http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/ ManualMinolta Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:19 GMT stephensteveestabon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1703 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1703 Thanks Peter. I was wondering about the loss of any depth of field control when allowing the camera to make all the decisions. So moving the aperture open Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:34:26 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1702 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1702 Congrats, Steven, Yes, it's quite an impressive setup to carry a Minolta X-700 with an MD-1 Motor Drive and a 360px Auto Electro Flash.  For 4 years, Minolta Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:39:28 GMT stephensteveestabon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1701 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1701 Well it came in. Had to clean out the battery compartment, looks like someone left batteries in it at some point and they leaked. After a good cleaning it Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:09:40 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1700 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1700 Luckily, the "your name here" 300mm f/5.6 mirror lens in T-mount is so cheap on the used market that you can probably pick one up to actually try it, then Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:24:01 GMT r_l_critchlow http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1699 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1699 Yes, ???^?@ (shashinki) means camera. My sense is that it's not used as much nowadays as ?J???? (kamera), probably as a result of the post-WWII Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:45:11 GMT Chuck Norcutt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1698 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1698 I don't know anything about the optical performance of the Minolta RF 250 except it's design parameters. The principal detractor of performance of a Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:23:56 GMT zwincker2002 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1697 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1697 Yeah, but why? This lens shows up regularly on ebay and Minolta collectors are not so crazy to pay every price. They are no Leica collectors... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:03:34 GMT d8400s http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1696 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1696 This was discussed on the Minolta Manual Free site a while back. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinoltaFree/message/19092 "... Looks like these are Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:00:52 GMT peterblaise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1695 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1695 I agree -- collectors drive the price, especially at any auction house. == However, I disagree about the imaging qualities of mirror lenses, and the annual Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:33:01 GMT peterblaise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1694 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1694 Ahh, thanks, Han, You solved the Japanese riddle -- I'll markup my "historical document" to indicate that these were for the then Minolta-built Leica R-mount Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:06:02 GMT Chuck Norcutt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1693 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1693 Being a mirror lens with no aperture mechanism it's possible it's more easily adapted to Canon (with infinity focus) than other Minolta lenses. However, it Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:35:50 GMT zwincker2002 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1692 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1692 Hello, here in Germany the prices for the RF 250 mm are going up to EUR 400,- and more. This lens is not rare or extremly good. The "normal" price was about Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:32:58 GMT Mary Pinkerton http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1691 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1691 Ah! Thank you Peter for all of the info. I do not think it fits the "trivia" definition you gave on this group.: ) Still, loved the story.Have a Leica Rs and Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:49:52 GMT Han Sieveking http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1690 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1690 Are you sure the RF 800 mm was made with M-mount? I only heard of the RF 800 mm with R-mount (for the Leica reflex line). Han Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:36:42 GMT Chuck Norcutt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1689 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinolta/message/1689 Thanks for all the detail. I had figured that MC, MD mount lenses could be adapted to 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras but didn't know any details. From another list