Author name: Andrew Lodge

I decided one day during the height of the first spike of Covid-19 here in Newfoundland, Canada to go to the local antique shop to try my luck at what I could find in terms of cameras, and oh boy did I score a find. I found a Minolta XG-9 with the Rokkor-X 50mm F1.7, Rokkor-X 135mm F3.5, Minolta 132X flash, Sunpak Auto 4205 G flash, A roll of Kodak gold 200, a leather bag, and all the receipts from the original owner from the early ’80s. It was in amazing condition and the antique shop owner only wanted $125 for it, but I knocked him down to $100. I took it home, put in a new battery, turned it on, and the shutter didn’t fire…