Me too ... I've owned a number of Minoltas over the years.
- A Minolta 16-Ps was the first camera a bought myself. A good
performer too. (Frank, I have several Minolta 16-II cameras
cassettes. Let me see if I can round them up ... i know I have at
least one cassette per camera, perhaps a couple of extras too. I know
I have a couple hundred feet of 16mm film that can be cut to load
them..)
- In 1969-1970, one of the cameras I bought for my high school photo
staff was a Minolta SRT-101, along with 35mm, 50mm and 135mm lenses.
An excellent camera, it did yeoman service in the hands of high
schoolers for a decade.
- A Hi-Matic 7 I bought for my youngest brother only stopped working
a couple of years ago, it needed a cleaning and he wanted to move on
to something else. I don't know what's become of it since.
- Another brother I gifted with a Minolta Super-8 movie camera, which
he used throughout high school and college in acquiring his degree in
Fine Art.
- In 1979-1980, I bought a complete, 8 lens Minolta XD-11 kit. That
was a very fine camera with excellent lenses.
- A Minolta Autometer II was in my kit from 1982 until 1999 when I
sold it in exchange for a new Sekonic L328.
- My Leica CL was an excellent performer too.
- I still own a Konica Minolta A2, the best small-sensor, fixed-lens
8Mpixel camera I've found to date. It is a superb performer.
It's sad to see them go.
Godfrey
