Bill Smith's Photography

The X-570 was positioned as the slightly less expensive and stripped down version of the X-700. It only came with aperture priority, which ironically made it a favourite camera for in the know Minolta shooters in the 1980s. The X-570 didn't come with shutter priority or program mode but it did come with a better metering read out better suited to advanced amateur shooters. By the 1980s Minolta gave up trying to get into the professional market which was dominaed by Canon and Nikon.   The X-570 like it's fuller featured brother the X-700 make great cameras for those just starting out for an expereinced shooter with an extensive Minolta Rokkor MC or MD set of lenses who want a lighter weight camera body for travel or hiking. I found taking this camera around Bronte Harbour here in Oakville I almost forget I have it  thanks to the extensive use of high quality and durable pastics. The big bonus I see with the X-570 over it's main competitor, the Canon AE-1 Program is the use o...

In my last post I noted I was having issues with my new to me Pentax K2 dying on me during the day, screwing the battery cover in and and out sort of solved the problem but wasn't the permanent solution. I cleaned the battery box on the bottom of the camera with a q-tip and some pure alchohol (don't try this with the kind you drink as it will leave a sticky residue). The q-tip came out a mid grey colour. So I go to where I usually test cameras, Bronte Harbour in the west end of Oakville, the K2 performed flawlessly. While I was down there I ran into and chatted with my brother Alex's former art teacher while she was painting one of the boats. Camera: Asahi Pentax K2, SMC Pentax M 50 f1.7 lens, SMC Pentax K 28 f3.5 lens, Takumar (bayonet) Film: Fomapan 100, Tmax Dev 1+4.