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VMLP 7: The Minolta SR-3–The Best Version of the Minolta SR-2?

2021-02-17
On: February 17, 2021
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

The Minolta SR-3 was the next upper-level Minolta SLR after the SR-2. The SR-2 is a collector’s item because it was Minolta’s first SLR and only about 20,000 were made. The SR-7 is noted for its built-in meter, the first Minolta SLR with this capability. The middle child SR-3 goesContinue Reading

VMLP 6: Exploring Manual Minolta Zooms

2021-01-20
On: January 20, 2021
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

When I set out to do the Vintage Minolta Love Project, the idea was to try as many SLR bodies as I could afford. Thanks to eBay and people cleaning out garages, attics, and closets, I have been able to get the bodies I desired. With lenses, I took aContinue Reading

VMLP 5: The Maxxum 9000—Nice and a Little Confusing

2020-12-14
On: December 14, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

After deciding I wanted to try Minoltas other than my Maxxum 7000i, I went for the Sevens in the Maxxum line. The Maxxum 70 was the next purchase (it has a meta-origin story—The People by the Side of the Road). In quick succession, the Maxxum 7, 700si, and 7xi followedContinue Reading

Introducing Lens Love!

2020-11-09
On: November 9, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

When I decided to do the Vintage Minolta Love Project, the focus was on camera bodies and how camera features and technology had changed over the years. The plan was to own only a few lenses and use them to evaluate all cameras. Having started with autofocus cameras, I hadContinue Reading

VMLP 4: The Minolta Maxxum 7000—Let There Be Autofocus!

2020-10-21
On: October 21, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

After using the Maxxum 7000i, my first Minolta and real camera in more than three decades, I realized I wanted to try other Minolta cameras. That realization led me to research other models. On learning that Minolta favored the numbers 5, 7, and 9 when naming cameras, I decided that,Continue Reading

VMLP 3: The Minolta SR-2, the Start of Something Big

2020-10-05
On: October 5, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

I never set out to buy an SR-2 in a deliberate sense—that is, in the same way I searched for my Maxxum 7. The Maxxum 7 was going to be the camera I used to achieve photographic perfection. At the time, the SR-2, and all SRs, for that matter, wereContinue Reading

VMLP 2: Sony–The Revenge of Minolta, the Re-birth of the Cool

2020-09-14
On: September 14, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project

I have before me a Minolta Maxxum 5D camera and a Sony a100. The a100 was a pandemic buy—I hadn’t planned to buy another digital camera because the Olympus e300 works fine for testing manual lenses. The a100 was the first A-mount camera Sony made after buying Minolta’s camera IP.Continue Reading

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