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Minolta SRT101 Camera - used 1971-1982

This was the chosen SLR that took over from my worn-out Petri - a Minolta SRT101 with 58mm f 1.4 lens - quite an upgrade in speed and a much longer focal length . I used to find when attending events where other photographers were present that I had to stand further back with this lens! It had through the lens metering which was the 'in' thing in 1971 - again the only electric function was the metering - otherwise manually operated. No problems with battery life in those days! The fast lens was pretty useful when chasing trains in low light. I also splashed out for a telephoto lens -a 135mm f2.8 which was used only occasionally for Buses , more often for Railway shots - and scenic of course.

I continued to use Agfa CT18 ,then the updated Agfa 64 speed version during the life of the Minolta.

The camera was given to my Nephew in 1982 when I changed to an Olympus OM1 for a few years trying to match my friends Olympus with a much better lens - it seems this was too expensive to produce and my version was minus one element and never matched up to my friends! In order to compare I decided to go to Zeiss lenses and really splash out on a Contax 139 in 1985. I never regretted this and now use the last generation of Contax film camera - an Aria model purchased in 2004.

Mind you I am considering getting a Digital compact - BUT will not give up my Zeiss lenses and will use both alongside each other for as long as Velvia film is made.

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Uploaded on December 8, 2012
Taken on December 8, 2012