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Minolta XG-1 and 200X flash

Started Aug 4, 2007 | Discussions thread
ralvaminoltauser New Member • Posts: 3
Re: Minolta XG-1 and 200X flash

11/21/21...

Well, I have collected a few of these minolta cameras and flash units; bottom line it must

be the xg-1 camera, I purchased a used xg-m recently and ran the gamut on 2 -200x units and 1-320px unit, same results, gave me 2 to 3 flash/shutter cycles then locked up. So,

I have an original xg-7; one of the original xg's and voila; all flash units mentioned above fire non-stop with autowinder and without autowinder and no lockups; as should be; so in my case and probably yours as age with new xg series when minolta sold to konica they probably used cheaper transistors/wiring and the works and their cameras and thus degradation over time detiorates the circuitry and eventually peters outs...the xg-m I bid/bought($32.00) on e-bay works great without any lockups when flash is not used, but i noticed the self timer light fluctuates(again due to cheap electronics to make more $$$ on short run); bottom line; srt's and early xds/xgs/xks are quality well made while the more automated series are only good for so long before kaputz...same with original lenses which come in boxes with pictures on lens packaging(original minolta brand); vs konica/minolta which come in white/blue boxes with rising sun logo in brand(cheaper lenses)...so I use the original xg-7 for indoors and the xg-m just for outdoorsy non-flash related circuitry/wizadry needed computations by camera. In the end always remove the batteries from your cameras/flashes and always have silica-gel packets inside their storage areas along with your lenses...Happy Trails of photography to you!!! As an 18yr old; i was relagated to an srt-201; and finally an xd-11 later on, and an xg-7; they work gr8! still today-41 years later!!! now that's quality!!!

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