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Post by John Parry on Oct 3, 2006 15:54:45 GMT -5
I've had the XG-m for some time now, and never got around to getting excited about it. Just got a Rokkor MD 50 - 135 to put on it, and the possibilities have come to life. No Macro though, so it's back to M42 for that!
Regards - John
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Post by wolves3012 on Oct 3, 2006 16:11:18 GMT -5
I've had the XG-m for some time now, and never got around to getting excited about it. Just got a Rokkor MD 50 - 135 to put on it, and the possibilities have come to life. No Macro though, so it's back to M42 for that! Regards - John The XG-M is a lovely camera, I used to have one and wish I'd kept it. You don't need the MD lenses for it, of course, the MC lenses are also compatible. If you have M42 lenses, get the M42 adapter (I still have one from my Minolta days and am glad I kept that, since I recently got an X-700). I take it you're aware of the "capacitor fault" these cameras can suffer? Knowing a bit about electronics, I'd advise you to power it up and fire the shutter a few times every so often, regardless. This will help these capacitors to "reform" and reduce failure risk.
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Post by Rachel on Oct 5, 2006 6:19:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip wolves3012. I bought one of these at a camera fair last year but I haven't put a film through it yet. I'll check the shutter out. What's the effect of this capacitor problem?
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Post by SidW on Oct 5, 2006 16:54:06 GMT -5
..... Just got a Rokkor MD 50 - 135 to put on it ..... no Macro though ... John, maybe you know already, but just in case there's a beautiful MD zoom 35-70mm 1:3.5 with macro (reached from the zoom ring with a latch), macro ratios 1:4-1:7. Length 8.5-9cm (70mm), 10.5-11cm (35mm), 9-9.5cm (macro + 0-6mm focusing). Barrel 6.5cm. I used one on an XE-5 for 15 years, it did all I needed. SW
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Post by John Parry on Oct 6, 2006 9:07:52 GMT -5
Hi Rachel,
Haven't found anything too wrong with mine so far. It does have one idiosyncracy - if the light is too high or low on Auto it locks up the shutter. Probably a good thing, but it throws you for a few seconds.
Sidney,
Thanks for the info, but I've just spent up on my Minolta collection. Just received a very nice Vivitar 28 - 85 MC fit, which is good down to a couple of feet at maximum zoom. What I am enjoying at the moment is an M42 Sigma XQ 80 - 200mm zoom that I have put on my Fujica AZ-1. That has a serious macro facility. When I get some results I'll post them, but it looks as though I won't have to stalk my butterflies any more!
Regards - John
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Post by Dan Vincent on Oct 6, 2006 11:02:27 GMT -5
John,
I'm looking forward to hearing about how you like the XG-M.
The XG-M is one I have on my unofficial hit list.
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Post by wolves3012 on Oct 8, 2006 11:29:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip wolves3012. I bought one of these at a camera fair last year but I haven't put a film through it yet. I'll check the shutter out. What's the effect of this capacitor problem? If the capacitor(s) fail the shutter refuses to fire. Metering still works but that's not much consolation. It's not too hard to fix, I believe, since they can be replaced and they aren't some exotic component. One is under the baseplate and one under the top-plate. Have a search on the net for "minolta + capacitor problem"; I found a site that tells you how to do the replacement if you're game for some soldering. If you can't find it I'll dig it up & post the link. However if it works, leave alone! Just power up & fire a few shots periodically and you'll reduce the risk. True for most "X" models since they all use similar setups. By the way, I know the shutter won't fire in an over-exposure situation, but I think it should fire for under-exposed in auto even though it's going to be the "wrong" exposure.
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