Minolta 35's!
Oct 9, 2017 11:57:37 #
Aeneas
Loc: Somers, NY
Leif Erikson was here before Columbus and Saint Brendan was here before Erikson.
Tom G wrote:
Today is Leif Erikson Day for the guy who really discovered America (not Columbus). Perhaps your old friend Leif (pronounced Life) was related?
Wikipedia: Leif Erikson Day is an annual American observance which occurs on October 9.[1] It honors Leif Erikson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson, Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson, Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson), the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans thought to have set foot in continental North America[2][3][4] (Greenland excluded).
Wikipedia: Leif Erikson Day is an annual American observance which occurs on October 9.[1] It honors Leif Erikson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson, Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson, Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson), the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans thought to have set foot in continental North America[2][3][4] (Greenland excluded).
Oct 9, 2017 12:04:32 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Aeneas wrote:
Leif Erikson was here before Columbus and Saint Brendan was here before Erikson.
And the American Indians were here before Saint Brendan.
Oct 9, 2017 12:06:31 #
Aeneas
Loc: Somers, NY
St. Brendan was here before both Erikson and Columbus.
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Leif did not discover America. Yes he got there before Columbus, but he most decidedly did not discover it.
Oct 9, 2017 12:27:27 #
120nut wrote:
Are there any Minolta 35mm film die-hards out in t... (show quote)
You may want to look at Blue Moon Camera and Machine and contact them about what they have. Their website is https://bluemooncamera.com/
They do only film.
John
Oct 9, 2017 12:40:03 #
Tom G
Loc: Atlanta, GA
Aeneas wrote:
Leif Erikson was here before Columbus and Saint Brendan was here before Erikson.
Please tell us who St. Brendan was and about his exploits, if you can.
Remember, "The first liar doesn't have a chance".
Oct 9, 2017 12:52:33 #
Oct 9, 2017 13:51:13 #
Hmmm the winder went out on my Maxumm too. It still works and the film does advances too. I tried removing the film from the camera open the spool and rewind by hand in complete darkness and it worked. Gonna experiment with using the Maxumm for black and white portraits
Oct 9, 2017 13:55:23 #
machia
Loc: NJ
billnikon wrote:
Here you go, take your pick. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Rokkor+58mm+1.4&_sacat=0
I was hoping I could buy one from a fellow HOG 😃
Oct 9, 2017 14:04:09 #
120nut wrote:
Are there any Minolta 35mm film die-hards out in t... (show quote)
Three words: ebay, ebay, and ebay. Also, I Googled it and came up with this:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS732US732&q=minolta+winder+drive&oq=minolta+winder+drive&gs_l=psy-ab.12...17000.17000.0.19445.1.1.0.0.0.0.83.83.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.Yia7FHYgaZc
Good luck,
Alan
Oct 9, 2017 14:09:46 #
My first "real" camera was aa Minolta autocord with a 75mm lens. Great camera.
Oct 9, 2017 15:03:36 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
120nut wrote:
...searching for winder/drives. Any suggestions? 
Keh.com
eBay
Might need to be patient, for some of the less common items.
I've got a few Minolta in my collection... a couple SLRs and several rangefinders. Also have most of the Konica cameras and lenses ever produced. But most of my collection pre-dates autofocus and I have no Konica-Minolta (which are all basically relabelled Minolta, since Konica had discontinued SLRs in the 1980s and largely exited the camera business by the time they merged in 2003.... then sold much of the remaining business off to Sony in 2006).
Oct 9, 2017 16:22:52 #
machia wrote:
That's a great lens . That extra light @1.2f also means you have a very expensive piece of glass there . The 1.4f can be bought for $100.00 and under . The 1.2f if in excellent condition can get you around $450.00 . I've seen them higher too . MINOLTA built lenses for LEICA with their glass . That says something ..
So what you think a Minolta XK with the 58mm f/1.2 MC would be worth?
Oct 9, 2017 17:09:54 #
machia
Loc: NJ
BebuLamar wrote:
So what you think a Minolta XK with the 58mm f/1.2 MC would be worth?
Minimum 500.00 , I would think . If in excellent condition probably closer to 700.00 . The 1.2f is a very expensive lens . But still a bargain compared to a new AF 1.2f !
Check EBay . Good luck .
Superb glass !
Oct 9, 2017 17:16:28 #
kdogg
Loc: Gallipolis Ferry WV
120nut wrote:
Are there any Minolta 35mm film die-hards out in t... (show quote)
I have several Minoltas including an XK SRT101 and two X700's. Ebay is a great resource for Minlota cameras and accessories. I recently
bought an X700 outfit for my sister it came with motordrive and two lenses for about $150.00. Picked up a motor drive for one of my X-700s so I didn't have to keep switching between bodies. Prices for film cameras on Ebay are pennies on the dollar. Still shoot all of my Minoltas. Some Hoggers complain about weight with a DSLR but take a X 700 with motordrive and 100-300 lens and 2x convertor makes my Canon T5 with 100-300 and 1.4 convertor feel like a feather weight.
Oct 9, 2017 17:19:36 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
I had an Autocord I (that I regretfully sold many years ago.) I still have an SRT-101 in my collection.
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