Minolta SRT's -- Gotta Love 'Em.

[Nokton48]

Did they advertise that meter very much back in the day? This is the first I’ve seen of it. Amazing!

Hi Pal_K,

The instructions for use in great length are in the "Minolta System Handbook" by Joseph Cooper. It also covers the Minolta SRT 3-Color Temperature Meter, I have fresh batteries coming for that one. Originally took PX-625 cells. I have some Mercury ones coming in. Had that Manual in High School

Minolta SRT Strobe Meter from Minlta System Handbookl by Nokton48, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

All Good Shooting Tools by Nokton48, on Flickr

In the front is my 100mm F2.0 Rokkor this might predate the SRT? In the back are my two Minolta SRT Electroflashes, once again put some good batteries in and they come screaming to life. I used the flashes in High School Photojournalism, local sports events etc. Great for news photography. Recycles fast and has some power too. In the front is my SRT vintage 3-Color Temperature Meter. I have some Mercury Cells 1.35V coming it takes five. I used to use the digital version when I shot interiors so I'm familar with the concepts but this thing is very foreign to me. The instructions in the big manual are six pages long. A lot to plow through!

35mm F1.8 MC Rokkor and 85mm F1.7 MC Rokkors are darned useful. The 35mm F2.8 replaced my 35mm F2.8 Canon RF and Summaron and the 85mm F1.7 replaced my 85mm F1.5 Canon RF and 90mm F2. Really just as Happy Happy now.

 

[p.giannakis]

All Good Shooting Tools by Nokton48, on Flickr

In the front is my 100mm F2.0 Rokkor this might predate the SRT? In the back are my two Minolta SRT Electroflashes, once again put some good batteries in and they come screaming to life. I used the flashes in High School Photojournalism, local sports events etc. Great for news photography. Recycles fast and has some power too. In the front is my SRT vintage 3-Color Temperature Meter. I have some Mercury Cells 1.35V coming it takes five. I used to use the digital version when I shot interiors so I'm familar with the concepts but this thing is very foreign to me. The instructions in the big manual are six pages long. A lot to plow through!

35mm F2.8 MC Rokkor and 85mm F1.7 MC Rokkors are darned useful. The 35mm F2.8 replaced my 35mm F2.8 Canon RF and Summaron and the 85mm F1.7 replaced my 85mm F1.5 Canon RF and 90mm F2. Really just as Happy Happy now.

Did you mean to write 35f/1.8 - looks quite a big lens for a f/2.8.
I keep an eye for a 35mm rokkor - the cheaper 35f4 or a 35f/2.8. I prefer the MC over the MD but they are expensive.

 

[Nokton48]

That 35mm F4 would look perfect on that Black SR-1, I'd wager. Small optic I'll bet

Did you mean to write 35f/1.8 - looks quite a big lens for a f/2.8.
I keep an eye for a 35mm rokkor - the cheaper 35f4 or a 35f/2.8. I prefer the MC over the MD but they are expensive.

Yep that's the F1.8 which replaced my Summicron F2 and Canon RF 35mm F2; Need to use it more often! I also have the 35mm F2.8 😱

 

[p.giannakis]

I've been playing with this Rokkor recently:

Not bad at all actually - this is taken wide open.

 

[DwF]

Quite nice Pan! Fun to discover new glass, or old neglected glass even! I look forward to see more with it......I like the bokeh here too.

David

PS this is an edit after going back a page, as I came in having missed all SLR posts. The SRT-1 is a lovely camera.

 

[p.giannakis]

Quite nice Pan! Fun to discover new glass, or old neglected glass even! I look forward to see more with it......I like the bokeh here too.

David

PS this is an edit after going back a page, as I came in having missed all SLR posts. The SRT-1 is a lovely camera.

