On a lighter note, my office is situated in a large office building (that we have built ourselves actually) with some space to spare. We have some previous...
Thanks for your reply. I'm thinking on using the socket on top of the camera, not the PC-sync socket, this way I was trying to keep the TTL control of the...
Hey all, I have been looking for a service/repair manual for the Minolta XG- M camera. My dad got this camera back when he was a kid, and it stopped working a...
... several ... in ... Ed, When you say that it 'looks as though the shutter fired at 1/125', exactly what do you mean? If the shutter were in fact firing at ...
... XG- ... again ... willing ... Adeel Dependant on failure mode it may be as simple as the Capacitor that usually fails in this camera or shutter problem...
My experience has been that if you forget to set the shutter at 1/60 and leave it at 1/125 or 1/250, 1/2 of the image will be black. This is the effect I've...
If half the image is black, and the other half is normal, then there are two possibilities that I can think of: 1. The shutter is firing at 1/125, like you...
I believe its a flash contact problem in the camera. Using my X-700 in Auto with either the 360PX or 80PX the flash sets the correct synch speed - 1/60th...
I'm contemplating buying an MC 50mm F/1.4 Minolta Rokkor-X Lens for on of my 101 bodies.35mm The location in mileage is very distant and all I can do is go by...
Ernie I believe I would pass on this lens. If the coating is marred its likely to affect image quality. There are many, many 50mm f1.4 ROKKOR-X lenses on ebay....
Usually you can get a thumbprint when handling the lens but that is possible to wipe away. There is a very small chance that the thumbprint could set in the...
Hi Johan, Sound Swedish your name, by the way. Try Photozone.nu, here is a manual downloadable in PDF-format. http://www.photozone.nu/filemanager/list/278/ The...
In comparing the distance to an object against the distance indicated by the lens, I noticed that at actual 2.2m the lens shows 1.7m at 40mm focal distance...
Hm, I can't comment on the gearbox zoom since I belong to the majority that doesn't own one. But I got more lenses, where the focus labelling doesn't match,...
Thanks for replying. I don't think that there's anything optical wrong with the lens. The optics is quite precise. Yet, the issue become apperant when I rely...
... optically with the lens. The optics is quite precise. Yet, the issue becomes apperant when I rely on the depth of field figures and the distance scale...
Hello, I got an Minolta Motor Drive 1 at ebay. Is there someone who can send me an Manual for that, maybee an pdf. Would be great if it ist in German but...
I took my family to a Zoo at a very long driving distance Had my Minolta XD-7 with me I took all the pictures of my kids having fun and all .... ...... ...
... I guess You now have learned the lesson now to watch the rewind knob when advancing the film. Most likely You won't ever do this mistake. ... Hey, don't do...
hiii i am glad to be a new member, thank you for everything , i wonder if anyone could help me to find the manual user of a XG2 camera model. Mi grand father...
Not too worry. This stuff happens. I went to Nepal on a job, packed all my good lenses and they were in the hold of the airplane. All I had on my camera was a...
Ouch, hakhan99, This has happened to me, too. The challenge is twofold: 1 - when LOADING: do NOT skimp and try to get 39 exposures on 36 film! Wind a good...
j.. s.. g..@.... wrote: Mr. Blaise, I was looking at a web sight where you were talking about teleconverters. You mentioned that minolta made two over time....
During the 70's MINOLTA offered two dedicated teleconverters. These were both 2X models. One was the MD 2X TELE CONVERTER 300-S and the other was the 300-L....
Hello all,
just to finish this open question I have done some time ago and that
could be of interest to some, and I have some conclusions.
I have acquired a...
Been there, done that with my XD-11's. There is also the safe load signal on the back of the camera as another reminder that the film is loaded properly. ... ...
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