Bill Smith's Photography

I've owned my Minolta XE-7 for going on ten years now, unfortunately my camera repair tech at the time didn't really do all that great an overhaul, it developed some issues, and it wound sitting in a cupboard for several years. I managed to find repair tech in the US who specialized with 1970s and '80s Minolta manual focus SLRS with a fair bit of on board electronics. My baby works great now. As I alluded in a previous post I got some Efke 100, two bricks worth (20 rolls), I shot two test rolls to see if each batch was still good. The film expired in 2015 and it came via Canada Post from the Balkans. Efke 100 (rebadged Adox CHS 100) was a very old school single layer, high silver content black and white film made in Croatia by a company called Fotokemika. It was like shooting an old school film from the 1950s and '60s. Unfortunately the company went bust due to the breakdown with some ancient coating equipment. Fotoimpex of Berlin I guess, don't quote me, conti...

I suffer from what is called Gear Acquisition Syndrome, there is no cure, just temporary remission. The black Minolta SRT 101 is a lucky buy, they usually sell for about $150 USD, mine was $110 CAD delivered. From what I have researched this SRT 101 is a later production model from the early 1970s, at some point I want to find an earlier chrome body from around 1967 or 1968. I re-sealed the back and replaced the mirror dampening foam myself which takes about an hour to do. It's a nice camera to shoot with and I can't wait to use it more. Camera: Minolta SRT 101, MC Rokkor 50 f1.7 lens and 28 f3.5 lens. Film: Rollei Retro 400 S, HC110 B.