/MD), which can be adapted to work with Sony's current interchangteable lens cameras, the adapters only provide a simple mechanical connection which doesn't support any autofocus or autoexposure capabilities that the camera may have.