What have you just BOUGHT?

[p.giannakis]

Just walked out of a charity shop with this in my hands. I paid £10 as they were told it was not working properly.

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Had the mirror up and the self timer engaged. When I pushed the On/Off switch to the On position, the self timer completed the action. The X and B speeds work properly.

I have 10 days to return it if it is not working ok. I need to put batteries when I am back at home to test the rest of the speeds. Viewfinder looks very nice 👍

Do you remember this post? I went for my usual lunch break walk at the local charity shops and the lady who runs the one I got the Minolta XE-7 from, came to speak to me. She found the lens the camera came with and asked whether I wanted to have a look. Hoping that it would be the 58f/1.2 I got a bit disappointed seeing the Rokkor-X MD 50/1.7 (1977, American version). They were asking £20 for it and I wasn't terribly convinced I needed it but then I thought it would be unfair to separate them after working together for almost 50 years now. So I caved in and paid to have it.



So my camera is from around 1975 and the lens from the first version of MD Rokkor from 1977. Looks like the camera remained unsold for a few years and was then sold with the MD Rokkor-X, both for the American market.

That's a nice lens cap too...

 

[WoodallP]

Shutter curtain, delivered today. No fraudulent use intended. Though I may have fun on inappropriate cameras and I have a friend with an appropriate recipient in need of new curtains.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. Should be here today.