Tag: Minolta XG 1
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single frame: Interurban overpass
A bridge over an abandoned interurban line in Indianapolis.
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single frame: My son at the old railroad bridge
My son near an old railroad bridge in Zionsville, Indiana.
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single frame: Headstone Friends
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Updated reviews: Canon TLb and Minolta XG 1
Refreshed reviews of two solid 1970s SLRs.
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The 50mm f/1.4 MD Rokkor-X is a lovely lens
I shot my 50mm f/1.4 MD Rokkor-X lens one last time before selling off the last of my Minolta 35mm SLR gear.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Minolta XG 1
Minolta SLRs and I have not gotten on well. They are unfailingly delightful to use and return great images — when they work. Which, in my experience, is seldom. I’ve owned two X-700 bodies that developed the well-known stuck winder problem. The fix involves soldering new capacitors. I’ve owned two Maxxum 7000 bodies that developed…
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single frame: Garrett, down the hall
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Minolta XG 1
Competition among SLR manufacturers heated up during the 1970s as use of electronics increased and body size decreased. Minolta’s XG series was their way of competing against Olympus’s OM series and Pentax’s M cameras. I bought one because I had two Minolta X-700s in a row that failed, but I wanted a body lighter than…