What's your latest new old camera ? (Part 2)

[Pentode]

What I'm trying to say is that, let's say, Nikon FE and EM. One is more robust than the other. Or Olympus OM-1 and OM-10. Latter feels a tad flimsy. Same with X-xxx. X-700 looks fine, the paint never comes off, it can look great for the decades, but it's plasticky. So is X-300 (Aka 370). I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw SRT-101, it stands so much higher than others... Heck, even Maxxum 9000 feels sturdier than X-700.

I won't say that any of those cameras are bad, because they aren't. In fact X-700 is a dream cam for some thanks to PAM, X-570 offers the same sans Program mode and if one wishes to taste majestic Rokkor glass without spending too much, there's always X-370. All three are rather popular in my country, much more than Nikon FM, FE, FG, almost as much venerated as Canon AE-1.

It seems to me that some people made a lot of bad decisions in Minolta management, because if you're as innovative as that brand, you gotta try too hard to perish like they did.

I agree with you on all counts.

 

[4season]

Necono (L), Sun & Cloud (R), SuperHeadz Japan.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Necono ...

Oh sweet Jesus! I have to have one!!

(I am not joking - I want one of these)

.

 

[flavio81]

What I'm trying to say is that, let's say, Nikon FE and EM. One is more robust than the other. Or Olympus OM-1 and OM-10. Latter feels a tad flimsy. Same with X-xxx. X-700 looks fine, the paint never comes off, it can look great for the decades, but it's plasticky. So is X-300 (Aka 370). I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw SRT-101, it stands so much higher than others... Heck, even Maxxum 9000 feels sturdier than X-700.

I won't say that any of those cameras are bad, because they aren't. In fact X-700 is a dream cam for some thanks to PAM, X-570 offers the same sans Program mode and if one wishes to taste majestic Rokkor glass without spending too much, there's always X-370. All three are rather popular in my country, much more than Nikon FM, FE, FG, almost as much venerated as Canon AE-1.

It seems to me that some people made a lot of bad decisions in Minolta management, because if you're as innovative as that brand, you gotta try too hard to perish like they did.

Agree. My friend used a X-570 while i used an AE-1 back on my student day. The X-570 looked tacky and plasticky... but it was a pleasure, a joy to use, to be honest. (They should have kept the classic '60s Minolta logo!)

There are so many great minoltas. Alas, I already have complete Canon FD, EF, Nikon and Pentax systems, so trying minolta would be tol much.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

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There are so many great minoltas. Alas, I already have complete Canon FD, EF, Nikon and Pentax systems, so trying minolta would be tol much.

Well, whatever you do, DON'T google the SR-2 or the SR-7 and definitely DO NOT click on links such as these:

https://www.cameraquest.com/minsr2.htm

http://www.mikeeckman.com/2017/06/minolta-sr-7-1962/

 

[flavio81]

Well, whatever you do, DON'T google the SR-2 or the SR-7 and definitely DO NOT click on links such as these:

https://www.cameraquest.com/minsr2.htm

http://www.mikeeckman.com/2017/06/minolta-sr-7-1962/

Porn! Porn!

I have a Canon FX which copies the meter arrangement of the SR-7 exactly!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FX

It isn't as sexy as the SR-7, but mechanically it is very smooth.

 

[CMoore]

X-700, like every other three digit X Minoltas feel cheaper than any SRT. Cheaper than most of their peers from other brands as well. And that is considering that X-700 was last (and supposedly the best) manual focus Minolta for mass market. Not good enough, I guess.

I never had a 700, but i do have the 570...and THAT camera is why i am selling (trying to) my Canon A-1 and AE1-P.

 

[M-88]

I never had a 700, but i do have the 570...and THAT camera is why i am selling (trying to) my Canon A-1 and AE1-P.

I'm glad you like it that much

 

[CMoore]

I'm glad you like it that much

I have (probably) shot the A-1 more than any other camera. It works fine, takes just as good a picture as anything else....it's juts that i prefer the way the 570 functions.
Other than a CLA a few years back, the A-1 has worked flawlessly. The AE1-P is also a quality camera. I have too many, so something has to go. The A-Series are going for pennies these day. Somebody will get a good deal when they buy mine.....

 

[M-88]

I have (probably) shot the A-1 more than any other camera. It works fine, takes just as good a picture as anything else....it's juts that i prefer the way the 570 functions.
Other than a CLA a few years back, the A-1 has worked flawlessly. The AE1-P is also a quality camera. I have too many, so something has to go. The A-Series are going for pennies these day. Somebody will get a good deal when they buy mine.....

