Minolta lenses?

Minolta MD and Canon EOS are only .5mm difference in flange to focal distance. So getting an adapter without a lens in it is pretty much impossible. However I use Minolta MD glass on my GH1 (m4/3 mount) with lens-less adapter all the time and it works great.
 
my uncle is doing photography, so the panasonics is not really good for photography. Do you think an adapter for Nikon would be much better? and what do you mean by spending an adapter without a lens in it is pretty much impossible?
 
I kind of thought the same thing. But as I've learned over the last day or so, the newer m4/3 cameras are great for photography. Unless he's doing extremely low light stuff. Remember that both Panasonic and Olympus make m43 cameras and lenses. The new Olympus E-M5 is getting great reviews.

There are adapters for Minolta MD to Canon EOS that are sold with correction lenses in them which adjust the focus to infinity, but in doing so will introduce another lens between the camera and the primary lens. This can and probably will reduce the quality of the images, so it is not advisable.
 
What kind of Minolta lenses? I've been assuming older MD style lenses up until this point, but if they are AF (Minolta A Mount) lenses, they will natively work on Sony Alpha cameras.
 
Before you get too invested in a body, keep in mind that any DSLR or mirrorless camera you get will have a 1.5x or greater crop factor, your 24mm wide angle will now be a 36mm, your fast 50/1.4 is now a 75 or 80mm.

If that's still okay with him, then your best bets are a Samsung NX20 or Sony NEX7. You definitely want a builtin EVF. If you want to go cheap, a Samsung NX10 can be found on the used market for under $300-.

I have several m43 bodies myself, including the GH2, but the 2x crop factor is just a bit much for most of my Minolta primes.
 
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