serial number 218224
you can find the minolta users guide for the freedom zoom at THE PIRATE BAY, it's a free download if pdf format
$35?
The minolta AF mount can fit Sony, Sigma, Tamron, Tonika, Carl Zeiss, Konika-Minolta lenses. Minolta and Sony are the most compatible for lenses - it depends on the type of lense you are looking for macros, zoom, fixed. There is atleast 94 seperate lenses that are compatible however.
Yes, the SONY ALPHA series of DSLRs have the MINOLTA mount. When Sony took over the Minolta business line, they continued the proprietary MINOLTA lens mount and the Minolta flash shoe, which are unique- that is, ONLY A MINOLTA OR SONY LENS OR FLASH WILL FIT A SONY ALPHA camera. There might be some drawbacks, however. Depending on the focal length, year of production, number of electronic contacts, and type of Minolta AF lens (check the number of gold contacts on the side of the lens that goes into the camera), some of the lenses that have more that five (5) contacts might not work perfectly with the SONY Alpha camera. This is because most of the MINOLTA lenses with 7 or more contacts are POWER ZOOMS- that is, they zoom in and out if you twist the lens grip/ body under power from the camera. SONY has NOT continued this technology, and so the POWER ZOOM MINOLTA LENS will definitely not zoom in and out if mounted on a SONY ALPHA camera body. In its final years of production before the SONY takeover, MINOLTA made so many lenses with so many technological features (such as the POWER ZOOM) built into the lenses themselves. But don't worry...the best thing about having good old MINOLTA AF lenses is that they WILL fit a SONY ALPHA DLSR body. It's up to you to play with the combination of lenses and camera bodies to see what ANTIQUE (Minolta lens) you can still use with a SUPER NEW (Sony Alpha) camera. That's where most of the fun of photography is.
About $72 - 90.
Minolta was created in 1928.
5x zoom
Yes, the Minolta Maxxum 7000 lens will work with a digital Minolta camera. Any digital Minolta SLR with interchangeable lens capabilities will work with a Minolta lens.
The population of Konica Minolta is 38,310.
Konica Minolta was created in 1873.
Konica Minolta's motto is 'The essentials of imaging'.