I have used Minolta cameras since 1969, and have spent some time building a small collection of early Minolta lenses. So I see the "Minolta Collectors" on Facebook and apply for admission. A short time later, I get the "Accepted" notice and that I can now post to the forum. SO- I do,
"Thankyou for accepting me into the Minolta Group. The Minolta Hi-Matic 9 was my first 35mm camera, bought in 1969 - an entire Summer of Mowing Lawns. $80 for an Eleven Year Old, and the start of a life-long Hobby- Photography and Camera Collecting. 56 years later, still at both, along with do-it-yourself repair.
I picked up the 45/2.8 some 12 years ago (on the right), use it on my Leica M Monochrom. An interesting formula: 5 elements in 3 groups, 3-1-1. Minolta used that configuration on the 50/2.8 and 85/2.8.
Not long ago a friend gave me a heads-up that a very early 4.5cm F2.8 was on Ebay, ~$100. The glass looked very bad. Turned out most of the haze was between the filter and front element. The remaining haze- lens comes apart easily, and it cleaned up well."
And post these images,
A short time later-
I get a notice that my post has been declined and removed. I check- all of my comments on another member's LTM Minolta lenses are deleted.
First time I've been accepted by one Admin, post "on-topic" and get Spam Cleaned. Thanks to @p.giannakis sending a message to an Admin, I found my posts restored and a "join" button. I did.
I also ended joining the "Minolta Camera Collector Group"- which let me put up my Intro Post with pictures.
I
"Thankyou for accepting me into the Minolta Group. The Minolta Hi-Matic 9 was my first 35mm camera, bought in 1969 - an entire Summer of Mowing Lawns. $80 for an Eleven Year Old, and the start of a life-long Hobby- Photography and Camera Collecting. 56 years later, still at both, along with do-it-yourself repair.
I picked up the 45/2.8 some 12 years ago (on the right), use it on my Leica M Monochrom. An interesting formula: 5 elements in 3 groups, 3-1-1. Minolta used that configuration on the 50/2.8 and 85/2.8.
Not long ago a friend gave me a heads-up that a very early 4.5cm F2.8 was on Ebay, ~$100. The glass looked very bad. Turned out most of the haze was between the filter and front element. The remaining haze- lens comes apart easily, and it cleaned up well."
And post these images,
A short time later-
I get a notice that my post has been declined and removed. I check- all of my comments on another member's LTM Minolta lenses are deleted.
First time I've been accepted by one Admin, post "on-topic" and get Spam Cleaned. Thanks to @p.giannakis sending a message to an Admin, I found my posts restored and a "join" button. I did.
I also ended joining the "Minolta Camera Collector Group"- which let me put up my Intro Post with pictures.
I
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wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Probably all of the above. I've found the Book of Faces to be mostly useless ever since Zucky thought the AI hype could salvage the place.
As for that lens, I think I looked at that one but was scared off by how bad it looked. I've been wanting to try one of those but haven't found a combination of cost & condition that my wallet liked. Glad you got it 🙂
As for that lens, I think I looked at that one but was scared off by how bad it looked. I've been wanting to try one of those but haven't found a combination of cost & condition that my wallet liked. Glad you got it 🙂
aw614
Well-known
I believe one of the Minolta facebook groups has some sort of auto-spam stuff on it and even one of the mods has had their DIY post guide deleted too. Not sure which one it was though. There was also Minolta Film cameras group too so I might be getting confused with that one.
I have two 45mm F2.8s. One with the body in really good shape had some weird non scratch like feel on the front glass and the other had a bent filter ring which
I did swap the front glass, but had to "shim" it a bit forward so that it wouldn't focus past infinity. Seems to be working good now though.
I have two 45mm F2.8s. One with the body in really good shape had some weird non scratch like feel on the front glass and the other had a bent filter ring which
I did swap the front glass, but had to "shim" it a bit forward so that it wouldn't focus past infinity. Seems to be working good now though.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Hmm... I am a member of this group. There are new members joining all the time.
What is your FB name and I can send an invite.
Edit: I cannot, I can only invite my friends.
What is your FB name and I can send an invite.
Edit: I cannot, I can only invite my friends.
There are many automated facebook actions that can result in this experience. It may not be deliberate actions by group admins.
"Brian Sweeney", and have joined mostly vintage camera groups.
What is strange: an Admin approves the request, run up "122 Point" in a few comments- and then have all of them deleted. If that's a result of an "AI Admin" - so much for AI!
I'm thankful we have a good forum, and Admin and Mods that take some time and care into who posts what.
To be fair many fb admins don't know what they are doing, or what fb does behind the scenes.
The "Minolta Camera Collector Group" has allowed my post to stay up- and have gotten feedback on it. I'll stay with that group.
When an Admin has been around 10+ years with a group, I figure someone Enabled whatever mechanism kicked me off the group. I've not had this happen "automatically", ie a Spam Clean type action, on the other groups I joined.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I have messaged the group admins. Hopefully they will reply.
Thankyou-
I just opened Facebook- and all my posts had been restored, with a "Join" group button on the introductory Post.
So thankyou, and will be posting to the group.
How many people have taken apart a Minolta 5cm F2 to determine if it really was a 7/4, 7 elements in 4 groups OR a 7/6, 7 elements in 6 groups...
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
I've been an admin of a long-running niche interest group on Facebook since the early days... probably 2009 or so? Honestly, that platform is a nightmare. People I've known personally since the mid-2010s sometimes message me to say their post disappeared from the group. Turns out it's because they included a number in the body of the post - sometimes as short as two or three digits - and Facebook's "Admin Assist" flagged it as a credit card number. I wish I was making that up.
The best bit is that there's absolutely no rhyme nor reason to it. No pattern.
My favourite part of the Facebook Admin Experience is that they'll introduce some Amazing New Feature one month, and then six months later, it's just... gone. And 99% of the time, this is due to their desire to "increase engagement" - which translates to "flood everything with as much automated nonsense as possible".
It's a garbage hellspace, and personally, I can't wait for it to finally die.
The best bit is that there's absolutely no rhyme nor reason to it. No pattern.
My favourite part of the Facebook Admin Experience is that they'll introduce some Amazing New Feature one month, and then six months later, it's just... gone. And 99% of the time, this is due to their desire to "increase engagement" - which translates to "flood everything with as much automated nonsense as possible".
It's a garbage hellspace, and personally, I can't wait for it to finally die.
dexdog
Veteran
I am gonna steal this phrase and start using it! 😀
I put up another post just to have it auto-declined. No way for me to contact Admin.
We'll see if it suddenly appears.
In the meantime- the Minolta Camera Collector group also seems to allow Lenses to be posted.
We'll see if it suddenly appears.
In the meantime- the Minolta Camera Collector group also seems to allow Lenses to be posted.