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
Learning to read Arabic writing: one of my better ideas
I live in London not far from Paddington, where Arabic writing is often seen: I spent my first few years in the area a bit oblivious to this (shops are shops), but eventually I started to wonder about simple things like: are these all the same language and script, or do they just look similar?… Continue reading Learning to read Arabic writing: one of my better ideas
Why I will be voting “in” this Thursday
Although the public debate about this week's EU referendum in the UK has become absurdly bitter on both sides, I have had some constructive talks about the subject with people around me, even where we have disagreed. There is, or was, a reasonable debate to be had and it's a pity we haven't seen a… Continue reading Why I will be voting “in” this Thursday
Naming conventions in Standard ML
Many programming languages have a standard document that describes how to write and capitalise the names of functions, variables, and source files. It's especially useful to have a standard for writing names made up from more than one word, where there are various options for how to join the words: "camel case", which looks likeThis… Continue reading Naming conventions in Standard ML
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