Post by sevesteen on Mar 1, 2015 23:08:55 GMT -5
In the late 70's when I was in high school the yearbook staff didn't have sophomores (our district then had freshmen still in jr high) so I was able to spend a few months with the yearbook's Yashica. Don't remember the model, but it was a bayonet mount with LED based manual exposure. Not long after, I bought my own camera, an Olympus OM 10 with manual adapter and a 2x teleconverter. The OM10 was the cheapest auto exposure SLR from a brand I'd heard of with manual shutter speeds--and Serious Photographers had to have manual. Lost that camera through my own stupidity when I was in the Air Force. Wound up years later with an SRT-101, bought mostly because it was cheap, reasonable condition and had an f1.4 lens. Salvaged my sister in law's wedding pictures with it when the professional apparently changed film speed without changing the camera--mine were still OK. I wasn't doing much photography by around 2000, so I switched to digital point and shoot for family pictures, finally getting a Pentax Kx DSLR a few years ago.
I've been looking at thrift store cameras hoping to find old K mount primes for my Kx. One of the thrift store cameras I saw was an SRT200 I bought it in part to explain exposure to a co-worker--It's version of match needle seems perfect for that task. Another co-worker offered me his Minolta X370 outfit. "I might be interested, but I won't be willing to give you what it's worth" "What's it worth to you?" "$25" "Sold". (Body, 2 primes and a zoom, flash and winder). I started looking for a 101, and an OM10, and any other camera I had much contact with in my early photographic years. I've also wound up with a few "That's odd...and not too expensive" purchases. Searching for information on one of those oddities, a Ricoh 126C-Flex (126 film SLR, with in-body leaf shutter, interchangeable lens, hot shoe AND flash cube) led me here.
I've been looking at thrift store cameras hoping to find old K mount primes for my Kx. One of the thrift store cameras I saw was an SRT200 I bought it in part to explain exposure to a co-worker--It's version of match needle seems perfect for that task. Another co-worker offered me his Minolta X370 outfit. "I might be interested, but I won't be willing to give you what it's worth" "What's it worth to you?" "$25" "Sold". (Body, 2 primes and a zoom, flash and winder). I started looking for a 101, and an OM10, and any other camera I had much contact with in my early photographic years. I've also wound up with a few "That's odd...and not too expensive" purchases. Searching for information on one of those oddities, a Ricoh 126C-Flex (126 film SLR, with in-body leaf shutter, interchangeable lens, hot shoe AND flash cube) led me here.
