If you were to choose an SLR camera, which one would it be?

[lpostcard]

+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.

yes I really like minolta more

 

[lpostcard]

No doubt about it: You will regret selling your first camera!

You are absolutely right..

 

[lpostcard]

Out of curiosity, which medium formats will you sell?

mamiya rb 67

 

[lpostcard]

Welcome 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.

I'm glad to be here. thanks for your answers
In fact, the prices of all three SLRs are similar.

 

[lpostcard]

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.

om-1 gives me confidence in this. I also have a roles 35s. the two are similar in this regard.

 

[lpostcard]

lpostcard, do you develop the films yourself? Do you shoot B&W, color, or both?
Welcome to APUG btw .

thank you!
I only develop s & b myself but I am shooting both.

 

[lpostcard]

The 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.

Thanks for this great site. very detailed

 

[lpostcard]

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.

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.
I wish I didn't feel the need to say goodbye to them. But there are economic difficulties throughout the country. Film prices have increased so much that many of my friends have started selling their analog cameras.

 

[Paul Howell]

If there is glut of film cameras, might be better to hang on until prices recover.

 

[Billy Axeman]

These are the possibilities with 3 cameras:

000 - Don't sell anything when you are too attached to it.
001 - Sell cam 3, and keep the other two.
010 - Sell cam 2, and keep the other two.
011 - Sell cam 2 and 3, and keep only one.
100 - Sell cam 1, and keep the other two.
101 - Sell cam 1 and 3, and keep only one.
110 - Sell cam 1 and 2, and keep only one.
111 - Sell all three cameras, and stop shooting film or buy a more exiting one.

 

[narsuitus]

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.

 

[Chan Tran]

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.

All those options would not generate any money to contribute to his digital camera fund. He wanted to sell because he needs some money.

 

[George Mann]

I would personally keep the Pentax.

 

[flavio81]

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.

Too easy! The Pentax MX.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

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).

 

[Finn lyle]

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.

 

[lpostcard]

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).

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?

 

[lpostcard]

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.

Now his three are with me. I decided to put off my selling idea and spend more time with them. Thank you for your valuable comments.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

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?

I have most of Minolta's manual focus bodies in collection and a long range of Rokkor lenses.

From X line it is the X-500 (or 570) that makes most sense as program mode in X-700 is just not much I ever used, but 500 instead tells me light reading in manual mode which 700 does not.

SRT line is close to toping the best of Minoltas, although XE-1 (or XE-7) is my favorite. While XD have the unfortunate share of electronic problems (and really bad history of leatherette shrinking and lifting off in an ugly way), XE has a habit of crank getting loose in film advance mechanism, which at some point in its life makes crank working erratically. Of 4 XE bodies I have, 2 have this problem and they don't look used much. It is fixable, but sadly a smear on the overall great camera in every other respect.

Let me ad that XDs are super smooth and in that sense often praised by many users. They sure feel like fine bodies.

 

[Les Sarile]

So have you used any other Minolta models after the x700?

Minolta has some nice cameras for sure . . . although I am still searching for the SR-2

And Minolta glass are very good. In fact, they were only one of two companies in Japan that made their own optical glass and lenses back then . . .

 

[Huss]

My first 35mm camera was an Oly OM10. Could not care less where that lump is. Now if my first camera was a black OM1 or 2...