On Not Selling My Minolta Film SLR

[Don Schaeffer]

I went out on Sunday to take pictures in the area again. I was a big shot strutting around with two camera bodies. At first the Minolta X370 was equipped with a 75-205 mm lens and a 2x telextender (yielding 410 mm) and my Nikon D40 had my 10-20 mm Sigma. After lugging this combination around for an hour I went back home and switched to the 35mm Minolta with a .46x attachment (yielding 16mm) for the Minolta and my old faithful 44-200 mm Nikkor for the Nikon D40. That was a lot easier to carry. I must say it was good to carry two focal lengths since I didn't have to change lenses. I looked like a real hotshot walking around and that made me feel good. I'm glad nobody bought the Minolta when I tried to sell it. It's still fun to use.

[Grandpaw]

I have a couple of Nikon F's with FTN meters and assorted lens that I don't use any more but for the memories they have given me over the last 37 years I wouldn't think of getting rid of them especially when you consider what little you get for film cameras these days. It would be like selling a close friend for a few bucks, Jeff

[dumpy]

I have piles of old skis because of this same train of thought....