truls
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Post by truls on Aug 4, 2014 6:41:38 GMT -5
   I am no Minolta collector, but like those cameras a lot. Came from a japanese seller on aution, $25, may be too much. In very good operational condition, no light meter. Good external condition as well. "Chiyoda Kogaku" on top housing, is it a japanese edition. I might have to get a real Minolta lens, 58/1.4 in the future. Lens on pic is Yashinon on m42 Minolta adapter. A note about japanese sellers: They tend to describe what they sell in a worse condition that it in fact is, also they treat their equipment more gentle it seems. I bought a Nikkor-H as spares/faulty, it worked perfectly, only a minor dent on the filter rim. Hmm.. |
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Post by SidW on Aug 4, 2014 7:48:44 GMT -5
Truls, I have one bought new in Sweden in 1963. There were apparently 6 updates within less than 12 months, so they seem to have been in a hurry to get it out. Mine is the sixth version. Compared to yours, I have the number on the right and "MINOLTA CAMERA CO. LTD." on the left (reverse to yours), rectangular frame counter on the right (not round on the left), and a different film reminder on the back (scales go right round, ASA white and DIN red). My meter holder is slimmer. Your accessory shoe is a later addition. Mine hasn't been used since the 1970s, and I found the shutter is sticking on the very slow slow speeds. There's a bayonet mount in the eyepiece for various magnifiers and angle finder.
PS. That yours is an earlier version is also shown by the number, mine is 2042999.
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Post by philbirch on Aug 4, 2014 14:00:55 GMT -5
Hmmm, you've got me admiring that fine camera. You got it for about the right price for body only. Nice.
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Post by toc on Aug 4, 2014 15:10:23 GMT -5
My first modern SLR was one of those. No way can I recall the version or serial number. Been about 50 years. Had a normal lens, a telephoto (my first), and I think a wide angle. Used it with the first SLR I had, a Hexacon.
This was light years better.
Dave
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Post by truls on Aug 6, 2014 3:08:16 GMT -5
My first modern SLR was one of those. No way can I recall the version or serial number. Been about 50 years. Had a normal lens, a telephoto (my first), and I think a wide angle. Used it with the first SLR I had, a Hexacon. This was light years better. Dave The old Minolta's was fine constructed cameras. I think in that time, as cameras was a lifetime investment, they made them to last for a long time. If given some service now and then, only mechanical wear and lack of replace parts would make them useless. I love those old designs. |
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