Minolta SRT's -- Gotta Love 'Em.

Huss said:
Great looking set up!
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CMur12 said:
Beautiful kit, Will! I would love to have a black-body SR-T, and that one appears to be in incredibly like-new condition. My favorite lens is the 85mm 1.7, which looks like it must share a casing with the 58mm 1.2.

Regarding the location of Tall's Camera in Seattle (from your previous post), I don't remember the address. It was in downtown Seattle. I made my order by phone and the camera was mailed to me.


- Murray
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Thanks guys! The old 85/1.7 and 58/1.2 definitely look like siblings. I would love to try the 85 someday.

Cool story about your order from Tall's, Murray.
 
Nokton48 said:
Johnny Depp will be portraying W. Eugene Smith in the upcoming film "Minamata". I finally found a good copy years ago and have recently reread this masterpiece of photojournalism.

Corporate Goons smashed all of Smith's cameras, then picked him up and threw him headlong against a concrete wall. The Chairman of Minolta presented Smith with a complete set of SRTs and lenses, in regards to this incident, so he could continue his work.

Looking forward to seeing this film. And Good on Minolta!

See the article here:
https://kosmofoto.com/2019/02/johnn...AzjCGNO0flke8KZtDHN9fJbeQtmkOQwC3l3L1m1D0XTNc

Johnny is packin' a black SRT-101 :)
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Thanks for the link! I'm really looking forward to this movie. I was recently living in south Kyushu, and came to know a little more about the Minamata area and the plight of the survivors still living with the disease.
 
SRT 101 MC 50/1.4



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Nokton48 said:
I cut it on my Roto Trimmer which does a very precise job. You can also cut it with a ruler and a razor blade, but the roto trimmer is easier to do.
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Can someone please tell me more about this Roto Trimmer?
I googled it, but all I found was links to fingernail trimmers.
 
A couple of performing artists I've photographed with various SRT101s over the last few months.

SRT101; 58mm MC Rokkor f/1.4; HP5 Plus @ EI 3200.
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SRT-101; 135mm MC Rokkor f/2.8; Kodak Tri-X @ EI 3200.
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Sarcophilus Harrisii said:
A couple of performing artists I've photographed with various SRT101s over the last few months.

SRT101; 58mm MC Rokkor f/1.4; HP5 Plus @ EI 3200.
SRT-101; 135mm MC Rokkor f/2.8; Kodak Tri-X @ EI 3200.
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Wow these are excellent. How did you meter? Average reading or spot for the highlights? I always wonder with subjects like this and people say "at ISO 4762", that could mean a lot of different things depending on how it was metered.
 
retinax said:
Wow these are excellent. How did you meter? Average reading or spot for the highlights? I always wonder with subjects like this and people say "at ISO 4762", that could mean a lot of different things depending on how it was metered.
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Thanks, appreciated. And I agree with you that without some sort of context of how an exposure index was determined, a bare number is not very instructive.

In the case of the top image, I had a spot meter with me and would have taken a shadow reading.

With the other image, I was travelling light and did not have a spot meter. I would have used the SRTs built in meter to take a light reading as best I could. I was using a 58mm Rokkor for that event, but fitting the 135mm MC Rokkor to the 101 narrows angle of view enabling me to be more selective about where I took a reading from, than with the faster, but wider, 58mm. Alternatively I have metered using 35mm Canon EOS with the "partial" metering option and a short tele zoom. I'll elaborate a little more later in my morning, but, thanks again.

Some more detail:
I normally meter with a Minolta incident light meter for general photography, but since it is not usually possible to get onto a stage and take a reading near the subject, incident readings won't usually be an option! Hence some sort of reflective metering method is needed. A spot meter can make life a bit easier, but as mentioned above a TTL camera fitted with a longer focal length will also help you to be more specific than with a normal lens.

The HP5 Plus used for the top image was rated at EI 3200 and I processed it in HC-110 Dilution B for 22 minutes at 20C/68F. The Tri-X I also rated at 3200 and developed in Ilford ID-11 diluted 1 + 1 for 16 minutes at 20C/68F.
Cheers
Brett
 
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A couple of months ago I had John Tillerington do a CLA on my SR-1s. John did a great job and very affordable. I got the body for the price of a Leica lens cap. The SR-1s is one of the prettiest cameras I have ever seen.
 
Deep pockets

Deep pockets

WJJ3 said:
This is a new addition to my Minolta collection since I last visited this thread:


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Yours must be pretty darn deep! There were a couple of those on shop-goodwill a few days ago. One went for $301. A bit rich for me.

Stan
 
StanMac said:
Yours must be pretty darn deep! There were a couple of those on shop-goodwill a few days ago. One went for $301. A bit rich for me.

Stan
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I lucked out with this 58mm f1.2 Rokkor, AKA Hawkeye Rokkor. It was attached to an SRT on a Yahoo Auction and was a total gamble. Turned out to be a very clean copy, and came with the hard to find D55NC hood. The body was also a gamble, and required an overhaul to fix the mirror which was stuck in the up position. The repair guy said this was a common problem with the MLU bodies because people would forget the mirror was manually locked up and try to push it down with their finger, fouling the mechanism. Fortunately he had the replacement part.

Anyway, this combo is a real joy to shoot.
 
The D55NC hood for the 58mm F1.2 is nearly impossible to find and goes for BIG bucks with the Minolta SRT collectors. I would love to find one.

Great Score!
 
Nokton48 said:
The D55NC hood for the 58mm F1.2 is nearly impossible to find and goes for BIG bucks with the Minolta SRT collectors. I would love to find one.

Great Score!
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Thanks! I didn’t realize what I had till I saw one go for quite a bit on auction!
 
Just received a 28mm f3.5 MC Rokkor, clear glass and smooth focus for the price of a filter. Got to love the Rokkor lenses, very affordable and high quality. I will be using it on my SR-1S.
 
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