Peter_Jones
Well-known
Fixed the jammed shutter on my Minolta A5 (£2 from a boot sale) today on my day off 
Now I can look through the lens properly, it has the ubiquitous "cleaning marks" hovever I think it's worth persevering with it and cleaning the dust from the lens and sorting vertical alignment on the RF - if only because there aren't many images in the gallery from one. I think I'll run a test film through this weekend and see what happens.
Now I can look through the lens properly, it has the ubiquitous "cleaning marks"
hovever I think it's worth persevering with it and cleaning the dust from the lens and sorting vertical alignment on the RF - if only because there aren't many images in the gallery from one. I think I'll run a test film through this weekend and see what happens.
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
Can I come to your boot sales?....she's just handed me my pocket money!Fixed the jammed shutter on my Minolta A5 (£2 from a boot sale) today on my day off
Now I can look through the lens properly, it has the ubiquitous "cleaning marks"
Peter_Jones
Well-known
I was annoyed they wouldn't take 50p (well.. it was jammed)
(well.. it was jammed)racoll
Well-known
The A5 is an amazing and vastly underrated camera. I have the version with the 1/1000s shutter and I like it more than the very similar Minolta AL; don't ask why, I really don't know. At any rate, the lens is incredibly sharp and the camera has a wonderful feel to it.
Peter_Jones
Well-known
It does feel nice to use - the film advance is smooth and the shutter/apertures change smoothly. I'll have to see what effect the "cleaning marks" give, but it certainly feels a quality item.