The lenses are in greater demand than the camera body, it's less
expensive to find a working camera than to have the Maxim fixed. The
Minolta 50 is supposed to be very nice, I know they old Minolta 50's in
MC and MD mount were. The Sigma I have no idea but its from the era
when Sigma was known for Sig[nificant] Ma[lfunctions], there used to be
a web site dedicated to Sigma horror stories but that's long gone now.
Lastly doesn't that flash have a propitiatory, (Minolta/Sony) foot? I
would think it would if it was used with a Minolta Maxxum.
On 4/8/2012 10:29 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
So, last night a friend of mine from the local Fraternal Order of
Eagles aerie, where I was taking pictures of kids having fun and
hunting for Easter eggs, walked up and handed me a Minolta Maxxum 7000
with a Minolta AF 50/1.7 and a Sigma 75-200 f/2.8-3.5 along with a
Promaster 5200 flash unit, a few filters and a couple of rolls of Fuji
Superia X-tra -- for nothing.
The camera body doesn't appear to work -- at least not with the Kodak
rechargeable AAA's I put in it. But the flash does (which is great
because I haven't had a flash 'til now) and the lenses both appear to
be in excellent condition. So now, I just wonder what I ought to do
with the camera and lenses given the fact that you apparently can't
adapt them to a K-mount.
Any thoughts?
-- Walt
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthily search.
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