yes I really like minolta more
yes I really like minolta more+1
Then again, you seem to prefer the Minolta above the others (?). If so, keep that one. Shooting film is supposed to be fun, so keep the one you enjoy shooting the most.
You are absolutely right..No doubt about it: You will regret selling your first camera!
mamiya rb 67Out of curiosity, which medium formats will you sell?
I'm glad to be here. thanks for your answersWelcome to Photrio.
I would base my choice on my personal preference, and on the local market conditions where I am, including the market conditions I can easily access through international sources.
So if I were you, I would lean more on advice from those familiar with Turkey.
om-1 gives me confidence in this. I also have a roles 35s. the two are similar in this regard.I would sell the Minolta XD-S because it's the most valuable, and because I'm tired of servicing Minolta electronics!
Next, I would sell the Pentax MX because it doesn't seem especially easy to service, and it's ring resistor wears out.
Olympus OM looks nice and tidy inside and is the easiest for me to service, so I'd keep the OM1.
thank you!lpostcard, do you develop the films yourself? Do you shoot B&W, color, or both?
Welcome to APUG btw.
Thanks for this great site. very detailedThe Pentax MX was physically smaller in all dimensions then the OM-1, it has a larger viewfinder magnification at .97X compared to the OM-1's .92X and still have the full info available in the viewfinder- meter, shutter speed and aperture. All without having to resort to putting the shutter speed on the lens mount. Yoshihisa Maitani discusses the development of the OM-1 and why they had to move the shutter in "The path to a compact SLR would require the efficient use of underutilized space." at https://www.olympus-global.com/technology/museum/lecture/vol2_03/?page=technology_museum. Of course having the aperture indicators at the tip of the lenses means you cannot display it via the window in the prism. There are other indirect ways to show the aperture.
Thank you very much for your advice. I thought about them one by one. but I love each one separately. Well, I shouldn't be in a hurry. I'll spend time with them for a while.Not sure why folks feel a need to recommend cameras not listed as these are 3 systems he currently owns and wants to sell 2 as film really expensive in his part of the world. I stick with keeping the MX, if the meter dies still operative with sunny 16 or handheld.
There are other options besides selling.
You can donate to charity.
You can give them to friends and/or family.
You can throw them in the trash.
You can pay to have someone take them away.
hello, I really need your suggestions on a topic. There are very high prices in film prices and development due to economic reasons in my country. So I want to sell some of my cameras and budget for a digital camera. because I can no longer use my analog cameras due to the film prices.
No problem with compact and medium format cameras. But I am very unsure about my SLR cameras. Which one would you choose among the 3 slr and lenses below?
1.minolta xd-s (black and 5th generation with new logo)
minolta rokkor 45mm f2
vivitar 19mm
2.pentax mx
smc-m 50mm f1.4
smc-m 28mm f2.8
3.olympus om-1
zuiko 50mm f1.8
I love the pentax lens quality. On the other hand, minolta confuses me as it is a rare piece and it is more special for me as a minolta brand.
Thank you for your ideas.
I understand you very well. Minolta is very special to me. I want it to stay with me always. So I gave up the idea of selling it completely. For my other machines, I decided not to rush. I'll take pictures with them for a while. Maybe I can make a decision later.I'll only say that selling my first new film camera (Minolta X-700) was the sole and painful regret in all photography gear I ever put my hands on. I wound up getting more than one later once it became clear it had just too much of sentimental value (and a great camera to boot). So in that sense I would have no choice but to keep my first.
Sadly I don't see XD having a long life left in it without needing work as they are one of the most trouble prone Minolta's produced in their day. Pentax MX is great, but probably just as over hyped as K1000, for different reasons. All in all, from technical perspective, keep any one of them, if they are all in relatively equal shape and working order (as originally intended).
If you enjoy the Minolta the most, that’s a clear candidate to keep. Photography, especially as a hobby, is about enjoying the process and honing your craft. At the end of the day, the tools you use should be the ones your most comfortable with and which bring joy to use. I grew up using Pentax, so my hands feel most comfortable using an MX, but Minolta made fine machines as well. Pentax and Olympus arguably made a larger quantity of quality glass, but that is subjective of course. It is a difficult decision but with these three cameras you cannot go wrong.
I have most of Minolta's manual focus bodies in collection and a long range of Rokkor lenses.I understand you very well. Minolta is very special to me. I want it to stay with me always. So I gave up the idea of selling it completely. For my other machines, I decided not to rush. I'll take pictures with them for a while. Maybe I can make a decision later.
So have you used any other Minolta models after the x700?
So have you used any other Minolta models after the x700?
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