Any "Known Problems" with Minolta 5000i's

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Just a quickie - I've a mate who's just phoned me and asked if buying a Minolta Dynax 5000i would be a good idea. I said I'd only ever laid hands on the 7000 out of that range, so I didn't know... but I was sure I knew someone who did...

so - what's the score with them ? I'm assuming they're the same as most late 90's electrical cameras - prone to non-working or flakey electronics, as befits something relatively mass market and 25 years old...

He didn't mention what was fastened on the front of the body, but aren't the lenses compatible with the Sony DSLR's ??

I just sent him links to the manual, and instructions to check it out properly, walk away if everything didn't work as it said in the manual, and preferably get it on the basis that he can take it back if his "tame expert" says it's a bunch of cock! - Oh, and not to pay more than £15 for it, because for that price he can get a short Canon EF zoom and i'll give him one of my no longer used EOS bodies to go with it...
 
Well - he's not bought anything at the moment, so it's not a matter of checking on repairs - just a quick "is there anything I need to be looking out for" over and above all the usual film camera gremlins that can occur - you know - the "intermittent" problem that you get if you leave the camera unused for a month and it seizes solid - or the fact that every now and then they just "release smoke" from something irreplaceable and become paperweights after 20 years of faultless service...
 
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Well - he's not bought anything at the moment, so it's not a matter of checking on repairs - just a quick "is there anything I need to be looking out for" over and above all the usual film camera gremlins that can occur - you know - the "intermittent" problem that you get if you leave the camera unused for a month and it seizes solid - or the fact that every now and then they just "release smoke" from something irreplaceable and become paperweights after 20 years of faultless service...
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The person repairs them for a living so he knows exactly which ones are worth getting. That's why it is worth either you or your friend giving him a call to find out which models are worth looking at and which should be avoided :)
 
it's a specific camera he's looking at - i.e. a mate thats selling one, so there's no choice of models involved - it's just a heads up on specific problems for the Dynax 5000i I'm looking for, and as it's a £10 purchase, not really worth spending another £5 on a phone call :lol: - it's bad enough that I'm going to get burdened with testing the camera for him, then souping the film and scanning it to see if the camera works, without piddling about ringing some gadge up...

as I say, i'm sorely tempted to just say "it's crap, here's an eos 30, give us £20 and I'll fleabay a lens for you, in the meantime borrow my 28-135" because I at least know the eos30 will work.
 
From the guide:

Maxxum 5000i Most Common Problems:

*No auto focus: B

*Cracked/rotted rubber exterior parts: NB

*Aperture base plate mechanism failure: B

*Burn spot in the built in flash: NB

*No film advance or rewind: B

B means buggered. NB suggests it's a fixable issue...
 
all pretty much standard then - just wanted to know if there were any hidden howlers (you know like the T90's sticky shutter or the A1/AE1 cough) that can be temporarily masked but come back to bite your harris 2 month down the line...
 
I bought a 7000 Maxxumm a while ago to play with dirt cheap as it was the AF version turned out to be complete toast, sold the lens and just about came out even, honest answer would be your just taking a gamble on that age of kit anyhow regardless..
 
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