I enjoyed this, and not just because I have a long experience with Minoltas of the generation immediately following the SRT lineup. Going for a photo walk with the pair of you would be a lot of fun.
Minolta certainly was the red headed step child of 35mm cameras back in the 60s. Even though Minolta had many firsts in the industry, the imense popularity and perceived higher quality of Nikon and Canon kept Minolta at the Pentax/Olympia level in the market for decades. I love my SRT models and many incredibly sharp Rokkor lenses! Thanks for this, from a fellow “old guy”.
mum had this exact camera, the srt 101. One of my earliest memories is pressing all the buttons on it and opening and closing the back. it survived all of that so well that when I started really getting into photography it was the first camera I took around everywhere, school and everywhere else. I learnt how to create photos with this camera- the exposure meter was crucial when i still in the stage of basically not having enough gumption to figure out exposure myself. It taught me this and also that you need very little features to really take photos. Thnks for this review. they are great cameras.
This just confirms my belief that this is an ideal camera to learn analog photography. It gives you all the controls you need without doing all the work for you, but it also doesn’t make photography needlessly difficult.
I really enjoyed your channel. I love the inside you gentlemen bring to us all. I also enjoy those old wonderful cameras of a bye gone age.Also, the film that is now available. Although, sometimes it is trial and error, we just can't always tell with film that is now out there. Thank you both so, much. God Bless all. Roger
I really enjoyed this episode of Test Roll ! I became a Minolta SRT shooter more or less by accident. I had been a Nikon guy ever since my last year or two in high school in Canada, when I worked all summer to buy the original Nikon F Photomic (non-TTL model) with a 58mm f1.4 lens. Anyway, about 5 or so years after high school (and one disastrous year at college) ... I had sold my Nikon system to help finance the trip, and found myself hanging out in Tokyo (not knowing what else to do with my life). That was 1969 and around that time Minolta seemed to be dumping their 21mm f4 (mirror-lockup) Rokkor lenses with the external viewfinder that went over the top of the prism and was kept in place with the round fitting at the back of the prism's eye-piece. They were going for Y10,000 i believe ... or about US$28 in 1969-era money. I bought several of these and shipped them back to friends in Alberta, Canada to sell or use. Anyway that got me into Minolta and I stayed with the SRT until I moved to digital in the early 2000's with the Nikon Coolpix 5400 (and later Coolpix 8400) and so on ...
The 21mm sounds like a fun odd-ball lens. Maybe I’m just drawn to anything that is needlessly difficult, but there is something appealing about the fact that it requires the mirror lock up and defeats the entire SLR system.
@@larsbunch Sadly I don't still have any of the 21mm Rokkors that passed through my hands in 1969 or 1970 Japan. Before I left on that travel adventue and I sold my Nikon stuff, I did have the 21mm f4 (mirror-lockup) Nikkor for the F.
Found this in my suggested videos today, love the concept! Thank you for trying the filters and using different films.
I enjoyed this, and not just because I have a long experience with Minoltas of the generation immediately following the SRT lineup. Going for a photo walk with the pair of you would be a lot of fun.
Minolta certainly was the red headed step child of 35mm cameras back in the 60s. Even though Minolta had many firsts in the industry, the imense popularity and perceived higher quality of Nikon and Canon kept Minolta at the Pentax/Olympia level in the market for decades. I love my SRT models and many incredibly sharp Rokkor lenses! Thanks for this, from a fellow “old guy”.
Another great episode !!! .... rb
mum had this exact camera, the srt 101. One of my earliest memories is pressing all the buttons on it and opening and closing the back. it survived all of that so well that when I started really getting into photography it was the first camera I took around everywhere, school and everywhere else. I learnt how to create photos with this camera- the exposure meter was crucial when i still in the stage of basically not having enough gumption to figure out exposure myself. It taught me this and also that you need very little features to really take photos. Thnks for this review. they are great cameras.
This just confirms my belief that this is an ideal camera to learn analog photography. It gives you all the controls you need without doing all the work for you, but it also doesn’t make photography needlessly difficult.
I really enjoyed your channel. I love the inside you gentlemen bring to us all. I also enjoy those old wonderful cameras of a bye gone age.Also, the film that is now available. Although, sometimes it is trial and error, we just can't always tell with film that is now out there. Thank you both so, much. God Bless all. Roger
Thank you, Roger!
I really enjoyed this episode of Test Roll !
I became a Minolta SRT shooter more or less by accident. I had been a Nikon guy ever since my last year or two in high school in Canada, when I worked all summer to buy the original Nikon F Photomic (non-TTL model) with a 58mm f1.4 lens.
Anyway, about 5 or so years after high school (and one disastrous year at college) ... I had sold my Nikon system to help finance the trip, and found myself hanging out in Tokyo (not knowing what else to do with my life). That was 1969 and around that time Minolta seemed to be dumping their 21mm f4 (mirror-lockup) Rokkor lenses with the external viewfinder that went over the top of the prism and was kept in place with the round fitting at the back of the prism's eye-piece. They were going for Y10,000 i believe ... or about US$28 in 1969-era money. I bought several of these and shipped them back to friends in Alberta, Canada to sell or use.
Anyway that got me into Minolta and I stayed with the SRT until I moved to digital in the early 2000's with the Nikon Coolpix 5400 (and later Coolpix 8400) and so on ...
The 21mm sounds like a fun odd-ball lens. Maybe I’m just drawn to anything that is needlessly difficult, but there is something appealing about the fact that it requires the mirror lock up and defeats the entire SLR system.
@@larsbunch Sadly I don't still have any of the 21mm Rokkors that passed through my hands in 1969 or 1970 Japan. Before I left on that travel adventue and I sold my Nikon stuff, I did have the 21mm f4 (mirror-lockup) Nikkor for the F.