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
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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
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