Old SLR lenses, can they be used on DSLRs?

NIMAN

As you can guess, this is my first post in this forum. Total photography numpty.

I have a collection of old lenses with my late fathers Minolta X300, I was wondering if they are compatible with digital cameras?

Heebie

This depends on the camera and the lens, unfortunately.
If you're shooting Pentax, nearly every lens made for Pentax since the 1950's will work. Older lenses may not have auto focus or auto exposure, but you can shoot manually. There are very few exceptions. Samsung makes dSLR's that are also Pentax K-mount and will use the same lenses.
Nikon and Canon have both changed their lens mounts a couple of times in their histories. The Canon Pellix and AE series used FD mount lenses, there's another mount I can't recall the name of, and the current mount type began in the late 1980's or early 90's.. but within that mount type there are different types of auto-focus motors and other variations, so choosing lenses can have some potholes in the road.
Nikon has similar issues to cabin with older lenses.
Generally, there are adapters available to use most older lenses on newer cameras. You lose some image quality and light gathering ability, but you might still be happy with the results. (I have an adapter to put my lenses for my old Canon Pellix QL onto my Pentax dSLR and film SLR, for example)
You may have issues with auto focus and exposure not working with adapters and motor type compatibility in various lenses.
No matter what camera you're using, check the lens compatibility before buying.
Here in Ireland it's not particularly easy to find Pentax kit, as Canon and Nikon are much more popular.

NIMAN

Here's photos of the lens I have, 4 different ones.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hygvt3rtvi2hzeo/DSC_1391.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3rdmhmppzh5gdx/DSC_1392.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kobs0sv6wjsyn58/DSC_1393.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/agdoipvf2uoucv4/DSC_1394.JPG?dl=0


I'm a complete novice when it comes to these, are they of any value or interest to anyone do you think?

CabanSail

What you have there is two prime lenses and two zoom lenses. From the look of the front elements they seem in goo order, but that is just from what can be seen here.

The zooms are:

Sirius 28-70mm f3.5-4.5
Tokina 80-200mm f4.5

The primes are:

Hanimex 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7

Without looking them up I would assume that these would all be manual focus lenses with auto exposure (the camera can vary the aperture)

They may interest someone who has a suitable body but would not be worth a lot of money.

NIMAN

Thanks for that.