Welcome to Minolta MF lens on CANON EOS DSRL with EOS-MD flange

Hello to all,

my name is Mauro from Italy.

I'm to annunce to all that I'have mounted with SUCCESS
all my Minolta MC/MD Rokkor lens on my CANON EOS 300D body
with capabilitis to achieve infinity focusing using ONLY a
meccanical
flange and so without using any internal optical elements.

This is possible with my NEW customized EOS-MD FLANGE.

The Minolta MC/MD lens that I currently own and use with GREAT
RESULT
on my EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) are:

MDW. Rokkor 24/2.8
MD Rokkor 28/2.8
MCW. Rokkor 35/1.8 HH
MC Rokkor 50/1.4 PG
MD Rokkor 50/1.4
MC Rokkor 50/3.5 Macro
MC Rokkor 85/1.7
MD Tele Rokkor 100/2.5
MC Tele Rokkor 200/3.5
MD Tele Rokkor IF 300mm f4.5
MD Zoom 35-70 f3.5 (Leitz version)
MD Zoom 70-210 f4 (Leitz version)

and also

Sigma 15/2.8 fisheye
Sigma 2X MACRO 1:1

YES,
I speak about GREAT RESULTS because Minolta MC/MC lens are fitted
on
my EOS 300D with a customized flange
that I design (now, I have submitted the realization of the EOS-MD
flanges to a laboratory of mechanics
of precision) with a register equal to 43.5mm and with Minolta MD
meccanical mount. Due to 43.5mm register
design, there is not need optical elements between Minolta MC/MD
lens
and CANON CMOS digital sensor and so
adaptation is ONLY mechanical.

COMPATIBILITY ISSUE WITH EOS DSRL CAMERA:
The EOS-MD flange is fully compatible with ALL CANON EOS DSRL with
APS-C sensor (expecially with EOS 300D,
10D, 20D and 30D), no modification is demanded, neither from CANON
EOS
body and neither for Minolta lens.

The EOS-MD flange can be mount on a EOS 5D (FULL FRAME with 1X
crop
factor) body, but in this case It is necessary
to modify or Minolta Lens or EOS 5D body (but not both !) because
Minolta Lens's aperture pin
interferes with the EOS 5D's mirror.
If you choose to modify the Minolta MC/MD lens you have to remove
about 0.6mm from lens aperture pin.
If you choose to modify the EOS 5D camera you have simply to
remove
about 1mm from plastic on top/right
of the piece of plastic where are located the electrical contact.
(see red rectangle in this image: )
http://web.tiscali.it/deploy/photo/5D.jpg
Minolta MC/MD lens fitted on this EOS-MD flange (on a DSRL EOS
body
with APS-C sensor)
is affected by 1.6X crop factor like ALL CANON EF 35mm lens
(so, for example, a Rokkor 50/1.4 has the same angle of view than
a
80/1.4 lens)

IMHO,
this EOS-MD flange, if mounted on a CANON EOS DSRL, allowes to use
your Minolta MC/MD Rokkor lens
much better than on a OLYMPUS four 4/3 camera (like E500/E400/
E330).
This occurs because CANON EOS DSRL have in general better
performance
than Olympus 4/3 at high iso speed
(I think all people agrees about this...).
Another advantage is that CANON's crop factor is 1.6X and not 2X
like
on Olympus 4/3 camera.

The ONLY disadvantage using this EOS-MD flange is that it is
necessary to mount it in substitution of
the original EOS EF flange. I remember you that this solution is
reversible and so you can return to the
original CANON EF mount simply dismounting and mounting the two
flanges.

NOTE that this solution is the ONLY that allowes to use Minolta MC/
MD
lens without ANY "loss of quality" and WITH POSSIBILITY TO REACH
INFINITY FOCUS ALSO WITH WIDE
ANGLE LENS SET AT WIDE OPEN on a CANON EOS DSRL camera.

A personal review about this EOS-MD flange is available on my web
site
at this address:

http://web.tiscali.it/deploy/engv/eosmd.htm

Here you will find both technical information, with photo, and
selling
information if you are interested to buy it.

Thanks to all for the attention.

Mauro - ITALY
http://web.tiscali.it/deploy