The only thing that irritates me is that AE-1 is more popular and expensive than A-1. Shutter priority mode is a torture. Otherwise, each late 70's manual camera is as good as any other.

 

[AgX]

Well, whatever you do, DON'T google the SR-2 or the SR-7.

Well, one may google SR-71. As collectors item it might come with some nice cameras.

 

[PaulQ]

Oh sweet Jesus! I have to have one!!

(I am not joking - I want one of these)

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There are 5 on Amazon UK, don't know if they'll post to the usa. £55.

If it arrives, just bought a Werra 5.

 

[Martin Rickards]

I never had a 700, but i do have the 570...and THAT camera is why i am selling (trying to) my Canon A-1 and AE1-P.

I use the European equivalent X-570 (which was the last MF minolta, being introduced after the X-700) and i too find it an exceptional camera.

 

[R.Gould]

Ensign 820 special and Rolleicord IV should be arriving this week

 

[4season]

(I am not joking - I want one of these)

In the US of A, this is probably your best source for Superheadz/Powershovel products: http://www.ultrafineonline.com/nsearch.html?query=necono
Photo Warehouse aka Ultra Fine Online also sells via eBay, Etsy and Amazon, and prices and stock seem to vary somewhat from site to site.

 

[benjiboy]

I hadn't bought a camera for more than twenty-five years because II was happy with my New F1s, but in the last year or so I had a relapse and bought two Canon F1n bodies they were in such great condition and so reasonably priced I couldn't resist them.

 

[waynecrider]

My two latest purchases was my first Minolta, an XG-M with a 45mm F2, and then I added a 50mm F1.4
MD ROKKOR X. Next up was a clean Nikon FE. A nice surprise was the FE's auto exposure feature which makes for easy night shots.

 

[PaulQ]

The Werra 5 turned up. Nothing online mentioned the adjustable dioptre on the viewfinder.

 

[flavio81]

Ensign 820 special

I had the standard 820 with the Ross Xpres. Excellent build quality, however I couldn't make the lens be critically sharp consistently. I tried re-aligning the focus scale with regard to the true focus plane, but I could never have good success. It might be due to lack of film flatness or film plane consistency.

 

[AgX]

The Werra 5 turned up. Nothing online mentioned the adjustable dioptre on the viewfinder.

Interesting !!!

That would make it the first still camera that got such!
(Or does anyone know better? By then cine cameras already got such.)


I got the the first model Werra. Designwise the most interesting as least cluttered.
But its finder is just shit.

 

[PaulQ]

Interesting !!!

That would make it the first still camera that got such!
(Or does anyone know better? By then cine cameras already got such.)


I got the the first model Werra. Designwise the most interesting as least cluttered.
But its finder is just shit.

The circular viewfinder unscrews a little, when it's tight the image is blurry (I'm shortsighted), unscrewed a bit it's sharp, then gets blurry again as it unscrews further. Then stops unscrewing any further so I don't think I'm trying to remove it.
Actually I think the seller got it wrong and it's a 4.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

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That would make it the first still camera that got such!
...

Unless I misunderstand the subject here, the Leica III and other Barnack Leicas have an adjustable diopter.

On my III, from 1934, the adjustment is a lever at the eyepiece; on my IIIf, the adjustment is a lever near the rewind knob.

 

[AgX]

I stand corrected.
I googled for that but found no hint, Then I read some Leica manuals, nothing. Only by your reply I found that lever in photos in the manual. It is indicated as such only in those photos.

 

[R.Gould]

I had the standard 820 with the Ross Xpres. Excellent build quality, however I couldn't make the lens be critically sharp consistently. I tried re-aligning the focus scale with regard to the true focus plane, but I could never have good success. It might be due to lack of film flatness or film plane consistency.

I have several ensigns.all with te Xpress lens, and all are very sharp, as with any folder, the trick is to stop down to at least 8,to 16, which with the Xpress lens is the optimum working apertures, with 11 being the best, I must have 6 cameras with this lens and, like the Tessar Skoper Ect they need stopping down to get the best out of them,

 

[Pentode]

My latest THREE!:
Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL
Pentax SV
Pentax SP-II

I bought a couple of M42 lenses from a member of another forum and he threw in the camera bodies for free! The Mamiya is working but the meter isn't and the other two need CLAs. Still, not too shabby for the price of two lenses!
He threw in an extra lens, too. An extremely nice guy!