montecarlo
Joined: 04 Apr 2007
Posts: 1865
Location: Romania
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 Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:16 pm Post subject: Minolta X500 |
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montecarlo wrote:
Hello all 
Well, this week my Minolta X-500 arrived, together with a 28mm f:2.8 Tokina lens (i think it's an older model, having a bigger barrel, 58mm filter ! and 8 aperture blades, unlike newer version which is smaller, 6 aperture blades, a 52mm filter ring and is less heavier).
First impression: it's pretty solid camera, despinte being made of plastic (the silver part of it imitates very well metal ) and sits in my hand like the P50/P30 of Pentax. The viewfinder is large an bright but the shutter/mirror is little bit noiser than the P30 and the Chinon CM4. However, the most 'stealth' shutter/mirror assembly is the one found in F80/N80 (speaking of SLR cameras).
Now, together with the previously arrived MC Rokkor 50mm f:1.7 lens i'll see how i'll manage to use it on the streets
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Canonet QL17 III
Zenit E , Helios-44 58mm f:2.0 , Tair-11A 135mm f:2.8, Jupiter-9 85mm f:2.0,
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f:2.4
Pentax MX, ME Super, Chinon CE4/CM4, Petri MC 28mm f:2, smc Pentax-M 50mm f:1.7, Soligor T 135mm f:2.8
Minolta X500, Tokina 28/2.8, Rokkor 50/1.7, 80-205/4.5
Nikon D90, Nikkor 35/2.0, Nikkor 50/1.8, Sigma 24/2.8, Nikkor 18-105 VR |
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
Posts: 5019
Location: UK
Expire: 2014-04-21
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
Well I have one either side of yours:- X300 and X700 and they are nice cameras to use...the only complaint about them is that they have two capacitors that are dodgy and once one or two blow, the camera is U/S........ you can buy the caps on ebay and fit them yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron.
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Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008
Posts: 3754
Location: Argentina
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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estudleon wrote:
Hi.
Minolta. My son gifted to me a XG9 (for my birthday) with the MC Rokkor PF 1,7/50. I put a XP2 Super film. The lens has a very little fungus in the corner of the internal face of the last element. They don't see without a lupe of 10x. No effect .
In my experience, when you see thru the lens with a lupe, and the image is clear, contrast and with correct definition, the fungus no effect.
The cam is new. It seems to be never used. But the controls are fine. All of them. With original box, papers of the purchase original, all like new.
I had my first XG9 in 1980/81.
Inthe same offert, my son bought a XGE with erratic shutter and 2/45 lens in almost mint conditions.
All for 20 bucks. Here, in Argentina that's practically a donation 
Ahhhhhhhhh...............a cheap minolta flash 132 X too in the same combo.
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Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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