http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/ Minolta Manual Focus Collecting Forum Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:48:55 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1203 Great info, thanks !! Now I guess the models A0 and A1 are near to be consider as prototypes and not for the regular production even if they are present in the Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:28:43 GMT jasonthopper http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1202 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1202 There was an early SrT101 (one of my objects of study as y'all know) in E**y recently. Did eventually BIN sell I guess. Wasn't perfect or complete, but at Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:56:44 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1201 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1201 Thanks Ralph, a special greetings also for the scope of this forum, I hope it never disappears in this digital world. Andrea ... From: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:47:46 GMT RalphJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1200 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1200 Good morning, all; It being that time of the year, Merry Christmas, to you all. Whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Taoist, Hindi, Shinto, or any Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:54:07 GMT silviokosutic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1199 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1199 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety Sincerely skosutic Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:46:18 GMT silviokosutic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1198 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1198 Dear John, Thanks for being so kind and let us share joy of seeing this incredible collection. I have recently succeeded to buy a XM with AE finder and I am Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:54:04 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1197 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1197 Yes, in January 2004 and also in September of the same year, Justin "Red" Bailey gave us a lot of info about the Minolta lens shades. Unfortunately he Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:55:29 GMT jasonthopper http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1196 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1196 ... ...Well, it is an absolute mystery that even our japanese friends have no complete overview on these early "D..." shades. Hopefully someday someone will Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:13:57 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1195 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1195 Yes, correct. I seen the pictures uploaded, this is the correct shade for the 45/2. I hope Syoji can reply you. Andrea ... From: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:40:03 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1194 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety group. File Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:27:22 GMT zwincker2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1193 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1193 To sum it up: - MD Rokkor 2/45: -- plastic shade with white inscription for identification "Minolta MD 45 mm F 2 Japan Ø 49 mm" on the rim, product-code Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:24:05 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1192 Yes, when I mentioned Internet sites in English and in Japanese both, I referred exactly at these sites. Really the German site (the author is a member of Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:17 GMT zwincker2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1191 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1191 Recently there was an auction at ebay (230363592238) titled "Minolta D49NA lens hood for 45mm f/2 Pancake Lens Rare". But I doubt that this was the dedicated Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:56:17 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1190 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1190 I never heard about a XG-2 with inscription no painted. I don't see any reasons because the inscription missing the enamel, the goal of these engraving it is Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:34:50 GMT Andrea Apra` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1189 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinoltaMFCollectorsSociety/message/1189 Yes, the Rokkor MD 45mm f2 has a proper lens shade code: 6588-417. It was plastic and it is very similar to the others lens shades for the others MD lenses in