Re: Still looking for a minolta
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1) I think more people might find this forum if it was just the "Minolta" forum instead of the Konica Minolta forum. I know I never thought to look under "K" for a forum about Minolta cameras.
2) Yes, there are a lot less posts in this forum. But if you look at the other forums so many of the posts are "my camera is better than your camera", "which multi thousand dollar body should I add to my collection of unused camera bodies next", "wow, this x hype from company y will finally make me a good photographer", "I am better than you are because I just spent thousands of dollars on the very latest body/lens"... etc. Personally I kind of appreciate the slower pace of this forum even if it isn't maxed out with meaningless shatter.
3) I think many members that post here share an appreciation of some excellent classic film/digital cameras that also have some deep sentimental value if not a huge dollar value.
4) I also believe that many members of this forum have been around photography a lot longer and have an appreciation that extends further than the latest hype. And the members that post here without the history of some of the others have more appreciation for actual photography than of all the latest hype.
I own 8 or so 7/8/9 series Maxxum bodies, ones that I couldn't afford when they were new, and my favorite body is still the Maxxum 7000 my father bought in 1985 and I used exclusively for well over 10 years. There is a lot of solid metal in the 7000 camera which can be purchased for under $20 today that the later bodies are missing. The same with the original Maxxum lenses. When I play with my Maxxum 7 or Maxxum 9 bodies I have found that they really aren't a whole lot more capable than the 7000 when it comes down to actually taking pictures. All of that hype from the trade rags back in the day was really just that... hype. It worked because Iusted after all those beautiful fancy and expensive bodies I could never afford back then. This has taught me a good lesson that I do my best not to forget when reading about the A1 (or what ever body) today!