interesting turn of events...

[GaryLH]

And smelly 🙂

I built my first darkroom in my parents basements back in high school...that was smelly,, put up the walls and construct tables for the trays and enlarger. Painted it all black. Did not know about special darkroom fans back then. That was smelly. I remember tasting fixer after a three hour session. 🙁

Gary

 

[rover]

I may just load up an SRT and shoot through some Rokkers at the car show this weekend in honor of your newest foray into film.

 

[Bingley]

i found a review that puts the 35/2.8 in the same league.

I've got that lens (the 35/2.8) and it's excellent. I actually prefer it to the 35/1.8 (although my sample of the latter may not be a good one).

 

[Bingley]

Nice! (your message is too short....)

 

[Bingley]

the fuji lenses will still be my primaries...the minoltas will be for fun...for when I feel like film...

For an interesting twist on an old PJ kit: get one of the 85 Rokkers to ride on your XD11, and take along a Fuji w/ a 35 equivalent lens on it.

The 85/2.0 Rokkor is a lovely lens.

 

[back alley]

eventually, i'd like to get either the 20 or a 24 and an 85 or a 100...always have had a soft spot for the 85s...

 

[Godfrey]

LOL! Stuff does just keep happening. ;-)

Had a full Minolta XD-11 kit with seven MC-Rokkor lenses at the end of the 1970s/early 1980s. Sweet camera, but I just liked the feel of Nikon bodies and lenses more. I sold off all the Minolta stuff to buy a Mamiya 1000TL medium format system, and then later picked up a Nikon FM and two lenses (35, 85 mm). Later sold the Mamiya and stuck with the Nikon gear for a long time.

Don't know what to recommend in a bag, tho. I think I used a Domke F3X or something similar at that time. Still have it. 🙂

G

"Equipment is transitory. Photographs endure."

 

[mwoenv]

I use my Minolta manual focus cameras all the time and I'm glad I bought a bunch of bodies and lenses a few years ago because the lens prices have doubled or tripled now that people are using them on digital cameras.


Good history/description of the XD-11:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080402025104/http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/xd11.htm

There were 4 models (a-d), but only slight differences between models. There's a link at the bottom of the link above that talks about Leica/Minolta. Minolta's 35-70mm f3.5, 80-200mm f4, and 70-210mm f4 zoom lenses were developed in collaboration with Leica.


The site is an excellent souce of technical details on all Minolta manual-focus bodies, lenses, accessories:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070312081005/members.aol.com/manualminolta/index.htm

 

[Laviolette]

Rokkor 50mm 1.4 (Delta 400 & HC-110)

Rokkor 55mm 1.7 (Fuji Superia 200) - My dad's first lens...it's in pretty bad shape, with oil on the aperture blades and some haze.

Rokkor 135mm 2.8 on the Nex-5n

 

[back alley]

the first 2 are very cute...not so much the 3rd...😉

 

[clayne]

I'm quite acquainted with Rokkor lenses but don't talk about them often because I choose not to hype them up. This is one of my favorite brochures they did as it's all about the raw process of making one:


ROKKOR BROCHURE by rokkor777, on Flickr

Minolta, along with Nikon, was one of the few manufacturers that had their own foundry from which they poured their own glass - crucible to lens.

 

[hausen]

XD-7 was my first camera and I still have it. Had the 50/1.7 an the 16/2.8 fisheye. Fisheye was a real fun les.

 

[back alley]

great pic on the brochure!

 

[back alley]

according to canada post my new to me gear will be here on monday...i was hoping for tomorrow so i could play with it on the weekend...then i realized that i'm not working and monday is just like a weekend for me!

the other 2 lenses seem to be in limbo...both canada post and usps websites have no new updates as to where they are...

other good news...my new lance strap should be here tomorrow!! it's their newest named the classic quick connect!

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

I'm quite acquainted with Rokkor lenses but don't talk about them often because I choose not to hype them up. This is one of my favorite brochures they did as it's all about the raw process of making one:


ROKKOR BROCHURE by rokkor777, on Flickr

Minolta, along with Nikon, was one of the few manufacturers that had their own foundry from which they poured their own glass - crucible to lens.

As well as Fuji, of course.

 

[David Hughes]

I'm quite acquainted with Rokkor lenses but don't talk about them often because I choose not to hype them up. This is one of my favorite brochures they did as it's all about the raw process of making one:
ROKKOR BROCHURE by rokkor777, on Flickr

Minolta, along with Nikon, was one of the few manufacturers that had their own foundry from which they poured their own glass - crucible to lens.

Hi,

I've often wondered if this was what attracted Leitz to them in the 70's. Great minds thinking alike, as it were.

Looking at ebay this morning and still thinking the cameras and lenses are dirt cheap. And even cheaper in charity shops if you look at - say - the X-300 as it appears to be a basic auto only camera but has the manual controls there and, usually, one or two of those lovely lenses.

Regards, David

 

[clayne]

I won't talk about the known god lenses (58/1.2, 50/1.2, etc), but I'll tell you a secret: the 50mm f/1.4-PG is an absolute steal of a lens.

 

[Laviolette]

the first 2 are very cute...not so much the 3rd...😉

Not much a fan of lizards? I can understand that! 😉

You have a good eye for shape in your pics btw...something I aspire to.

 

[Laviolette]

I'm quite acquainted with Rokkor lenses but don't talk about them often because I choose not to hype them up. This is one of my favorite brochures they did as it's all about the raw process of making one:


ROKKOR BROCHURE by rokkor777, on Flickr

Minolta, along with Nikon, was one of the few manufacturers that had their own foundry from which they poured their own glass - crucible to lens.

That sounds like an interesting read! Is it available somewhere as a PDF?

 

[back alley]

tracking shows the camera is out for delivery!!
should be here within the hour!!!

and my other 2 lenses have finally arrived in canada...the horse must have thrown a shoe!