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Minolta A another birth year camera!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:12 pm    Post subject: Minolta A another birth year camera! Reply with quote
Here is my lovely Minolta A. Pretty good condition and working nicely. It is in the queue of cameras i must film test!

The body shape is not good, its awkward to hold properly - I imagine if you have small hands it could be difficult.

It took me a few moments to find the shutter speed dial - its on the top plate just above the Minolta name. The self timer - as always is a little hesitant so best well left alone.

The A was an entry level camera designed to compete with the German models and priced cheaper. But import tax of far-eastern imports was very high so it never got a real hold in the UK market.

Spec:

Minolta-A mk2, from 1956
35mm Rangefinder Camera
Fixed lens: Chiyoko Rokkor 45mm f3.5 with 4 elements in 3 groups
Optiper MX shutter: 1 to 1/300th

Interesting trivia I think : The manuals of German cameras mention depth of focus, on the Japanese ones they call it (correctly) depth of field.









PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's one I hadn't seen before. The Optiper lens line must have been short-lived.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Farside wrote:
That's one I hadn't seen before. The Optiper lens line must have been short-lived.


Optiper MX is the shutter, isn't it?


PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
These are cute chubby cameras, the lens is a good one. That shutter speed dial is stepless, so you can set it to any 'in-between' speed... and is on top like that so that the light meter that sat in the flash shoe coupled to it. The meter misses the shutter dial on my A-2, also a birth year camera for me Wink


Minolta A-2 by Nesster, on Flickr

Minolta A-2 by Nesster, on Flickr


PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice to know its a stepless shutter. They don't mention that in the (Butkuss) instruction manual.
I suppose I must look out for an A2 now.

So many cameras so little time!!


PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
DR.JUAN wrote:
Farside wrote:
That's one I hadn't seen before. The Optiper lens line must have been short-lived.


Optiper MX is the shutter, isn't it?


You're right. And the M - X would have been flash selection. Doh! Embarassed
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