Minolta Nut new to Hedgehog
Jun 16, 2018 17:30:34 #
welcome. I started with Exacta and then Rollie, when AF came along, Minolta. Now Sony with all my old lenses working on my Sony cameras.
Jun 16, 2018 17:55:55 #
66mikeg wrote:
Hi, I've been using Minolta gear since about 1975 when a guy in london Camera Exchange sold me an SRT101 with a 58mm f1.4 lens, not a bad introduction to photography with SLRs, since then I've got a copy of most manual focus Minoltas and two AF7000s and an AF9000 with a range of AF lenses, also two digital Sony bodies which use the same lenses.
Minolta! The creator/inventor of Auto Focus.The name Minolta derived from "Mechanism, Instruments, Optics, and Lenses by Tashima". I still have an SRT101, beat up but working, lying around here somewhere. A unique SLR in that the mirror did not return to the down position until you cocked the shutter. If you look through the lens and see nothing through the viewfinder, the message here is "cock the damn shutter, stupid!"
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Jun 17, 2018 20:01:59 #
kdogg
Loc: Gallipolis Ferry WV
Still have my 101 plus the first XK and a couple of X700's with a boatload of lenses. Use some of the old glass on my Canon 7DII.
Jun 20, 2018 21:50:33 #
daeod
Loc: Levittown, PA
Welcome. I started in 1972 with a used SRT101 and F1.8 lens. Used it ( and added others) to 2004 when my dad died and my mom gave me his Nikons and lenses. My daughter still uses one of the SRT101's and my other is still in the closet. They are great cameras! 
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