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Any Minolta film fans on the forum?

Started May 29, 2019 | Discussions thread
SQLGuy
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Re: Nostalgia

felix from the suburbs wrote:

I own several Minolta film cameras (Maxxum 7000, 9000 and XST) that I had used for a long time and was very happy with them. I have long thought about getting back into film (really liked slide film), but inertia must have set in because I just keep buying more memory cards instead of film. I suspect digital has simply become more convenient and grown more familiar to me than film. Funny thing is that I still read the DPR announcements every time a new slide film is introduced or re-introduced and so I guess the struggle between nostalgia and convenience continues.

I'm not familiar with the XST, but I have a 7000 and a non-working 9000. Though they were pretty good cameras at the time, the technology had advanced tremendously by the end of the Maxxum film line. The Maxxum 7 is a really easy way to shoot film for someone that knows, or has become used to, DSLRs. Much better AF, much better flash support, many more options, exposure mapping on its really useful LCD, and, IMO, best of all, "EXIF", in the form of a memory of exposure information for up to seven rolls of film.

I would definitely recommend the 7, if you want to get some use out of A mount lenses, with a really modern film camera. The only annoyance I've found with it is the lithium batteries it uses, but these can be bought in bulk from Amazon.

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