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Minolta SLR

29 September, 2020

Minolta SRT 101 Review – My Funny Valentine – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

A recent re-associating with the Pentax Spotmatic F had me pondering about some of the other ‘Golden Oldies’ that have been sitting by the skirting board in my living room for a...
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10 August, 2020

Minolta X300 – Turning Back Time with my 35 Year Old SLR – By Richard Wilford

By Richard Wilford

I was given a Minolta X300 for my 21st birthday. It wasn’t my first camera but it was my first SLR, and I’m still using it 35 years later. For 23 years it was virtually all I us...
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10 July, 2020

Minolta Dynax 7 Review (aka Minolta a-7 & Maxxum 7) – As good as it gets – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The Minolta Alpha/Maxxum or Minolta Dynax 7 (as mine is, and as I shall from henceforth be calling it) was released in 2000 and was about as sophisticated as any 35mm SLR ever g...
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15 May, 2020

Minolta XG-E Review: Takes a Lickin’ and Keeps On Tickin’ – by Aaron Gold

By Aaron Gold

In my Nikomat FT2 review, I mentioned my friend Mark who bestowed that camera upon me. Here’s the full story: One week I showed up to Mark’s office for his weekly Models and Mov...
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6 September, 2019

Minolta Maxxum 9 / Dynax 9 / Alpha 9 Review – The 35mm Film Godfather of the Sony Alpha line – By Benjamin Fargen

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After exclusively shooting my Sony A7R2 & Leica Q the last 3 years for personal and client work, I decided it was time to get out of my comfort zone and purchase a film camera t...
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23 May, 2018

Minolta X-700 and 45mm f2 Lens – A love story with an uncertain ending – By Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Love stories come in more dramatic varieties. But they're never more true. The 45mm f2 Minolta MD lens was attached to an SR-T 100x I bought in a now-defunct thrift store in Mun...
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