Thank you David, here is another shot of the test roll to see if the SR-1 is working nicely.
This one is at f/2.8

 

[Nokton48]

OPTIMUM Duracells SRM Electroflash 80cm F8 Rokkor by Nokton48, on Flickr

Putting Optimum Duracell AA batteries into the battery pack of the motorized SRM, and into my two Minolta SRT Electroflashes, turns them into instantaneous screamers. The flashes fully recycle 100% in four seconds! Amazing. Very pleased with the upgrade. The SRM shoots at 3.5 frames per second with reg Duracells, with the Optimum Duracells I think it's more like four frames per second. I can shoot rapid flash bursts one handed with this rig no problem. Mucho fun.

Here I'm ready to take the SRT101 (has MLU) original SRT Cab;e Release, and the four original filters (F16 ND, Dark Red, Orange, and Yellow). Use yellow most of the time for B&W. And the original Filter Wrench for the 80cm Filters. Nice built in tripod mount so I am starting to think about potential subjects for extreme telephotgraphy. This will be fun. BTW F8 is quite fast for a lens in reflex style of this focal length. I think Minolta was way ahead of the curve on this one! Will be great for lower light when my Wife and I go to the local birding areas around here

 

[p.giannakis]

OPTIMUM Duracells SRM Electroflash 80cm F8 Rokkor by Nokton48, on Flickr

Putting Optimum Duracell AA batteries into the battery pack of the motorized SRM, and into my two Minolta SRT Electroflashes, turns them into instantaneous screamers. The flashes fully recycle 100% in four seconds! Amazing. Very pleased with the upgrade. The SRM shoots at 3.5 frames per second with reg Duracells, with the Optimum Duracells I think it's more like four frames per second. I can shoot rapid flash bursts one handed with this rig no problem. Mucho fun.

Here I'm ready to take the SRT101 (has MLU) original SRT Cab;e Release, and the four original filters (F16 ND, Dark Red, Orange, and Yellow). Use yellow most of the time for B&W. And the original Filter Wrench for the 80cm Filters. Nice built in tripod mount so I am starting to think about potential subjects for extreme telephotgraphy. This will be fun. BTW F8 is quite fast for a lens in reflex style of this focal length. I think Minolta was way ahead of the curve on this one! Will be great for lower light when my Wife and I go to the local birding areas around here

The SR-M is so beautiful !

 

[Evergreen States]

I've been playing with this Rokkor recently:

The bokeh is beautiful. There is just enough definition in the background to give texture and context but not so much as to be distracting. I look forward to seeing the work you make with this.

 

[Nokton48]

The SR-M is so beautiful !

Thanks Pan

I'm loading an F2 Domke Bag with SRT/M stuff for a weekend shoot at Kingswood Gardens in Mansfield Ohio. I'm thinking of using Eastman 5231 Plus X Cinema Film rated at EI 50, it's supposed to be a full sun day. First time I went there, I used a Plaubel Makina III. Second time I used 70mm film in a Hasselblad Fisheye. With SRT/M I can use a wide variety of lenses from fisheye to medium tele. It will be about 80F so not as hot as during the earlier trips to Kingswood. Using the SRM for rapid shooting of a lot of film. We will see. I like the 5231 with a medium yellow filter or yellow green on each lens.

 

[Nokton48]

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

Red Ringneck Lizard #1 MLU SRT with 80cm F8 Rokkor Uber Reflex Tele. On the right, Red Ringneck Lizard #2 MLU SRT with 800mm Fll Apo Rokkor-X. It's a 400mm f5.6 Apo Rokkor-X with the matching 2X Apo Tele-Converter is first class glass. Makes an Apo Uber Tele but glass but 1 stop slower than the 80cm. Good to have both depending on lighting conditions. Original SRT Cable Releases on both cameras, these are the best releases not expensive. With mirror lockup you can get sharper pictures. Only a few of my SRT's have this important feature. The screens in these cameras work well, I focus on the outer glass and can see it all.

Best way to use these lenses is on a gimbal mount which I bought on Amazon. Works great

I bought the Apo Rokkor-X from the Real Camera Company in the UK for a great price. The rear mount on the Apo 2X Converter was broken and very not right. MAC at Camtronics bought a replacement rear mount and swapped it out for me, Happy Happy!

