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Post by dee on Sept 10, 2015 11:55:51 GMT -5
Back in 1997 , on the way to Toronto from Uk, I bought a point and shoot at the airport - rather than my bulky Minolta 7000i.
It was a silver plastic Minolta 404si which was a perfect lightweight companion with reversal film as I was going through the beginning of some serious mind blowing revelations .
I was able to escape on the bus to some arty places around Toronto which I loved and took some great snapshots .
More than a decade later I was given a Sony A290 which , unusually hands and eyes immediately combined to make as real as it will ever get ! I loved the colours I remember with that 35-80 , conveniently stretched to a perfect 52-120.
I have just now , compared the Minolta with the Sony - and they are virtually identical in handling and layout , so my lost-in-space brain had no dee'ficulty tuning in !!
Like the 404si, the A290 is not considered a serious camera , but the sharpness/colour/dynamic range etc at ISO 100 is OK for me, so just a slight drop from ASA 200 back then , which I can accommodate ... i don't try to push above ISO 200 'cos dee'saster awaits !!
Sometimes it's not the perfect camera which turns out to be perfect !!
dee
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 10, 2015 14:32:23 GMT -5
All's well that deelights the owner/photographer.
Mickey
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Post by dee on Sept 10, 2015 16:09:21 GMT -5
Thanks , but it's still weird , but ASdee is like that - I 'imprint ' on one thing which becomes more tangible amongst the 'lostness'. i do need to find out WHY so it becomes manageable .
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 4, 2015 13:08:58 GMT -5
Thanks , but it's still weird , but ASdee is like that - I 'imprint ' on one thing which becomes more tangible amongst the 'lostness'. i do need to find out WHY so it becomes manageable . I suppose that you spend more time with it and give it more attention and love. Hence it evolves quite correctly in your mind as a special object. It has been made more manageable just like a puppy. I, too, have a special feeling for some cameras that I own. Each of them has been used for 10 or more years. One, my Canon T90, for 20 years. They become extensions of my hands and mind. Mickey P.S. This explanation is from a rank layman psychologist. A Torontonian, no less.
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Post by Randy on Nov 1, 2015 15:17:55 GMT -5
I have a Sony Alpha 100, and I like being able to use all of my Minolta Maxxum and Dynax lenses on it.
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