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Minolta SRT102 Manual Focus

Of all the cameras I've ever had, for fim I guess this was my favorite. It has mirror lock up, DOF preview, Can take multiple exposures. It's all manual, with a match needle metering. No battery needed for the shutter...so if you remember a few F-stops or use an external meter, you don't need a battery. Not too huge, but very ruggedly made...and the best of all I got it used for a little over a hundred bucks...it was old but in excellent shape, still had the plastic on the end of the film advance lever.





You can buy replacement batteries for the meter with correct voltage (they replace the old mecury ones) at B&H Photo...Look under Wein (it's who makes them)they're 1.35V mercury replacement battery. Replaces PX625 and PX13.
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Barri Olson29-Oct-2005 10:38
I think there's two material objects that bring memories back to me, more than others. Automobiles because of places they've taken us...and cameras because of the places we've taken them..and how they connect us to the people we care about...and to the world in general. Thanks for sharing the story of your SRT...man, these cameras were real workhorses and nearly indestructable. I bet I've got a few thousand photos from it, all in boxes. Going to scan some more in someday...but what a job.
Barri
rick bolt28-Oct-2005 22:55
Barri --

Before i went to France in the summer of 1974 I mail ordered my SRT 102 from New York. I had never owned a real camera. With the 50mm f1.4, a Celtic 135mm, and a Vivitar wide angle I paid about $240. I remember to this day my mother telling me that this was an outrageous amount to spend on a camera that "would be obsolete in a year". I used the Minolta throughout southern France and europe that summer, and continued to use it into the mid 80's. It documented travel, parents, med school, vacations, a marriage and eventually my children. Surplanted by a Minolta x7 (which broke after 2 years), then a series of used and new Nikons it sits like a faithful but neglected dog in my camera closet right now, the best $240 I ever spent. thanks for sharing your cameras.
Barri Olson22-Feb-2005 07:38
Yes it really is a workhorse, but I only use it when I've gotta. Like you, I find digital way easier, and way better, I've got a darkroom now...a digital one. and that Pentax was a good camera-a classic - man they sold a lot of those. Thanks Bruce
Guest 22-Feb-2005 02:24
Just from a purely visual stance... I like this one. It looks friendly and usable and it loks like it would last - I bet it's a real workhorse. Kind of like my Pentax K1000 (which I never use anymore because I just don't see the point of 35mm film).