never intended to collect minolta.

[belgiumreporter]

With my latest aquisition, a well cared for SR 7, my collection of early minolta's is near complete.
The only thing missing is the SR2. Minolta fanatics might not think this is much of a collection but for me who never intended to collect them,this is as far as i will go.
The main reason for this part of my collection is because minoltas became so cheap.
The only minolta i have apart from the ones in the pic is a 7000 because it was the first decent AF SLR wich fits in with the early AF theme .



Did any of you ever start collecing (certain types of) cameras just because they seem to keep coming your way?

[Rachel]

I once got a Leica lens cap in with some bits and pieces. It started me collecting them ( the cameras not the lens caps).

[lesdmess]

The Minolta Hi-Matic 9 was my introduction to "classic cameras" as prior to that I was fully autofocus digi.




I was so impressed that this late 60's camera was in such great shape and fully functional that it led me down the road to more Minoltas.



I too covet the Minolta SR-2!

[Dave]

I think Minolta was a wonderful and terribly under-rated manufacturer. I have many of the old Minolta SLRs - SR-1, 2, 7, SRT-101, 102, 200, 202 with some duplicates. None of them have ever given me any trouble. In my mind, the best of the lot is the XD-5 and XD-11, of which I have several. My first was a brand new XD-5, probably in the mid 1970s. Again, most of them are used, from eBay, and no problems ever. As far as I know, they were about the first to give you a choice of aperture or shutter preference, full manual, and programming in that if your original exposure was wrong, the camera adjusted a split second before the shutter opened. The lenses were also first class. I hesitate to attempt to list those I have -- too many. And all bought for next to nothing. Dave