The minolta manual focus mount continues on today since minolta is still. Or maybe lenses that work with specific converters. Srt101 and this is my first slr film camera and first manual focus camera also. Srts use manual focus lenses only, and these cameras are built for the illustrious minolta sr mount lenses. The md 85 mm f2 without rokkor designation was minolta s last manual focus 85 mm. The focal length marking on the barrel now lacked the mm and went next to the mounting index. In 1931, the company adopted its current name, an acronym for mechanism, instruments, optics, and lenses by tashima. Minolta srt100 slr camera, lenses and accessories ebth.
We have two ways for you to explore minolta s slr cameras. The one i bought doesnt let me thread the lens in far enough to depress the auto release so i can use the manual auto switch on the lenses with it. This time for a camera that often lives in the shadow of its contemporaries. May 17, 2008 minolta srt 200 may 17, 2008 does anyone know if the autofocus for this camera or even the flash shoe are compatible with the newer sony alpha products i. The srt range began with the srt101, released in 1966 and in production for the following nine years. I bought a minolta srt 201 maybe a month and a half ago. Minolta was founded in osaka, japan, in 1928 as nichidoku shashinki shoten. Minolta started this low budget lens line, which was sold in north america only, in 1972 with a single lens, the 5mm 1. I am giving someone a lens for free with a lens mount for srt101, but he has a srt202. Having been loaned to friends and family also getting started in photography this old. Notes on minoltastyle 35mm manual focus sr, mc, md, and x600 lens interchangeability. Checking over a minolta srt 200 35mm film camera body. It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35 mm slr camera system.
It is named after the minolta srt line of cameras which were the first minolta. Builtin ttl meter, manual metering, center weighted averaging, needle meter display. Most lenses between 28mm and 5mm got a new 49mm filter thread, and the front ring featured a tiny groove all around, to take the new clipin lens shades. It used the same 6 elements in 5 groups optical configuration as the 501.
The rokkor files began as a tribute to minolta manual focus cameras, lenses and accessories, and if you came looking for this you have a treat in store. Yes 28mm, you could probably find a cheap zoom 80200. In 1985, when minolta introduced its new alpha a mount which permitted auto focus, the srmount was not. Minolta srt 200 slr 35mm camera photography forums. Minolta lens mount compatibility photography forums. For the first time minolta had released a camera with through the lens metering, but unlike its competitors it did this at full aperture. The usa model remained designated the srt200, while the europeanasia. Aug 28, 2016 the srt 100x better known in the us as the srt 200 was introduced in 1977. I think the only weird thing about this model is that they put the meter switch on the bottom. Of course the k has a hot shoe, which wasnt added on the srt line till the 101b, or till it became the 201. The worlds most complete list of manualfocus minolta. You probably can buy a used srt 101, pop in a new battery, and youll be good to go. Make offer vintage minolta srt 101 with two lenses. From 1966 to 1981, minolta released 26 cameras built to use its minolta mc lenses lenses that communicated with the camera so that the photographer could compose and meter with the lens wide open.
Minolta srt mcii minolta srt 100x 101b 303b minolta srtsc minolta srt 102 minolta srt super minolta srt scii. So i find myself looking at, what i assume to be, more reliable minolta cameras the srt models. The rated list of minolta mdmc lenses on the sony a7. The srt 202 is the premium model of the srt line from minolta, probably made between 1975 and 1979. Find great deals on ebay for minolta srt200 and minolta srt 201. If the image below looks like your camera, click below to see. The lenses from the mc series were available with cameras from the srt, xm. Unfollow minolta srt 200 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Today you are reading through among the writeup regarding minolta srt 202 slr 35mm camera with a minolta rokkorx 45mm f2 lens. I think its probably best to stick with manual focus cameras and lenses. It features autoaperture operation, a hot shoe, and a builtin exposure meter if you can find properly specd batteries for it but not much else beyond strictly manual exposure settings. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 instruction manual, user manual.
