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I´ve been contemplating getting a film camera for a little while, to force me to slow down and concentrate on what I´m doing, something I struggle to do with digital. I´ve spent a bit of time looking at the Canon T90 and a couple of other cameras from the 80´s, however on a spur of the moment trip to a car boot sale on Sunday I found and bought (without really looking at it or knowing anything about it other than ¨It´s a 35mm SLR camera¨) a Minolta SRT-101 and some accessories for £40 - all wrapped up in a medium sized foam lined aluminium edged case. The folks I bought it from said it used to be their fathers camera, that he bought it new and used it frequently, but looked after it.
Upon getting it home I had a proper look at what I bought. The camera looks to be in superb condition, the meter seems to work fine - dials, timer, release all feel and sound clean and solid, no dents, dings, scrapes or scratches. Included in the case was a Minolta black leather case, a 55mm f1.7 Rokkor lens, a Rollei E27c flash with charger, 12 various cokin filters (sepia, polarising, grads and centre spots) and the holder, a cable release with a locking screw, and a small anti-static brush.
The original manuals were all there as well, but I think the thing that hit home the hardest that this was a treasured possession was the envelope labeled ¨Camera Identity¨ containing the original customer copy of the guarantee and showing serial numbers and the date of purchase as 1st September 1971. It looked like it could have been written yesterday.
It´ll be the first film camera I´ll have used for nearly 20 years, and it´s older than I am - I hope to do it justice and look forward to letting it teach me a thing or two.
I plan to nip to the shops tomorrow and grab some film, but one of the things that I´m curious about is the battery - it has charge at the moment, but I´ve no idea how long for. Does anyone have any experience of the MR-9 adapters you can use? Do they actually work? I´ve found some on ebay for £15 and one from the Small battery company for £29, but also have read about using hearing aid batteries or wein cells.
Also, does anyone use the likes of the 7dayshop film and slide scanner, would they recommend them or is it just as good to get film developed at tescos/asda and put on a CD/DVD?
Cheers for any advice offered!
Dan
Upon getting it home I had a proper look at what I bought. The camera looks to be in superb condition, the meter seems to work fine - dials, timer, release all feel and sound clean and solid, no dents, dings, scrapes or scratches. Included in the case was a Minolta black leather case, a 55mm f1.7 Rokkor lens, a Rollei E27c flash with charger, 12 various cokin filters (sepia, polarising, grads and centre spots) and the holder, a cable release with a locking screw, and a small anti-static brush.
The original manuals were all there as well, but I think the thing that hit home the hardest that this was a treasured possession was the envelope labeled ¨Camera Identity¨ containing the original customer copy of the guarantee and showing serial numbers and the date of purchase as 1st September 1971. It looked like it could have been written yesterday.
It´ll be the first film camera I´ll have used for nearly 20 years, and it´s older than I am - I hope to do it justice and look forward to letting it teach me a thing or two.
I plan to nip to the shops tomorrow and grab some film, but one of the things that I´m curious about is the battery - it has charge at the moment, but I´ve no idea how long for. Does anyone have any experience of the MR-9 adapters you can use? Do they actually work? I´ve found some on ebay for £15 and one from the Small battery company for £29, but also have read about using hearing aid batteries or wein cells.
Also, does anyone use the likes of the 7dayshop film and slide scanner, would they recommend them or is it just as good to get film developed at tescos/asda and put on a CD/DVD?
Cheers for any advice offered!
Dan
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