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    Dec 04, 2018 3 minutes
    Q&A compiled by Ian Burley

    Lens choices for a Dynax 800si SLR

    QI've just renewed an old interest in film and have a Minolta Dynax 800si. I'm thinking of getting a Tamron Macro zoom (AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD) and wondered if a Di lens (I or II) can be used with a film camera? The current lens is the Minolta AF 35-70mm f/4 so I assumed another AF would be OK.

    Ollie Jardine

    ATamron’s ‘Di’ designation means Digitally integrated. This was meant to reassure photographers that their

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