mike_fenton1 Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 I recently bought a second hand minolta dynax 7000i. I already possessed two AF lenses for my previous camera (a minolta dynax 3xi). My 70-210/4.5-5.6 zoom lens works perfectly on the 7000i but the 35- 80/4-5.6 lens does not. I noticed that the 7000i camera body and the zoom lens each have only five contact points where they meet whereas the 35.80 mm lens has eight contact points on it (as does my old 3xi camera body). Does this explain why my 7000i camera and 35-80mm lens are incompatible?If so can I change the contact points on the 35-80mm lens so thatit will work with the 7000i camera body (and if I can is this a technical job or could i do it if I had the right components? Regards Mike Fenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_montemarano Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 If your 35-80 is an "xi" lens, and I think it is because of the 8 contacts, there will be some incompatibility with cameras earlier than the xi series. Not sure what the incompatibilities are. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_jackson3 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I had similar problems with a 7000i and the 80-200 power zoom lens. The xi series requires the extra contacts to power the motor in the lens that does the 'power zooming'. As far as I know, xi lenses should work by selecting the manual zoom setting, but it's annoying to have features on the lens that don't work correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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