Minolta SRT200

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

I have recently picked up a Minolta SRT200 camera, Not even sure of there year. IT has a 45MM 1:2 lense on it. I was just given the camera, didn't come with any lense

My questions are:

Has anyone else used these cameras, and if so, How good are they?

2: Were can I get some lenses?

3. Do I have to buy a special type of film for it?

Thanks

Dave Parker · Oct 16, 2006

I shot with the SRT series for years, in fact my first cameras that I worked with were SRT 100 and an SRT 200...I still have several lenses that work on this body all the way from 28mm to 200mm that I could be talked out of cheap, as far as film any 35mm film will work in it, the 45mm lens that you say is on it, is a great lens to start learning with..if you have the SRT and a lens, pick up some film and start taking pictures, and keep hanging out here, you will learn real quick.

Dave

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

Dave Parker said:
I shot with the SRT series for years, in fact my first cameras that I worked with were SRT 100 and an SRT 200...I still have several lenses that work on this body all the way from 28mm to 200mm that I could be talked out of cheap, as far as film any 35mm film will work in it, the 45mm lens that you say is on it, is a great lens to start learning with..if you have the SRT and a lens, pick up some film and start taking pictures, and keep hanging out here, you will learn real quick.

Dave

Do you have any of them scanned by any chance? I'd like to see

Thanks for the help. I sent you a PM

David Brown · Oct 16, 2006

I have three SRTs (and a 4th that was damaged beyond repair, but that's another story. )

They are great, old cameras. Special film? No, they're 35mm. Lenses? All over Ebay, KEH, used camera shops. You need Minolta MC or MD mount. As cheap as they are, you might as well get Minolta lenses IMO.

The big downside is that the proper batteries for these cameras are no longer available, but there are modern substitutes, assuming the meter even works. However, the camera works without a battery - just no meter.

See:

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http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/index.htm

Have fun!

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

David Brown said:
I have three SRTs (and a 4th that was damaged beyond repair, but that's another story. )

They are great, old cameras. Special film? No, they're 35mm. Lenses? All over Ebay, KEH, used camera shops. You need Minolta MC or MD mount. As cheap as they are, you might as well get Minolta lenses IMO.

The big downside is that the proper batteries for these cameras are no longer available, but there are modern substitutes, assuming the meter even works. However, the camera works without a battery - just no meter.

See:

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http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/index.htm

Have fun!

What exactly is the meter for ???

Christopher Walrath · Oct 16, 2006

1. Excellent
2. eBay (MC/MD mounting type)
3. 35mm roll film (Agfa, Kodak, Fuji, color, B&W, print, slide)

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

flash19901 said:
1. Excellent
2. eBay (MC/MD mounting type)
3. 35mm roll film (Agfa, Kodak, Fuji, color, B&W, print, slide)

Oh, Thanks! That clears it up for me

Flash, Should I get one?

Michel Hardy-Vallée · Oct 16, 2006

dana44 said:
What exactly is the meter for ???

It's a light meter. To measure the light.

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

mhv said:
It's a light meter. To measure the light.

Ah, thanks.

BradS · Oct 16, 2006

The best thing about minolta manual focus SLR bodies is that you can so easily use all that fine Minolta glass with 'em. Every camera repair guy I've ever talked to raves about the Minolta SRT line...I honestly don't know why. I do love the glass though. Minolta manual focus lenses are some of the most under rated lenses I can think of.

Many folks over look the 45mm f/2 but, it is incredibly sharp, compact and light weight. Load with film and enjoy.

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

BradS said:
The best thing about minolta manual focus SLR bodies is that you can so easily use all that fine Minolta glass with 'em. Every camera repair guy I've ever talked to raves about the Minolta SRT line...I honestly don't know why. I do love the glass though. Minolta manual focus lenses are some of the most under rated lenses I can think of.

Many folks over look the 45mm f/2 but, it is incredibly sharp, compact and light weight. Load with film and enjoy.

I do love manual focus, I like manual! with auto.. it's harder to achive exactly what you want.

bob01721 · Oct 16, 2006

Flash, Should I get one?

It's a personal thing. Depends on how and what you shoot. I've used my flash maybe a half dozen times in almost forty years. Others use flash all the time and couldn't get by without it.

BTW, the Minolta SRTs are great cameras. I still shoot the first one I bought in 1968!
Also, a fellow named John Titterington (email: JTCamera@aol.com) is a great repair tech -- in case your meter gets stuck or the shutter bearings dry out. He's a whiz with SRTs! Very reasonable prices, too.

dana44 · Oct 16, 2006

bob01721 said:
It's a personal thing. Depends on how and what you shoot. I've used my flash maybe a half dozen times in almost forty years. Others use flash all the time and couldn't get by without it.

BTW, the Minolta SRTs are great cameras. I still shoot the first one I bought in 1968!
Also, a fellow named John Titterington (email: JTCamera@aol.com) is a great repair tech -- in case your meter gets stuck or the shutter bearings dry out. He's a whiz with SRTs! Very reasonable prices, too.

I am mainly out-doors, and night landscapes.

But thanks for the input! if you have any images taken from a SRT200 let me kno!

Kevin Roach · Oct 17, 2006

The thing I like about the SRT and other cameras of this era is the match needle exposure system. You can see exactly what changing the exposure values will do. It's a great camera to learn on.

DBP · Oct 17, 2006

Good solid camera, especially nice if you wear glasses.

asiafish · Jun 5, 2013

Jphn Titterington

bob01721 said:
It's a personal thing. Depends on how and what you shoot. I've used my flash maybe a half dozen times in almost forty years. Others use flash all the time and couldn't get by without it.

BTW, the Minolta SRTs are great cameras. I still shoot the first one I bought in 1968!
Also, a fellow named John Titterington (email: JTCamera@aol.com) is a great repair tech -- in case your meter gets stuck or the shutter bearings dry out. He's a whiz with SRTs! Very reasonable prices, too.

Found this page YEARS after it was posted, but John Titterington is still working on SRTs, and also occasionally sells them on eBay. In addition to cleaning them and making everything right, he also calibrates the meters to work with modern batteries, which is a far better alternative than the Wein cells most people use.

I had an SRT200 with 45/2 back in the late 1970s, and just bought another one from John. It is OUTSTANDING.

fstop · Jun 5, 2013

The 45/2 is my favorite car show lens, quick focus and very sharp.

Sirius Glass · Jun 5, 2013

Great camera. Try www.keh.com

frank · Oct 7, 2016

Reviving this old thread because it came up when I Googled Minolta SRT200, which I did because I picked up this camera today on my junk shop search for good inexpensive cameras. It is a bit dirty but has no dents oe scratches. It should clean up nicely. It came with a Minolta 45f2 and a Minolta 28f3.5 in a camera bag. Not sure if meter works as it needs a mercury battery. Pretty impossible to walk away from when the price tag was $10.

The other camera I bought today was a minty Pentax ME Super with Pentax 50f1.7 for $20. (I would have left it if it had a 50f2 lens.) It works on its 1/125 manual speed, but I need to get batteries to test automatic and manual speed selector. Now I'll Google ME Super and see if an old APUG thread comes up.

I did walk away from a Canon TL with 50f1.8 with a $32 price tag. I really don't need any more cameras.

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