More Minota madness!

[paulatukcamera]

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I make no comment about their dedication to the Minolta cause.


(If you think this is a bargain price, Please note price is for body only!)


I am shortly to indulge in some Topcon madness, so cannot comment about the state of other people's minds.

The only good thing about it is that there may (I repeat the may - it depends on other Topcon collector's insanity) be a nice collectable "big" Topcon offered here to partly pay for the new grand folly.

Paul

[bobm]

I've just succumbed to some more Exakta madness and utter folly......

Someone help me......

[Peter S.]

Dear Paul,

welll, the syndrome is not restricted to the US or the UK. See here:

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or here

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The only thing that makes me mad is that this never happens to one of my offerings :-O .
But it happens very rarely on my bids, too. The exceptions were two lenses: the 2/135
short tele and the 35mm Shift Rokkor.

Anyway, the prices in the Bay of Evil are totally unpredictable. W.r.t. Minolta they are
dropping slightly, except for few items as the 1.2/58. Er, this is maybe another fine
example, where my madness clearly showed up - but I don't dare to announce the
gap that near perfect copy left into my wallet :-( - OTOH: I got a good bonus this year,
and bought a 21" TFT and a fast mainboard/RAM/CPU so that I got more fun when
editing my digitized pics...

Peter

[John Farrell]

My local auction site has had low prices for Minoltas......I picked up a nice SRT101b recently, and I've seen other SRTs sell for bargain prices.

[doubs43]

johnf said:

My local auction site has had low prices for Minoltas......I picked up a nice SRT101b recently, and I've seen other SRTs sell for bargain prices.

John, the prices for SRT series cameras do seem low which is surprising when the quality is considered. Minolta isn't the only marque that's undervalued IMO but I don't object when I have the opportunity to pick up good quality gear at bargain prices.... the only thing I can afford these days.

Walker