The SR-1 is a model of 35mm film SLR camera made by Minolta (Chiyoda Kogaku) from 1959 onwards. It was the second SLR that Minolta released. As was typical at the time, their first was a more expensive model, the SR-2 in 1958, which they then cut down for a cheaper alternative by removing the… Continue reading Notes on the Minolta SR-1 (Model A)
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Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera
This is the story of how I repaired, broke, and repaired again a Minolta XG-9 35mm SLR film camera. It will be long, and of niche appeal, but I'm writing it up in case anyone else finds it as useful as I would have done before I started. Here's the plot summary: The camera's shutter… Continue reading Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera
A film camera
I take a lot of photos and I share some of them online via the antique medium of Flickr. Not many people look at them, which I don't mind, because I imagine my audience to be (a) family and (b) myself, later. Photos I take with people in them are usually visible only to my… Continue reading A film camera
Repairs
Waiting for a new hinge for the dishwasher door to be delivered. We got this thing in 2002. At the end of 2009 it started cutting out and we got a repairman in to fix it. He came twice, failed to diagnose the problem, changed the motherboard, quickly gave up. We decided to replace the… Continue reading Repairs
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