Evening all Does anyone know if there are any good stores for purchasing Minolta (& related) equipment in Moscow? And also what prices are like for used ...
... I have one. It is very sharp and contrasty. But it doesn't focus closer than 5ft, except for a fairly useless macro setting at 28mm focal length, and it is...
Colin- Colin- Do you mean something like "Best Circuit Buy Shop" East of the Danube? Enjoy your trip, but pack what you need, photographically. An educated...
I have a maxxum 600si that just started displaying the 'Help' message on the screen. It has been working fine up until now. I had opened the back, not...
wrleigh- It didn't flash "help" until you played with the partially exposed film? Not before? If that's the case, IMO, just reload the camera (maybe the...
... Just trying a new roll isn't enough and isn't a direct attack on an electronic indication of a problem. I'd first remove the battery and be sure the...
... anything else stored in the same drawer, cabinet, or bag. It's ... billions and that leaves a few million around, doing their ... Kinda like with my...
Hi Ben ... something like that.... I've spent time in Russia before, a couple of weeks in the southern part, and will be there again over the holiday period....
... Behalf ... original ... start ... fresh ... electronic indication of a problem. I'd first remove the ... (days?) so any residual charge in the circuitry...
I have had the same problem with other Maxxums. I took them to my repair guy, who said that "HELP" usually means the film tranport motor needs replaced. Your...
... From: Colin To: Minolta@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: RE: [Minolta] Re: Minolta stores in Moscow although I must say...
There have been international comparisons made of the price of products (food, living, electronics etc) published in the papers here in Sweden and today Moscow...
Colin- I mentioned before that packing you bag with your used gear and selling it there would be a more likely proposition for money saving. I'm certain the...
I recently took a 3 image pano of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park and ran it with the MS program and Pano Maker Pro 4. I found that the MS...
... the camera (Planar Motion). Absolutely zero documentation (that I can find) with the MS program...not that any is really needed, but would be nice if we...
Thanks, that first reference really explains the planar stuff. When you did the 360, did the MS program cut off the overlap at the end of the stitch or did you...
... end of the stitch or did you have to do it by hand? All done automatically without intervention. I see a few spots where the seams don't match precisely,...
I meant to add that the end seam looks very good, which was a surprise. It took just over one minute to shoot the circle and those clouds were moving fast; so...
If you want to save any of my pages you can see how I've pieced together the ptviewer commands. The only one that I can not get to work is the button to...
I have not been in Moscow is 15 months. It is not the best place to get good deals on used cameras. The cost of living is very high in Moscow and the used...
I can comment on my personal use of the Sony software for RAW conversion. Someone advised me awhile ago to NOT use it, and this has greatly enhanced both my...
Barry, I thought that the K-mount was Pentax camera thing. Karl S. http://www.mountevans.com/ http://www.rmnp.com/ Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but...
... There is no such thing. There are three Minolta mounts: * A, or AF/Alpha, which is the current Sony mount * SR, or MC/MD, which is the old manual focus...
Dear all, I'm selling out of Minolta film and digital kit after several years of happy use. I have not gone over to the enemy, but rather am returning to...
Hello all, Just popped in to say "hi". Up until about 7 years ago I was the co-owner/moderator of this group when I was a die-hard Minolta Maxxum shooter....
Hi to you, Bill, though we've never met. A check of the archives shows that your last post here was in November 2004, which was a few months before I joined. A...