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Minolta Maxxum 400si: Much better than I expected

21st January 2021
Minolta Maxxum 400si: Much better than I expected

My first experience with a Minolta AF camera — and for that matter any Minolta camera — ended in a huge disappointment. The camera, appearing to be in good working condition, produced terribly underexposed images. Somehow, this experience reinforced the negative notion I was gathering from the internet about Minolta's AF cameras. Regardless of ... Read more

Minolta Maxxum 300si: I really had high hopes for this one

18th September 2020
Minolta Maxxum 300si: I really had high hopes for this one

The value Camera Collector It won't be wrong to consider myself a budget conscious camera collector. I mean, it'll be very difficult to get me to spend anything above 20 bucks — a figure that I already consider quite high — on a used camera, especially one that that doesn't have the clout. If you are a collector of any kind, you know ... Read more

A pleasant surprise with the Canon AF35M point and shoot

2nd June 2019
A pleasant surprise with the Canon AF35M point and shoot

At this stage in my "cheap camera" photography journey, my quest was to score good SLRs. My motivation, of course, was driven by a false belief that SLRs are the only camera form factors that could deliver quality images. This notion was probably ingrained by how all professional photographers I saw — almost everywhere — used ... Read more