JeremyLangford
I'd really Leica Leica
I'm trying to decide between the Minolta SRT-102 and the SRT-202. The main difference is the the SRT-102 has MLU and the SRT-202 doesn't.
Wasn't MLU added into Minolta SLRs so that some old retrofocus telephoto lens could be used? I probably won't ever need to use that lens and I don't think I will ever be shooting landscapes with 35mm and wish I had MLU to reduce the vibrations. Are there any other reasons I might want MLU?
Wasn't MLU added into Minolta SLRs so that some old retrofocus telephoto lens could be used? I probably won't ever need to use that lens and I don't think I will ever be shooting landscapes with 35mm and wish I had MLU to reduce the vibrations. Are there any other reasons I might want MLU?
ed1234
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I will get the newer one, no matter what model it is. I have an old SRT Super sitting in the cabinet, haven't touch it since my dad got the FE2 during 85. Last year, I took it out for clean, the vibrations is much lower that the FE2 from 1 sec to 1/60 even without MLU. The SRT wasn't kept very well so there is a lot of oxidation around the edge of the focusing screen and the meter is not working. Those SRT are very well build.
Landshark
Well-known
MLU was on the 101 before the 202 was a gleam in the designers eye.
rxmd
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With telephotos you don't have a clearance problem, but there were two ancient Minolta wideangles from the pre-MC/MD era (W-Rokkor 21 f/4.5 and f/4, respectively). If you're not a collector, just get a newer wideangle such as the 20/f2.8. Minolta lenses are extraordinarily cheap anyway and the lens will be better.
bmattock
Veteran
The purpose of MLU was to reduce vibration when shooting from a tripod with relatively long exposures. It can also serve to allow clearance for certain lenses. I don't know about Minolta, but with the old Canon FL system, one of the 19mm lenses had to be used with MLU or the Pellix (no mirror). MLU was once considered a 'must have' for an SLR to be taken seriously, along with DOF Preview.
rxmd
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The Pellix had a mirror, a fixed one:
You can't stick the old non-retrofocus wideangles in there without breaking it.
bmattock
Veteran
My bad, you're right. I meant it didn't flip up, so no MLU was needed, but I forgot that you could not put the 19mm lens on it. Thanks for pointing it out.
le vrai rdu
Well-known
I have a SRT 101 MLU
even with MLU, tje mecanism that move the mirror works, and make some vibrations
anyway, the camera is quite heavy, so imho MLU is not realy relevant
It is useful when using a ultra wide angle that need to have le mirror locked up (the 17 mm or something like that)