Larry Colen wrote: >On Apr 8, 2012, at 7:29 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? > >I think that Mark has a camera that'll use those lenses.
It's true! Probably the flash, too, if it uses that goofy proprietary Minolta flash shoe. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
