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Buying Camera Gear on eBay and ShopGoodwill: Finding Bargains, Avoiding Junk

On: April 20, 2020

In: Photography Journey

Buying cameras based on images and brief descriptions can be rewarding or frustrating. Happily, even though I have purchased many items from both eBay and ShopGoodwill, my experiences have been overwhelmingly positive, with only a few duds. There was the person who sold me a Maxxum 70 that “probably worked,”Continue Reading

Vintage-Minolta Love: Here’s to the Dreamers

On: March 9, 2020

In: Vintage-Minolta Love

Like a lot of people, I usually root for the underdog. When I bought my first Minolta, an SR-T 101, in 1975 from a pawn shop, it was a purely economic decision. I wanted a “real’ camera and that 101 was the only thing I could afford at the time.Continue Reading