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Minolta XE-5
Japanese 35mm SLR. Introduced in 1975.
Lens MC Rokkor 1.7/55mm
From the first Testfilm after repair. May 2025.
Auto Exposure.
May 2025, Peel en Maas, Panningen (NL).
Retro Round-About (mid range test target),
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Film Kodak 100 Pro Image.
Scanner Plustek Opticfilm 120 Pro at 5300ppi, downscaled to 2048 pixels width.
No Sharpening, with IR-Dustremoval.
Exposure, contrast and color adjustments in PSE11
Minolta XE-5
Japanese 35mm SLR. Introduced in 1975.
While checking the infinity focus of this XE-5 i discovered that its standard lens (55mm 1:1.7) .did focus quite a bit past Infinity !
So under the auto-collimator infinity focus is perfect around 20 meters on the lens distance scale.
My first thought was a bad lens, but another standard lens from my XD7, a 45mm 1:2, which I knew was perfect did show a similar deviation on the XE-5. Grrrrrrr.................
So, as the lens is ruled out, it must be a problem of the camera itself.
I did measure how much too deep the lens sat and came up with a value from almost 0.09mm. Hmmm.........
As I have not that much experience with servicing Minolta 35mm SLR's I tried asking on several places if somebody knew more about such deviations and about shimming the bayonet mount of one. Alas without any answer yet :-(
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WARNING :
This image is intended as a reference for the more experienced camera service man. If you have no experience in camera repair please do yourself a favor and send your camera to a professional service shop. It would be a pity to lose a vintage camera in a failed repair attempt !
Minolta XE-5
Japanese 35mm SLR. Introduced in 1975.
Lens MC Rokkor 1.7/55mm
From the first Testfilm after repair. May 2025.
Auto Exposure.
May 2025, Horst (NL), Kasteellaan
Wooden Knight standing in the garden of the restaurant Graaf ter Horst.
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Film Kodak 100 Pro Image.
Scanner Plustek Opticfilm 120 Pro at 5300ppi, downscaled to 2048 pixels width.
No Sharpening, with IR-Dustremoval.
Exposure, contrast and color adjustments in PSE11
... la strada del santo, la strada del pazzo, la strada dell'arcobaleno, la strada dell'imbecille, qualsiasi strada.
È una strada in tutte le direzioni per tutti gli uomini in tutti i modi.
Jack Kerouac
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Minolta_XE
Kollmorgen Cinelux 35 (old cinema projector lens)
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Analog Eighties
#Mid-ResScan #Kodak #Minolta #XE5 #Rokkor #50mmF1.7 #AnalogEighties #FilmPhotography