Good pictures - they look quite sharp, which I guess the 75mm lens is also known to be. Thanks for the link - I found these two favorable reviews as well, with one of them really going into the details of disassembling the camera if need be.

With regard to which film I'd use any 120 that you wanted depending on the look you were after, for me Ektar and Provia 100 spring to mind as films I've used in it and enjoyed the outcome, here's a couple of examples:Īnyway, hope you have great fun shooting it, would be great to see some of your results 👍 I've certainly seen other posts favourabley comparing it to Rolleicords I have Minolta Autocord Cds, I've owned it for about 3-4 years, and think its a beautiful camera, so well made and a great way to come back to film. I find it pretty easy to operate, although it still takes me a long time just taking one exposure. Yes, it should be quite different from other types of TLRs. It is highly regarded - the USP was the focusing lever. etc) have you used with it? Please show examples if available.Īnd congrats too all - I hope this will be a friendly, informative and inspiring forum to take part in. So, do any of you have experience with this Minolta camera? Which films (Portra, FUji. I have high hopes for what it all brings - it sure is a lot of fun and you really have to be careful and choose your exposures wisely. I am using his old Gossen electronic light meter and had to read the manual to find out how it works. So far, I have loaded an Ilford Delta 400 film and shot 4 pictures (I'll get to the rest in the weekend). Recently I found my fathers Minolta Autocord TLR camera and thought I would try to make pictures with it like he did in the sixties and seventies in many different countries. I have never shot film - just digital for the last 3 years. What a nice thing to see a new forum, when I just started shooting film.Īnd I mean just started.

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