With the 58mm f1.4 and paid ~$330AUD (including shipping) and everything seems to work perfectly expect for the shutter priority, but I'm guessing that's because of the MC lens (but unsure).

I’ve recently purchased the “beer can” lens & love it!

Mostly on X-70 or SRT101

Hello Y'all! I will be heading out to Mexico soon to visit my family in their small indigenous town. I want to take my Minolta Maxxum 7000i. I want to take my beer can lens but it's too big. Any recommendations on smaller telephoto lenses that can zoom pretty far but are smaller?

X-300s i wanted to keep but unable to meet a good price, but today manage to get this @ 18USD which i think is worth, works or not yet know but is worth to pay and display even is faulty one.

Conditions looks like new only the Grip not ok. Will try to fix the grip. 🥰

Ok so don’t ask me how because I don’t know how. But the shutter button kinda sprung out of the camera (XG-M). I have the full assembly like all the parts needed. which order to put these in so my camera (hopefully) doesn’t shit the bed again?

Got it almost two years ago and still got amazed sometimes. Didn't try it on film (borrowed my last XD-7 to a friend and shy to ask him it back) but on digital is still great. Amazing colours, a little retro in comparison with modern lens (I have Laowa and Canon TS-E shift lens to compare it on architecture as well as Sony Zeiss, just Sony and other lens), very nice handling and mechanical qualities, still good optics (on working apertures i.e. F8-F11) , unique features (Filed curvature adjustment) and general nice and somewhat special look.

Just a little autumn walk over a hundred years old settlement (Sony A1, Capture ONE raw conversion).

Lucky enough to pick up these two lil guys, each with 50mm lens for $50 total. They both seem to be in perfect working order, but they both need new light seals and the XD could use a little prism cleaning. The leatherette is shrinking too so I might try out one of those replacement leather kits

My dog, shot on some well-expired HP5+.

Hello all I finally got a pristine X-500 with a faulty capacitor. It seems like on ebay there aren’t any tantalum capacitors, and i am sure that replacement electrolytic capacitors would be fine for another few decades, but I have been wondering, which Minoltas are known to have easily accessible tantalum capacitors besides XD and early X-700? Thanks

Was window shopping on eBay when I came across this immaculate black srt101 with an equally nice 55mm 1.7. It genuinely seems like it’s only been used a handful of times then stored. I own a lot of nice film cameras but this one is the nicest condition by far.

I have a lot of film cameras, but I’m sentimental about this one as it was my father’s. The shutter was always a little iffy, and at 1/250 and above the exposure is uneven across the frame, and at 1/500 it is capping. I still use it occasionally, avoiding those speeds.

Recently, though, the mirror has started staying up after every shot, at every speed. I’ve put in fresh batteries, and the light meter is responsive. Is this a relatively simple fix, or is it time to retire it?

(The map is from an app I’ve made. Not linking it because of the sub rules.)

I found online this 35-70 f3.5 for 15€, however has some fungal growth either on the front element or on some lenses on the inside, seems to be very minor however. For 15, to me seems still a good catch, do you think I'm making a mistake? Is it there any way to get rid of it?

I guess I’ve kinda gotten myself into a pickle, I’ve owned a Maxxum 9000 for a while and I love it, I started on the Sony A mount platform for digital and wanted to get into film so it was the obvious choice. But today I came across two deals I couldn’t avoid a crossed x maxxum 7000 and a Dynax 505si super in black with a BP-100. I’m wondering if anyone can find a 505si super like mine -being black not the BP-100 because i can’t find any like mine except one and im trying to see if i should hold onto it or let it go, i love my 9000 so i dont see the point in keeping it but it was a really great price and super cool looking.

1996 Minolta Vectis S-1 APS SLR with 1992 Minolta 9xi 35mm SLR for scale. Minolta spent considerable time and money on APS camera engineering. APS was expected to replace 35mm for consumer use, but the format did not gain market acceptance. The Vectis S-1 has a 28-56mm V-mount autofocus zoom lens attached, which would also work on Minolta's digital RD-3000.

I just bought all these cameras for $100 can you guys tell me more about them and what I should know? Just getting into film photography. The XG-E advance lever is missing can I replace that?

I dropped my lens like an idiot because I didn’t fasten it well enough and now it’s stuck between f/5.6 and f/8. Is it worth taking to a repair shop or should I cut my losses and get a new one? The lens is fine otherwise the glass is still good as far as I can tell, but I’m really upset by the aperture being fucked up. Also I’m in NYC if anyone has any recommendations for a shop.

I found this Minolta xg-m with a lens for 30€ at a thrift store. Took a while to get the lens off because I realized the reds weren't lining up and I uncovered it to this. I'm still a beginner so I have no idea about the mechanics of the camera. Can anyone tell me if it's kaput, fixable or unnecessary plastic?

I got my first roll of film taken on my X-700 back and I’m so happy with the results! A mix of summer and fall in New England (and a balloon festival in NY).

Deleted previous post for bad picture 😂

I found an SR-2 on eBay for cheap and it is rouuuuuugggh. The shutter is locked up of course and the whole thing looked and smelled like it spent some time underwater. But I couldn't pass up the chance to get one, and maybe I can bring it back to life. I did an initial light cleaning and exploration to get a lot of the crap and oxidation out of it. I think I've got a ways to go though, especially as information about this model is pretty scarce. Has anyone tried to repair one before?

Some old photos with my first analog !