Minolta SRT's -- Gotta Love 'Em.

Just got vivitar series 1 70-210 komine made 55 usd from ebay. When I see it in front of my eyes, I cant believe I have searched for it 3 months, and now it comes to me in very good condition with that price.
Should I cry now, or wait until I get my XD7/XD5 to complete my photography studying gear?
 
Kyonthinh,
Congrats on your new gear :)

Sunday was warm and Sunny, so my Wife and I went birding. Great opportunity to wring-out my new 800mm F11 Apo-Rokkor. Took a Manfrotto Monopod, and a medium Manfrotto Ballhead. It worked very well, but I think I will prefer a heavy tripod for this arrangement. Afterwards we went for BBQ chicken wings and draft Guiness. It was a very productive trip.

Got some fantastic closeups of Blue Herons building their nests, on Fuji Presto 400 B&W. Used my ringneck-lizard covered SRT101. No issues at all with using this equipment. The new Apo lens is a delight.
 
I bought an SRT-101 with a 50 1.7 PF at the swap meet a few weeks ago for peanuts. I ran a roll of film through it and got some wonderful shots back. The body and meter were really a pleasure to use. I ended up passing it along to an APUGr for a few $ more then I paid just so I didn't start buying up a bunch of Minolta lenses to go along with it. Though frankly, I don't think I'll ever be able to pass up a reasonable deal on another—provided it's in good working order at least.

That Vivi Series 1 you got Kyonthinh, it will be a great lens. I'm always surprised at how little they sell for. I've found 3!! at local swap meets and have yet to pay more then $30 for one. I even got one for $10... gave it to a friend as a gift.
 
My Minolta glass is now pulling double duty. I now have the adapter to use them on my E-PL1 and they are still being used on my Minolta bodies..
 
eurekaiv said:
I bought an SRT-101 with a 50 1.7 PF at the swap meet a few weeks ago for peanuts. I ran a roll of film through it and got some wonderful shots back. The body and meter were really a pleasure to use. I ended up passing it along to an APUGr for a few $ more then I paid just so I didn't start buying up a bunch of Minolta lenses to go along with it. Though frankly, I don't think I'll ever be able to pass up a reasonable deal on another—provided it's in good working order at least.

That Vivi Series 1 you got Kyonthinh, it will be a great lens. I'm always surprised at how little they sell for. I've found 3!! at local swap meets and have yet to pay more then $30 for one. I even got one for $10... gave it to a friend as a gift.
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Yeah, I know it will be a keeper.
I dont know what's wrong with this world, sometimes you see one for crazy low price, sometimes it's very high. But you must have luck all the times. And I see that many people who's forgotten what Minolta was at that time, with the price they sell Minolta lens.
 
eurekaiv said:
I bought an SRT-101 with a 50 1.7 PF at the swap meet a few weeks ago for peanuts. I ran a roll of film through it and got some wonderful shots back. The body and meter were really a pleasure to use. I ended up passing it along to an APUGr for a few $ more then I paid just so I didn't start buying up a bunch of Minolta lenses to go along with it. Though frankly, I don't think I'll ever be able to pass up a reasonable deal on another—provided it's in good working order at least.
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Hah, said APUGer would be me, who is also an RFFer :). The funny thing is that no one else was biting - their loss. Still got your SR-T right in the other room.

You did yourself good though, once you start on the Rokkor train, it's hard to stop.

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my lovely srt 101

my lovely srt 101

My first serious camera was this Minolta SRT 101 which I bought more or less 40 years ago, too many! The book on the background of the photo is not casual: in one of the first pages Annie says that the SRT 101 was her first camera. I like the idea we had something in common (unfortunately not the talent!). A few days ago I was feeling nostalgic and tried to use this camera again, but with a few problems...if interested you can read the story in my blog.here. It was a great camere and...it was a great time...

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I part exed an OM1 for an SRT 201 back when - could not get on with the tiny controls .
Bought one of the last clearance 101b which has had little use , and added a boxed 1st type 101 in chrome [ cross head screws ] plus black 101s with both cross head and later phillips screws .
Love 'em to bits !
 
I finally got one.........a MC Rokkor-X 50mm f/3.5 Macro lens.. I've had the 1:1 converter for years but no lens..
 
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Hi Robert,

I enjoyed looking at your blog. You should get your SRT overhauled, likely after forty years it will need a good cleaning inside. BTW I just received the Annie Leibovitz book you show in your digipix. Annie was also my hero growing up, so it will be fun to read about the early exploits.

I have always noticed that a few of my bodies are a bit "loose" when attached to certain lenses. I'm now sending the worst of those to "Mountain Dawg" out in Durango, Colorado. For $80 he will -completely- strip the body down, and clean everything thoroughly and completely adjust everything. If he does a good job (and I have every reason to believe I'll be delighted, with basically a like-new camera) I may have a few more bodies for him to do over time. And, he says there is a "flat spring" (type of assembly that I can see inside the lens mount) that can lose it's spring tension over time and heavy use. Easy to replace with a good one (he has plenty of good parts to pull), while doing the complete disassembly. He says you won't believe how clean and bright the viewfinder can be.

I have the original Minolta repair manual, but I'd rather have an expert do all this work for me.
 
Thank you Nokton48. After Easter time I'll check how my old but not too old X-700 works. In case of any problem I'll bring both camera for a cleaning and checking in a appropriate laboratory (I'm very bad in manual operations!).
Have a nice Easter,
robert
 
kyonthinh said:
Well, I've just got my two srt-102, but now I want one more. Is XD11/7 well worth the money when compare to srt 102?
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Yes! My XD7 is my go to film slr: solid and smooth with a great viewfinder. I bought an srt because it had the 50mm 1.4 lens attached - although I'm sure its a great camera, it does not have the same ergonomics as the XD and has never got a look in.
 
freeranger said:
Yes! My XD7 is my go to film slr: solid and smooth with a great viewfinder. I bought an srt because it had the 50mm 1.4 lens attached - although I'm sure its a great camera, it does not have the same ergonomics as the XD and has never got a look in.
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Thank you very much. I will wait in ebay for one.
And lol, I've just studied one lesson and it mentions Bratislava.:eek:
 
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