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ME | 10/18/14 | swampsniper

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Another of the old Minolta classics to play with. It's a constant f4.5, highly rated for IQ and really compact. This may just be my new favorite walkaround lens.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I have more Minolta lenses than Sony, I’m addicted to them!!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

They are the only choice. The manual focus lenses use a different mount.

[TomGuy]

WOW

I bought a digital Kodak cheapy a couple of years ago.

It doesn’t have a way to take a picture of a box with a red x in it.

How did you do that? Is that one of those expensive filters or something?

:)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

http://youtu.be/J1-1Iv-end8

[yarddog]

Yes the auto focus lenses are the ones which are compatible. I do have a couple of old Minolta 2X teleconverters which convert the old manual focus lenses to work with the autofocus bodies.

Of course you still have to focus them manually. Each Minolta body has a setting which you use with non autofocus lenses as there were some which were compatible but not autofocus.

Oddly every body uses a different setting. I don’t know why they didn’t use the same one for all of them.

[Yosemitest]

Thanks to both of you.
I really liked, no ~ loved my Minolta 7000 Camera and attachments.
I think I've got 4 lenses for it (I haven't handled it in quite a few years), and they're all made for that series of Auto Focus Cameras.
I believe I can still get both the programmable back and the camera body serviced by a professional.
It's one of the older series of camera's that they will service.
I wanted the 9000 body, but my brother talked me out of it and to the 7000.

[yarddog]

Film bodies are so cheap now that it would be far cheaper to replace them with much newer ones than to repair them.

Both the 7000 and 9000 had to have their lcd screens replaced after a few years. My repairman used to charge only $20 for it including the parts but he has long since retired and I am sure the parts are no longer available.

[cicero2k]

I am a Sony Nex 7 owner and settled on a Sony fixed focal length 50mm. Equivalent to 100mm in 35mm film format.

Sure I miss a few wide angle shots, but the ability to grab a narrow range in detail makes up fot it. Plus the Bokeh is outstanding.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

With my interest in birds I need all the glass I can get. I can cover everything from 35mm to 600mm.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

They were notorious for bleeding LCD screens

[Yosemitest]

Thanks.
Now, I got to get the jeweler's screwdriver set and the batteries and then read again the instructions for the programable back and do them both at the same time. I had it serviced without the programable back on it back in 95 and when it came back it was working great.
I replaced to standard back with the programable back and turned it on, and it died on the spot.
And I haven;t tried to get them both serviced.

But with these instructions, I can probably do it myself.

I really like that camera and lenses, and I've taken some great photos with it.
It's big and bulky, and when I bought them in 1985, back then I paid over 3 grand for all of it.
But I've had a lot of fun with the set.
The camera and all the lenses and the cleaning kit and filters will fill up a kid's school backpack and is quite heavy.
But with the 28-85 lens and the 70-210 Lens, and the Macro Zoom 1x-3x lens, along with the standard 50 MM lens that came with it, it was great.

The thought of being able to use it again, is also great.
I may have to find another flash for it because I believe it suffered a battery leak and corrosion, and I've got the stand off shutter controller with about 15 feet of cable.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Looks like a simple job.

Have you got the 70-210 f4, the "Beercan"?

[uglybiker]

Needs flashing yellow lights or it’s not legal. :-P

[SWAMPSNIPER]

My Minolta AF collection up until I got the new addition.

Those big guys are heavy, I love them but my neck is getting old. The new f4.5 will be a joy to carry, enough range much of the time.

[ErnBatavia]

...and pilot cars - front and back.

[Yosemitest]

I was just checking E-bay and it's amazing how many of them are still out there and are selling cheap.
They really are quality equipment, even if they are old.
I was just pulling mine out and looking through them and my Datas Back is the D7 model.
But they are heavy, and I lugged that bag of camera equipment all through the military.
It'll be next month (payday) before I can see if they work, and then I've got to find someone in town who still develops 35 mm film.
I'll have to buy some film.

[Yosemitest]

I'd have to look again to see if it's "f4".
It's a 70-219 1:4 (32) in the leather hard carrying case.

[Yosemitest]

CORRECTION:

I'd have to look again to see if it's "f4".
It's a 70-210 1:4 (32) in the leather hard carrying case.

[Yosemitest]

Is there a digital camera that uses a flash card memory, that would use those lenses so you could load them into a computer without having to scan them in ?

[yarddog]

As far as I know, all digital cameras can be uploaded to a computer using supplied cables or maybe in some you would have to buy a simple USB cord.

If you don’t want to do it that was you can take the memory card out of the camera and use a memory card reader to upload to the computer. Some computers have a built in reader.