 

[Nokton48]

Minolta Flash Meter 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Minolta Flash Meter 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Found this cool brochure in a box of my Minolta stuff 🙂

The Minolta Flash Meter in my studio, is every bit as accurate as my expensive Broncolor Flash Meters. It is deadly accurate to use. Great working tool.

Kinda wish I had all the original accessories, but Oh Well. Do have the Reflected Light Adapter

 

[lxmike]

filedata/fetch?id=4765212&d=1641659013 Would You buy a Brand New Minolta SRT from this Guy? Well, that’s yours truly as the camera department manager at a busy store. Lots....lots....of these went out the door for a good deal of money in the mid ‘70s. We Always had a “Demo” at hand and shot lots of film for free in the store.Btw check out the rolls of Kodachrome top left....oh Those were the days...

Cool photo, bet you wish you had some of the cameras that you sold in the past

 

[p.giannakis]

I've been playing with this Rokkor recently:

Recently it has started giving me a lot of angst this camera. The reason is the lousy take up spool, it is so easy for the film lead to slip off it. It has happened twice already.


The only picture salvanged is this one. I am seriously thining to tape the film leader on the spool next time.

 

[Pál_K]

Recently it has started giving me a lot of angst this camera. The reason is the lousy take up spool, it is so easy for the film lead to slip off it. It has happened twice already.
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That’s odd. I stick the leader fairly deep in the slot, wind twice while adding some resistance on the rewind crank, then close the back. I wind twice more while ensuring the rewind knob turns.

I’m sure you do that already, so perhaps what I do differently is how far I stick the leader in. I don’t stick it in so far that the leading edge will interfere with the next layer of film as the takeup spool winds around.

But when the back is closed, watching that rewind knob turn upon winding is second-nature to me.

 

[p.giannakis]

That’s odd. I stick the leader fairly deep in the slot, wind twice while adding some resistance on the rewind crank, then close the back. I wind twice more while ensuring the rewind knob turns.

I’m sure you do that already, so perhaps what I do differently is how far I stick the leader in. I don’t stick it in so far that the leading edge will interfere with the next layer of film as the takeup spool winds around.

But watching that rewind knob turn upon winding is second-nature to me.

Are you talking about the SR-1 or the SR-T? The SR-T has a different spool, I have no issue with that. It is the original SR-1/2 spools the one I struggle with.

 

[Pál_K]

Are you talking about the SR-1 or the SR-T? The SR-T has a different spool, I have no issue with that. It is the original SR-1/2 spools the one I struggle with.
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Ooops! Sorry - I thought you meant the SRT. Yeah, my SR-1’s takeup spool and “slot” is similar to yours - perhaps a wee bit flatter overall (hard to tell). But, yes, I can see how this design can cause the leader to slip out. So far I’ve been lucky.

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

Are you talking about the SR-1 or the SR-T? The SR-T has a different spool, I have no issue with that. It is the original SR-1/2 spools the one I struggle with.

Given the design of that take up and the problems you've had, taping the leader on seems like a simple fix. Obviously you may not be able to fully rewind the exposed film back into the cassette. But once the rewind resists turning, at that point, when you open the back you'll only be exposing the portion already fogged, when loading the roll—so who cares? In your shoes I think I'd do the same thing...

 

[p.giannakis]

Given the design of that take up and the problems you've had, taping the leader on seems like a simple fix. Obviously you may not be able to fully rewind the exposed film back into the cassette. But once the rewind resists turning, at that point, when you open the back you'll only be exposing the portion already fogged, when loading the roll—so who cares? In your shoes I think I'd do the same thing...

Yes, i think i will be putting some tape there

Ooops! Sorry - I thought you meant the SRT. Yeah, my SR-1’s takeup spool and “slot” is similar to yours - perhaps a wee bit flatter overall (hard to tell). But, yes, I can see how this design can cause the leader to slip out. So far I’ve been lucky.

You have the next version to mine (different shutter dial) maybe they changed it. On their review of the SR-2, Popular photography was not happy with the spool in Apr 1959. Apparently Minolta promised to rectify it (i doubt they rushed to it...)