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Doug
Tinkerer
Username: Doug
Post Number: 12
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 07:54 pm: | 
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Hi folks:
Haven't posted in a while; been very busy at work. One benefit, my boss heard that I like old film cameras and he brought in a very nice Minolta XG-A that only needed light seals and batteries. The interesting one is the Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII with a black body. From what I understand they are somewhat of a collectors item. It does need some work. It fires nicely in manual but doesn't work in automatic. I am tempted to get it to a professional. Any ideas? |
Clay
Tinkerer
Username: Clay
Post Number: 20
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 09:45 am: |
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I have the Minolta HiMatic 7s. Father of your sII.
It is my backup to my Nikon F2AS.The Rokkor lens is
remarkably good, and yours should be as well.
Best regards,
/Clay |
Kiron_kid
Tinkerer
Username: Kiron_kid
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 08:45 pm: |
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It's a very good lens. A design collaboration between Minolta & Leitz. It's the same lens used on the Vivitar ES, Revue 400SE and a couple of the Konica C3's etc. You won't be disappointed in it's performance.
Kiron Kid |
Doug
Tinkerer
Username: Doug
Post Number: 13
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 11:56 am: |
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The only disappointment is the meter is dead. I pulled the bottom cover off to see if the connection to the battery compartment was broken. Everything appears to be OK. Luckily it can be used as a totally manual camera. Not unlike my FSU rangefinders. |
