Where to find Minolta lenses?

p3special · 26th May 2006

Hi guys, i'm considering buying a used Minolta digital camera. But a friend of mine just warned me today that it would be next to impossible to find anymore Minolta lenses or accessories at the stores - even old-stock ones. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? Please advise where and if i can purchase new lenses & accessories should you have the information. i will be very grateful to anyone who can help me out of this predicament. Thank you.

GENO · 26th May 2006

Originally Posted by p3special

Hi guys, i'm considering buying a used Minolta digital camera. But a friend of mine just warned me today that it would be next to impossible to find anymore Minolta lenses or accessories at the stores - even old-stock ones. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? Please advise where and if i can purchase new lenses & accessories should you have the information. i will be very grateful to anyone who can help me out of this predicament. Thank you.

wait a little longer for sony to lanch their new system...by then. u will be eating grass if u BBB!haha

jsbn · 27th May 2006

Well, if u're looking at lenses, I believe TCW does carry a few Minolta lenses. Alternatively, if u insist, die-die want the Minolta brand and willing to wait, I do make trips to Japan at least once or twice a year. Brand new as well as top condition 2nd hand Minolta stuff are still available in Japan at the smaller stores (yes, be awed. Japan does have a huge Minolta following).

If any of u guys require Minolta stuff on my next trip just tell me when I start a thread for Minolta MO when I go over.

KPuser · 27th May 2006

wow. bro. you are so kind! looking forward for your MO. ^_^

yeocolin · 27th May 2006

Originally Posted by jsbn

Well, if u're looking at lenses, I believe TCW does carry a few Minolta lenses. Alternatively, if u insist, die-die want the Minolta brand and willing to wait, I do make trips to Japan at least once or twice a year. Brand new as well as top condition 2nd hand Minolta stuff are still available in Japan at the smaller stores (yes, be awed. Japan does have a huge Minolta following).

If any of u guys require Minolta stuff on my next trip just tell me when I start a thread for Minolta MO when I go over.

Thanks! Will look forward to your Minolta MO.

yeocolin · 27th May 2006

Originally Posted by p3special

Hi guys, i'm considering buying a used Minolta digital camera. But a friend of mine just warned me today that it would be next to impossible to find anymore Minolta lenses or accessories at the stores - even old-stock ones. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? Please advise where and if i can purchase new lenses & accessories should you have the information. i will be very grateful to anyone who can help me out of this predicament. Thank you.

Not true at all that KM stuff will suddenly vanish. Then again, I'm talking about 2nd hand KM branded equipment. Cos KM has stopped producing their photography equipment, so whatever equivalent that is fresh off the production line will be Sony branded, but we expect it to work just as well as the KM branded stuff. Judging from the service they provide at Sony store for KM photography equipment, there is some hope that there is some continuity.

Eyesthruthelens · 27th May 2006

..ebay..

jsbn · 27th May 2006

Also, Sony pledges support for the A-Mount as well as there'll be 20 new lens line up expected.

Like what colin said, "Whatever rolls off the assembly line will be Sony branded." That's just about it. On a business sense, it doesn't pay to abandon the thousands and millions of KM users to start doing radically new cameras and accessories that are not backward compatible. It would be significantly cheaper to start rolling out 'new' stuff which are actually rebadged items since Sony bought over KM's imaging division.

jsbn · 27th May 2006

Originally Posted by yeocolin

Thanks! Will look forward to your Minolta MO.

U missed out the earlier one unfortunately.

Hopefully my remaining annual leave allows me to go there again at the end of the year where there are lotsa consecutive holidays though.

smtan24 · 27th May 2006

Seems B&H in USA are still selling KOnica Minolta.

TMC · 27th May 2006

Prices for 2H KM stuff have gone up. Imagine 80-200 going for like 2K

jsbn · 27th May 2006

80-200... That's a very Good lens.

yeocolin · 27th May 2006

Originally Posted by TMC

Prices for 2H KM stuff have gone up. Imagine 80-200 going for like 2K

80-200 has always been going for 2k.
SSM lens I think are 3k.

yeocolin · 27th May 2006

Originally Posted by jsbn

U missed out the earlier one unfortunately.

Hopefully my remaining annual leave allows me to go there again at the end of the year where there are lotsa consecutive holidays though.

Yes, I saw your post. I didn't have anything in mind then. I still don't have anything in mind now.

But it doesn't hurt to know that somebody is going down to get some KM accessories. Who knows what I'll think of getting in the future?

Realistically, I think my set up is about there. Don't see why I should add any more big time accessories unless I start to do exclusive macro work or shoot wildlife etc. Then I'll need things like ring flash or prime telephotos.

26th May 2006	#1
p3special Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 55	Where to find Minolta lenses? Hi guys, i'm considering buying a used Minolta digital camera. But a friend of mine just warned me today that it would be next to impossible to find anymore Minolta lenses or accessories at the stores - even old-stock ones. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? Please advise where and if i can purchase new lenses & accessories should you have the information. i will be very grateful to anyone who can help me out of this predicament. Thank you.

27th May 2006	#3
jsbn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Planet Eropagnis Posts: 2,977	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? Well, if u're looking at lenses, I believe TCW does carry a few Minolta lenses. Alternatively, if u insist, die-die want the Minolta brand and willing to wait, I do make trips to Japan at least once or twice a year. Brand new as well as top condition 2nd hand Minolta stuff are still available in Japan at the smaller stores (yes, be awed. Japan does have a huge Minolta following). If any of u guys require Minolta stuff on my next trip just tell me when I start a thread for Minolta MO when I go over. __________________ "Wonders of the Human Mind. Unfathomable to the highest degree."

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KPuser Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 555	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? wow. bro. you are so kind! looking forward for your MO. ^_^

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Eyesthruthelens Deregistered Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sengkang Posts: 1,691	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? ..ebay..

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jsbn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Planet Eropagnis Posts: 2,977	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? Also, Sony pledges support for the A-Mount as well as there'll be 20 new lens line up expected. Like what colin said, "Whatever rolls off the assembly line will be Sony branded." That's just about it. On a business sense, it doesn't pay to abandon the thousands and millions of KM users to start doing radically new cameras and accessories that are not backward compatible. It would be significantly cheaper to start rolling out 'new' stuff which are actually rebadged items since Sony bought over KM's imaging division. __________________ "Wonders of the Human Mind. Unfathomable to the highest degree."

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smtan24 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 1,482	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? Seems B&H in USA are still selling KOnica Minolta.

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TMC Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Beyond Space-Time Continuum Posts: 5,921	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? Prices for 2H KM stuff have gone up. Imagine 80-200 going for like 2K __________________ Selling: 32GB Thumbdrive - Patriot Xporter XT 120sgd (Price reduced)

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jsbn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Planet Eropagnis Posts: 2,977	Re: Where to find Minolta lenses? 80-200... That's a very Good lens. __________________ "Wonders of the Human Mind. Unfathomable to the highest degree."