DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

Trying to understand which version of a Minolta film era lens

Started Apr 26, 2021 | Discussions thread
Moggi1964
OP Moggi1964 Regular Member • Posts: 448
Re: Trying to understand which version of a Minolta film era lens

Heritage Cameras wrote:

Moggi1964 wrote:

I picked up this lens with an SRT100X.

It seems to be a first generation 50mm F/2 but I only see ones with Rokkor on the lens have either P or X alongside it; this one doesn't.

Any info you can provide is appreciated.

Thanks.

The X suffix was used on Minolta lenses for the US market (or possibly North American – not sure). This lens would have been sold as an MD Rokkor in most countries, but an MD Rokkor-X in America. This was a measure designed to minimise grey imports (products brought into the country other than via the official distributor).

Thank you, that is very helpful.

 Moggi1964's gear list:Moggi1964's gear list
Olympus E-M1 II Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8 Olympus 12-40mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro +5 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow