Actually, after looking again, it does appear to be a standard hot shoe.
When I first looked at it before, it appeared that one of the electronic
contacts on the flash was off-set a little more than the contacts on the
camera hot shoe. But, after looking at it again, it looks like they do
line up after all.
As for the discharge voltage, that I don't know. The only documentation
that came with it is repair and service receipts for the camera. I'll
have to see if I can find it somewhere on the web.
Thanks for the heads-up!
-- Walt
On 4/9/2012 2:34 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Walt Gilbert <[email protected]>:
Alas, it appears the flash does have a proprietary foot on it. Dammit.
That's odd. The Minolta 7000 had a standard hot shoe. The
proprietary shoe was introduced later (with the 7000i, If I recall
correctly). It seems odd that the flash you were given would have a
shoe that doesn't match the accompanying camera.
If the flash has the Minolta proprietary shoe, it is possible to get
cheap adapters on EBay that will convert it to a standard shoe mount.
However, before you connect it to your DSLR, you should check that the
trigger voltage isn't too high. You wouldn't want to fry the
circuitry in your new K20D.
The camera probably would cost more than it's worth to repair but it
is a landmark. It was the first truly workable autofocus SLR.
Pentax's ME-F came earlier but its 35-70 AF lens could not really be
described as workable.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Welp! So much for that!
-- Walt
On 4/8/2012 9:42 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
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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