neilt3
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Re: Any Minolta film fans on the forum?
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I'm shooting more film than digital I reckon these days .
Most used cameras are probably a couple of Dynax 7's , and a Dynax 9 with Rollei Infrared in it .
For a lightweight system it tends to be a Minolta X500 and X700 .
I've got most of the Minolta manual focus and auto focus SLR's including the Vectis APS cameras .
And a full range of lenses to go with them .
Also some point and shoot Minolta's too .
I started off with Minolta as my first proper film camera ( after a cheap and nasty point and shoot )
That was a Minolta 7000AF that I bought around 1995 with the Minolta 35-70mm f/4 , 70-210mm f/4 and 50mm f/1.7 . All of which I still have .
Took a few months wages to save up for them , partly because we weren't payed much then and partly because if the amount of beer drunk .....
I bought the Sony a100 early 2007 so I could continue using my Minolta lenses .
Jessops in the U.K were flogging off a load of Minolta Gear just after Sony took over the camera division . I picked up a new Dynax 5 and kit lens for £30 , and new lenses for not a lot .
Around then people were also panicking thinking A mount was dead ( yep , stuck record !) And we're dumping their gear on eBay , so picked up lots of nice gear for next to nothing .
Apparently film died as well so everyone chucked lots of nice things on eBay for next to nowt !
Darkroom gear must have been very dead as that was being given away for free or next to free .
Turned out film isn't dead so prices have gone through back threw the roof , but I've already got what I want . A camera I payed £5 ten years ago sell for £100 now . Funny how things go in circles ...
Other 35mm gear I have are Contax , Canon , Nikon , Olympus , Pentax , lots of Russian SLR's and range finder cameras etc .
Medium format gear is Bronica ETRSi , Kiev 88 , SLR'S , and loads of TLR's from Mamiya , Minolta , Yashica , Lomo , Voightlander and the latest is a couple of Rolleicords .
And a bit of large format too , 5x4 and 7x5 .
All good fun and very affordable now compared to what the gear cost new or even used not too many years ago .