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28-APR-2002

The Tank - SRT102

Minolta SRT 102 - if you have a meter, or are good at remembering F-stops, you don't even need a battery...to fire the shutter. Not like digitals. Some say film is dead, well it's very alive if your battery is dead...and that can happen quickly in below zero temperatures. Also no heat from electronics to cause fogging or icing. Some older Canons, Pentax, Nikons, etc. are like this too, and you can pick them up fairly cheap. I send in film and use option to get my pictures by download as well as by land mail, so don't even have to scan my new film pics.


Film speed dial.


Top image taken with Olympus C3000Z (An antique digital camera)
Bottom image taken with Olympus EPL1 - Tamron 24mm F2.5 adaptall and a 12mm extension tube.


other sizes: small medium original auto
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Barri Olson10-Jul-2005 07:52
Whoooaaa!!!
I thought they'd be coming down in price. I've done some darkroom stuff back in school, was going to set one up once...if I remember figured about a 100 to 150 if it got fancy. I ordered some things from the 35mm section at B&H because they didn't have everything in the digital, that I needed (rubber hood..cap keeper..etc) just the other day. So what comes with it? A 35mm professional catalog which my wife sees. It's the size of a big phone book. She says "Oh No...that is way way too big of a catalog, and she knows I can carry it around and look at it, it's not internet dependent....hahaaahhaaa. So I gotta watch it now :-). Thanks Tom always good hearing from ya.
Barri
Guest 10-Jul-2005 07:06
I loved these old Minoltas too. I was surprised B&H still carries plenty of darkroom equipment. But Geesh, The prices of enlargers shocked me! The old Bessler 23 C's we use to pick up used for $50.oo are over $900.oo new now, and for the fifty we'd get timmers, trays and most the time chems and paper thrown in! Even a grain focuser is as much as a lens these days, amazing. To think of stuff I threw in the trash, lol. I bet some good deals could be found on Ebay now tho', so I think it's still a good usable camera if you wanted to set up a darkroom. Sure was lots of enjoyment processing Tri-X. I might have keep a couple if I'd know about B&H a year ago. :-| Great gallery, always love to see toys.
Barri Olson14-Mar-2005 19:46
Hi Danny
I wished someone would have invented a digital insert, or reasonably priced digital back for some of these old work horses. I really like this camera...but use it not so much anymore. Kind of sad, in a way, to see film dying out. Thanks much for your comments.
Barri
Danny 14-Mar-2005 16:59
wow, just gorgeous...love old camera's

http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/


Danny
Barri Olson17-Dec-2004 07:29
It's strange, I started out with the MF X370, went to the programmed X700, then I bought a used SRT and very seldom ever used those other bodies again. The Rokkor lenses seemed very good although I only had two...the rest being 3rd party. If I shoot film this is usually the camera I use. Thanks for the link too, what an interesting gallery and very well done.
Barri
ac17-Dec-2004 07:08
Barri, I can remember this one (and also the SRT 101 and 303). Great cameras with a small size. Do you remember the photographer David Hamilton, he used a SRT101.
If you like old tanks, you can find some here :
http://www.pbase.com/ac/f