With the first model of the series, the srt 101 of 1966 the sr lens bayonet was modified for mclenses which transmit the aperture value mechanically to the camera meters matchneedle. Srt101,srt100,srt201,srt200, srx fstop viewfinder display added. I continue to be surprised how much image quality the rokkor lenses can deliver. Widest they made in the md mount was a 16mm fisheye. Owning a used minolta may not excite the younger generation. Minolta has been making a wide variety of manual focusing, 35mm film, slr cameras starting in 1958. Minolta srt 200 201 202 owners manual download uscamera. Fullcolor digital presentation of a genuine minolta srt 200 201 202 owners manual. An overview of and opinions on minolta manual focus lenses from the mc and md series. Oddly, if you mount a sr2 automatic lens on a later mc, md or x series. In another case are an assortment of camera lenses which include a minolta md rokkor 50mm f1. The minolta srt 101 is a 35mm manual focus slr camera with throughthelens exposure metering ttl for short, that was launched in 1966 by minolta camera co. This lens look pretty much like its mc ii sister with a mc i style focussing grip and it lacked the meter scale.
May 02, 2012 the minolta srt series of cameras launched in 1966 was a huge step forward from the sr series that had preceeded it. If you dont feel comfortable goofing around with this stuff or the possibility that you could damage something on your camera, just dont do it. I have a flash and 2 lenses and want to know if they will work on an a200. But this is a good lens, so good in fact that it also came in leica rmount and the same.
The fixed lens camera market may be a bit niche, but its here that youll find some of the best cameras you. It was aimed at demandig amateur and semiprofessional photographers and therefor packed with many outstanding features as the new topoftheline minoltaslr. My thoughts on the minolta srt 100 and associated lenses duration. Buy and sell used minolta camera equipment at keh camera. I dont have to worry about batteries since the remainder of the camera functions are all manual. The good news is that they are so solid and well built that most of them still work perfectly, which is better than even leica cameras of this era. Howdy, i do believe you would like any slr camera lenses item, therefore you are around the suitable internet site. Camera lens adapter for minolta mdmcsr lens for sale ebay. Of course i do understand i would need to operate the lens manually. This 35mm camera has manual focusing and contains the manufacturing number of 3026406. Recently bought a samigon 300mm f5 which has a worn out mount so. Minolta did made changes to their lens mount over time that provided certain. Slr camera lenses minolta srt202 slr 35mm camera with a.
I highly recommend making a user account if you are purchasing downloads. The srt 200 was still the basic variant, offering match needle based metered manual exposure, a top shutter speed of 1 of a second, and not much else in the way of extras. But if you want the experience of manual shooting, you cant beat an srt. View online or download minolta srt 201 owners manual, manual. Most of them have mc or md on the lens but some very early ones may also say sr. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 instruction manual, user manual, pdf. This is a rated list of many manual minolta md and mc lenses, based on extensive use and detailed tests with these lenses on the sony a7. It was not available separately, although you can find them so nowadays. It was a mechanical slr camera designed for the entry level budget market, and priced modestly below the 201 and 202 models also offered by minolta at the time. The list on this page provides details and pictures of all of the slr models in chronological order see below. Several iterations of the mounting were produced over the decades, and as a result, the mount itself was sometimes referred to by the name of the corresponding lens generation f.
Md lenses featured an extra tab on the lens mount to communicate the. Some of the early ones did not automatically stop down but they still work. Canon and nikon cameras are snatched up quickly at garage sales and small antique stores. May 03, 20 minolta srt 200, 201, 202 camera user manual download here. Minolta got the new rising sun logo and decided to drop the rokkor name. Recently i went back to using film and prime lenses and currently use two systems, minolta and leica r. The minolta srt 101 is a 35mm manual focus slr camera with throughthe lens exposure metering ttl for short, that was launched in 1966 by minolta camera co. It introduced the popular mc interchangeable bayonet mount for minolta lenses.
The minolta srt 102 was active in production between 1973 to 1975, for which its safe to say that this camera is almost 40 years old. The md feature of md lenses is only used by xd series bodies for their shutter priority mode s and the x700. Minolta srt 200 chrome 35mm camera body at keh camera. Minolta first introduced the srt series in 1966 with the 101 and various models were in production until 1981. This set comes with a minolta 55mm lens, a minolta 58mm lens, a marexar 55mm lens, a soligor 5mm lens, a vivitar 28mm lens, a sunpak auto 221d flash, three filters, and more. May 01, 2015 i believe that any manual focus minolta lens will work. It was aimed at demandig amateur and semiprofessional photographers and therefor packed with many outstanding features as the new topoftheline minolta slr. It was also known as the srt super in asia and the pacific, or the srt 303 in europe. View and download minolta srt200 owners manual online. Get the best deal for minolta rokkor pf camera lenses from the largest online selection at. The srt camera, as the name might imply, uses sr mount lenses. All metal construction means that even with only its 50mm prime lens attached it weighs quite a bit more than my canon 350d. Get the best deals on camera lens adapter for minolta mdmcsr lens when you.
