Minolta XD5 MD 2/85mm Ilford FP4+
A photo walk In Lyon, France, on June 10, 2023 with my Minolta XD5 (years 1979-1984),
The Minolta XD5 body was equipped with a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=85mm lens with a protective Hoya 49mm UV HMC Expert Slim filter or a generic 49mm yellow filter as indicated bellow.
The camera was loaded with an Ilford FP4+. panchromatic film exposed for 125 ISO the camera light meter in the manual mode privileging the shadow zones.
Yellow filter.
Quai Tilsit, June 10, 2023
69002 Lyon
France
After exposures (I made 39 exposures) the film was processed using Adox Adonal developer (equivalent to Agfa Rodinal) at dilution 1+25, 20°c for 9min. The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were then processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
Minolta XD5 was manufactured in Japan and released in 1979, two years after the XD7 (XD11 in certain markets). The Minolta XD series was resized to the "gold dimensions" of the Barnack Leica (approx. 13x3x5 cm) as Olympus did for its OM1 several years before. Minolta XD5 is very closed to the XD7 body with only a few features suppressed. It has the same electronic shutter made of vertical metal blades and was the first SLR offering a double automatism with aperture priority (A) or shutter priority (S) when coupled to a new series of Minolta MD lenses. XD bodies served has basis for the Leica R4 to R7 SLR's and was developed consequently with Leitz. XD camera were more expensive than Minolta X-700 and X-500 famous SLR's and co-existed to the Minolta catalog from 1981 to 1984.
I found this XD5 from my local photography shop in March 2023 with its likely original normal lens : a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=50mm.
About the 85mm lens:
I purchased brand-new this Minolta lens MD (III) 1:2 f=85mm in 1984 a part of my original 1984 Minolta X-500 kit that included too a MD 1:2.8 f=20mm and a MD 1:2.8 f=35mm. When not used, the kit was carefully stored in an aluminium case and the lenses kept their original Minolta shade hood. For the 85mm, the cylindrical hood is made of metal.
Minolta XD5 MD 2/85mm Ilford FP4+
A photo walk In Lyon, France, on June 10, 2023 with my Minolta XD5 (years 1979-1984),
The Minolta XD5 body was equipped with a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=85mm lens with a protective Hoya 49mm UV HMC Expert Slim filter or a generic 49mm yellow filter as indicated bellow.
The camera was loaded with an Ilford FP4+. panchromatic film exposed for 125 ISO the camera light meter in the manual mode privileging the shadow zones.
Yellow filter.
Quai Tilsit, June 10, 2023
69002 Lyon
France
After exposures (I made 39 exposures) the film was processed using Adox Adonal developer (equivalent to Agfa Rodinal) at dilution 1+25, 20°c for 9min. The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were then processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
Minolta XD5 was manufactured in Japan and released in 1979, two years after the XD7 (XD11 in certain markets). The Minolta XD series was resized to the "gold dimensions" of the Barnack Leica (approx. 13x3x5 cm) as Olympus did for its OM1 several years before. Minolta XD5 is very closed to the XD7 body with only a few features suppressed. It has the same electronic shutter made of vertical metal blades and was the first SLR offering a double automatism with aperture priority (A) or shutter priority (S) when coupled to a new series of Minolta MD lenses. XD bodies served has basis for the Leica R4 to R7 SLR's and was developed consequently with Leitz. XD camera were more expensive than Minolta X-700 and X-500 famous SLR's and co-existed to the Minolta catalog from 1981 to 1984.
I found this XD5 from my local photography shop in March 2023 with its likely original normal lens : a Minolta MD (III) 1:2 f=50mm.
About the 85mm lens:
I purchased brand-new this Minolta lens MD (III) 1:2 f=85mm in 1984 a part of my original 1984 Minolta X-500 kit that included too a MD 1:2.8 f=20mm and a MD 1:2.8 f=35mm. When not used, the kit was carefully stored in an aluminium case and the lenses kept their original Minolta shade hood. For the 85mm, the cylindrical hood is made of metal.