Minolta AL

[retro]

Found this Minolta AL at a swap meet this morning for cheap.
Shutter is clean and fully working (top speed 1/1000!). Clean
and fairly bright VF/RF with parallax compensation. Selenium
meter is kaput but aperture & speed can both be manually set.
Good cosmetic condition. Lens = 45/2 and is clean.

Three things I like about this camera: Large VF/RF, the 1/1000
top speed (a pretty rare feature in a leaf shutter even if it
isn't really 1/1000) and it has a little round access plate on the top
cover that can be twisted off to reveal adjustment screws (for
the RF, I presume). So, no need to remove the whole top cover.

It handles pretty well too.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

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