MAXXUM 7000 Lens Options

My father has a Maxxum 7000, which he bought with a 30-70 zoom lens
with macro mode. He’s bought a few other lenses over the years
but this zoom is his primary and it is beginning to fall apart. The
camera is still in good shape. Yes it’s older than dirt,
rudimentary in auto focus by today’s standard and painfully
slow, but it suits his needs and he is happy with it. I’ve done
a bit of searching and found Minolta no longer supports this model.
What are his options to replace this lens? Will current Minolta
products fit and function?

Thanks in advance.
Daryl

Any Minolta AF lens, except the xi series power zoom lenses (happily, there
aren't many out there), will work with the 7000.

Mike
"daryl1138" wrote in message
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My father has a Maxxum 7000, which he bought with a 30-70 zoom lens
with macro mode. He’s bought a few other lenses over the years
but this zoom is his primary and it is beginning to fall apart. The
camera is still in good shape. Yes it’s older than dirt,
rudimentary in auto focus by today’s standard and painfully
slow, but it suits his needs and he is happy with it. I’ve done
a bit of searching and found Minolta no longer supports this model.
What are his options to replace this lens? Will current Minolta
products fit and function?

Thanks in advance.
Daryl

daryl1138 wrote:

My father has a Maxxum 7000, which he bought with a 30-70 zoom lens
with macro mode. He’s bought a few other lenses over the years
but this zoom is his primary and it is beginning to fall apart. The
camera is still in good shape. Yes it’s older than dirt,
rudimentary in auto focus by today’s standard and painfully
slow, but it suits his needs and he is happy with it. I’ve done
a bit of searching and found Minolta no longer supports this model.
What are his options to replace this lens? Will current Minolta
products fit and function?


Maxxum lenses are compatible up and down the line. A Maxxum lens
you buy today should work on that old beast.

But avoid xi lenses if you can (they are no longer made, but if
you come across a used one, just give it a curious glance, no
more...).

I don't know the lens you're referring to, there is nothing like
that in todays range. So look for a used one, perhaps on ebay.

If macro is a neccesity in a similar focal length range ... not
sure what is the best course... Minolta no longer have macro-zoom
lenses (new). Sigma might have lens that does the job, but in
this range the optics will likely not be great.

If macro is not a neccesity then the 28-100, 24-105, 28-105,
35-70, 35-80 lenses may be of interest.

In that list, I believe the 28-105 is slightly sharper than the
24-105. The others I don't anything about, others may chip in.

Cheers,
Alan


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(daryl1138) wrote in
m:

What are his options to replace this lens? Will current Minolta
products fit and function?

If he was happy with his 35-70/4, by all means buy another one. They are
very common on the used market, dirt cheap, and excellent.