Himatic question

[st3ph3nm]

Hi guys,

Okay, now I've got the ebay window shopping bug, tell me, what's the difference between a Minolta Himatic 7s and a 7sII?

Is the 7s (no "II") worth lashing $20 on?

Cheers,
Steve

 

[back alley]

the 7sll is the more desirable and more expensive of the 2.
it is smaller and has a faster lens.
the 7s is also a great cmaera, very good lens - some say better than the canonet 17, but it is bigger.

joe

 

[st3ph3nm]

Sounds cool.

Alrighty then (places bid with half an hour left on the auction).

My wife's going to kill me, of course...

Cheers,
Steve🙂

 

[jfbell20]

The minolta cameras are described at this website:

http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/minfind.htm

 

[st3ph3nm]

Didn't Kris post a reply to this thread? I'm sure I read it earlier today.

Oh well. Anyway, it got sniped - someone got it for $15 or so.
According to the minolta site (thanks for that) it's program AE, which doesn't interest me much, in hindsight. I'd much rather some control over DOF, even in AE.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[former member]

The Hi-Matic 7s, Hi-Matic 7, Hi-Matic 9, and the Little 7s-II all have full manual over-ride. The meter operates on my Hi-Matic 9 on Manual, unlike the Canonets. I think the 7s-II meter turns off, I will have to check. The viewfinder in the first 3 are larger magnification and better defined in the older 3.

Your wife will get mad at you for a $15 camera?! That is about 2 rolls of film with processing!

Joe, Do you still have your Hi-Matics for sale?

 

[st3ph3nm]

She won't get mad, really. But we *did* just get a big phone bill come in, so I imagine had I done it, I would have got a raised eyebrow.🙂

 

[back alley]

Joe, Do you still have your Hi-Matics for sale?

they good ones are gone.

i have a 7s that works ok except on auto, the aperture never changes. in manual it seems to work fine.
looking to fix something?

joe