Which adapter?

[Snapper123]

Hey guys, today my family found two old dusty lenses, a Sigma 70-210 4-5.6 with 52 Filter, and a complete manual non-circular zoom Tokina 80-200 (also with constant apeture option if Im right) with 55mm size. The latter is in the worst shape, with huge specks internally (from what looks like on the inside of the outer glass) But what adaptors do I use to fit these on my T2i? These lenses were for an old Minolta film camera, although i want to say the Sigma may have been for an older canon camera, with how the mount looks (looks nothing like the Tokina + it has electronic notches.)

Also whats neat is on these lenses where a Photoco UV filter and a Hoya "Skylight" filter, just guessing thats UV too. Both of the filters are in bad shape too, though.

But yeah, if I could get these lenses checked and cleaned up, they'd cover that 80-200 need! Any certain mount adaptors that you'd recommend for these two?

 

[Snapper123]

Just an update:

I found out that all of these lenses are for the minolta camera, and now I have three:

1. A 70-210
2. A 55-80 (I think.)
3. A 80-200 that has a weirder mount than the latter two.

So are there are pointers to which adaptor I would need for these lenses?

 

[Mark Von Lanken]

Here's a link for the Minolta to EOS adapter.
http://www.fotodiox.com/product_info.php?products_id=495&osCsid=75a3aa538f86185c90098e66f38f45bb

I have heard that Minolta and Canon FD lenses that require the glass element in the adapter are not the best choice. Lenses like Nikon, Pentax, Contax/Yashica, Olympus as well as all of the M42 mounts work really well with EOS adapters.

 

[Snapper123]

Hey, thats the exact adapter I ended up ordering, but guess what? I got it in today, and the Minolta lenses don't fit on it! I'm not quite sure why, the adapter fits on my camera fine, but the lenses don't fit on the adapter by a hair. These are 90's lenses, if that helps...but I'm not sure why they won't fit, the lens' mounts are just a tad too small for my EOS, yet just a tad too big for the adapter =/. I don't have a clue.

 

[Snapper123]

Hey guys, I just thought I'd add to this thread since there's no need making a new one, one of my relatives just gave me a 70-300mm Canon Lens, it has no IS and I think it was made for just EF, but hey, it works. The thing I'm noticing though, is that I feel like the things I get from it aren't turning out very crisp at all; actually sort of blurry and hazy on the details, like say when I zoom into the photo to see what's going on. I doubt it's the lens, it's right out of the box and all, but I'm suspecting that because of the type of lens it is, it may makes haze problems (like with outdoors) more apperant. I've tried a tripod and all, doing every setting I can to make sure there's no movement but...I'm not sure, I feel like I may truly need a filter and the problem may truly be just hazy sunlight and low contrast.

So are there any really good filters out there that do help the detail in daylight, even to add contrast and things? UV, Polarizer, ect ect overall I still need help on that sort of thing, and with so many brands, I can't ever find specific help! All I wish is that filters $30 or under are recommended!

Also, if anyone still has an answer about the adapter question above, please lemme know!

 

[PerroneFord]

Post a few photos of the problem. And we can make suggestions.