Minolta srt 202 slr 35mm camera with a minolta rokkorx 45mm f2 lens. Those lens have not a big value on the market now but their quality is outstanding. This compact, yet powerful minolta slr film camera body is mechanically operated, with a manual focus and exposure. The minolta af lens manual front covers are shown below. May 20, 2008 what lenses work on a minolta srt 101. If you have original minolta af lens manuals in languages other than what you see here, or for different lenses, please email me if youd like to help by sending scanned copies as pdfs. I believe that any manual focus minolta lens will work. Minolta srt 200 may 17, 2008 does anyone know if the autofocus for this camera or even the flash shoe are compatible with the newer sony alpha products i.
Builtin ttl meter, manual metering, center weighted averaging, needle meter display, original model. Minolta changed lens mounts with autofocus so they do not work with the srt cameras. Olympus om10 om10 35mm manual focus film camera and lens combo. Discussion in accessories started by mcrodgers2, apr 30, 2003. Fortunately, all mc and md lenses are mounted on a sr mount so all the lenses are pretty compatible on minolta cameras. Minolta srt 200 first impressions days of knight 161027.
Minolta srt200 35mm slr film camera body only for sale. For the first time minolta had released a camera with through the lens metering. This was the kit lens for the budgetpriced srt 100, 100b, 100x, and 200 slrs. But this is a good lens, so good in fact that it also came in leica r mount and the same. More than a decade and over a dozen camera models later, minolta released the srt mcii, which is a rebadged srt 200 with a few improvements. Is there a specific list of lenses that will fit onto a minolta srt 101.
I intended to shoot with a supermulticoated takumar 200 f4 mounted on a nex series camera. Minolta srt 200, 201, 202 cameradownload the official user manual this is it, you have found the official user manual for your product. Oct 19, 2010 for anyone looking for the mmm metal, mechanical, manual film experience, you cant go wrong with any of the minolta srt cameras. I have some decent prime lenses for each more wides on the minolta and portraittelephoto on the leica, and of course chose an srt 200 for my minolta body. I picked up a used srt 201 w50mm lens about 10 years ago for nostalgia. The minolta srt series of cameras launched in 1966 was a huge step forward from the sr series that had preceeded it. I have a minolta srt 200 ii, very similar to yours. Minolta srt 102 srt super srt 303 slr camera body and a minolta 50mm lens. Oct 11, 2014 are the lens mounts for all srt models the same. The manual focus minolta lens lineup is fantastic and the used prices are nice and low. The srt 202 makes use of minolta s rokkor mc and md lenses, which are plentiful and, like the camera body, quite affordable. The minolta srt 101 is ont of the most popular cameras of all time.
After you shot your roll of film, use it to hammer the nails in the wall to hang your prints. The minolta srmount was the bayonet mounting system used in all 35 mm slr cameras. The minolta sr series began with their first one, the sr1 in 1959. This one the classic minolta srt 101, the k of the minolta cameras.
I will not be held responsible for any damage that results from you looking at or following these ideas and designs. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. This is a rated list of many manual minolta md and mc lenses, based on extensive. The lens line introduced in 1974 had a rubber coating, but different from the mcx edition. With shutter speeds from 1 sec to 1, this slr film camera body can even capture moving objects beautifully. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. I received it as a gift in 1995 to use in a photography class.
When first introduced, minolta had an extensive selection of lenses available. Download available immediately after payment is accepted. Minolta srt 101 and lenses jul 3, 2008 hello, im wondering if theres any chance that the old lenses for minolta srt 101 could be used on the sony alpha series dslrs. Guest blog by keith derickson the minolta srt series is less well known than other minolta 35mm cameras but is no less capable. Feb 25, 2012 as a point of information, the only model of minolta manually focusing 35mm film slr camera that requires the minolta rokkor lens md tab on the minolta sr lens mount, is the minolta x700 when it is operated in the p or program mode, but the md tab is necessary only for that mode.
Save up to 40% off retail price and get a 180day warranty. A minolta srt 100 slr camera with lenses and accessories. I happened upon a minolta srt 201 with a like new kiron 2. It ended in my collection because its the top of the srt line, so it fits into the toprange definition.
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