Minolta MF, lots of stuff, any value?

[jeroen_b1]

hello group,

 

I have found an i-net seller that has lot's of Minolta MF stuff for realy low

prices, like 5, 10 or 15 euro. It's almost all unknown stuff for me. Any hidden

gems? Maybe the 28mm f/2.8 soligor, new one in box, for 13 euro? Or a nice 200mm

tele?

 

28-85MM Supra MD bajonet

50MM 1.7 Minolta rokkor PF MD bajonet

75-150 3.5 vivitar MD bajonet

Albinar 135 2.8 nieuw MD bajonet

Albinar 28MM 2.8 MD bajonet

Converter 2x MD bajonet

Cosinon 135 2.8 MD bajonet

Kenlock 80/205 MD bajonet

Kenlock 85-205 1:3.8 777774 MD bajonet

Kinor 200 3.3 *NIEUW* MD bajonet

MD W-Rokkor 28MM 2.8

Minolta 50MM 1.7 MD bajonet

Osawa 200 4 MD bajonet

Osawa 80-205 MD bajonet

Panagor 200mm 3.5 MD bajonet

Panagor 200mm 3.5 MD bajonet

Petri 135 2.8 MD bajonet

Petri 28 2.8 MD bajonet

ROKKOR HG 35mm 2.8 MD bajonet

soligor 135 2.8 MD bajonet

Soligor 28MM 2.8 (NIEUW) MD bajonet

Stratonar 35 2.8 MD bajonet

tokina 28 2.8 MD bajonet

Tokina ATX 35-200 3.5 4.5 MD bajonet

Unicversar 35MM 2.8 MD bajonet

Vitacon 28-80 MACRO MD bajonet

Vivitar 135 2.8 MD bajonet

Vivitar 70-150mm 22044989 MD bajonet

Vivitar 75/260 4.5 MD bajonet

[j_hopper]

Except for the 28/2.8 & 50/1.7 MD Rokkors, the Tokinas, and maybe the Vivitar 70-150, nope.

[peterblaise]

.

 

All your stuff is valuable for Minolta users and collectors, so keep searching for them and sell direct or auction with clear, specific and complete nomenclature, one item at a time - so NOT mix a big list of items.

 

Do not expect any viewer to read let alone value your entire collection.

 

Sell one item at a time.

 

You can ask http://www.keh.com/ what the trade in value is on one or the whole kit, but few resellers want film stuff anymore, so their wholesale prices are awful!

 

Good luck.

 

My Minolta manual focus non-digital compatible gear will probably follow - about $10,000 worth ... now just to figure out how to get 10 cents on the dollar on resale! :-(

 

Click!

 

Love and hugs,

 

Peter Blaise peterblaise@yahoo.com Minolta SR/MC/MD/X-600 Photographer http://www.peterblaisephotography.com/

[nikola_pavic]

Probably only following are OK:

50MM 1.7 Minolta rokkor PF MD bajonet � 9.95

MD W-Rokkor 28MM 2.8 � 25.00

Minolta 50MM 1.7 MD bajonet � 5.00

ROKKOR HG 35mm 2.8 MD bajonet � 12.95

Tokina ATX 35-200 3.5 4.5 MD bajonet � 14.95

[jeroen_b1]

Peter, it's not my stuff, just a local seller. I was only wondering about all these exoctic brands and names.

 

Nikola found the source! :-)

 

I have a 50mm f/1.7 already, and no interest in zooms, and will not go for the MD-rokkor 28mm f/2.8. I thought the tele's or 135mm's could have been nice?

[Brian]

Exotic is one word for it. This list reads like a round-up of all the bottom-feeders in the interchangeable lens world of the 1970s-80s. Other than the Rokkor and Tokina that is.

[jeroen_b1]

okay, thanks, I will let is all go. If the price is so low, it is always a good idea to check, maybe you have a real bargain. But I understand from you most of this stuff is al junk compared to the original Minolta MC/MD rokkors. The Tokina 35-200 could be interesting for the long range. But I don't need it, at this moment primes are more fun.

[peterblaise]

.

 

Ooops - my bad - I thought you were selling your own collection! =8^o

 

Anyway, I regularly buy from:

 

http://www.cameta.com/

 

http://www.keh.com/ (though their web site now SUCKS and is unbrowsable)

 

http://www.adorama.com/

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

 

... and so on.

 

The gear listed in your inquiry SHOULD be cheap and much of it may be superbe, though redundant and not modern. Though I have a vast collection, some of which is described at

 

http://www.geocities.com/peterblaise/minoltamf/

 

... I tend to leave ONE lens on each camera now and not switch much anymore. My "collectors" phase was a learning phase and now I know better, and I'm quite glad some of my gear cost $5 or less since I used it for one roll to learn, and then moved on. Generally, the accurately priced EXPENSIVE gear has served me well, and occasionally I got an innacurately priced piece that should have been more expensive but was unknown by the seller - I knew! ;-)

 

Let us know what you do, Jeroen, and share some pictures!

 

Click!

 

Love and hugs,

 

Peter Blaise peterblaise@yahoo.com Minolta Rokkor SR/MC/MD/X-600 and SR T and X-series Photographer http://www.peterblaisephotography.com/

[j_hopper]

Peter, yeah KEH has gotten clunky but there's a way to speed them up a little.

 

Go "Camera Store", then under Advanced Search go "Minolta Manual Focus" or whatever your looking for, leave "Select All" in 2nd box and optionally use "Minolta" in Keyword. Aften first search comes up at 10 items, change that box to "View All".

 

Unfortunately search is limited to first 250 items which gets you only thru bodies and halfway thru lenses, still have to go back into subsection after subsection after that but each subsection will come up "View All". Haven't been able to delimit search so far.

 

Their site used to be so good.

[j_hopper]

...and it helps to delete KEH's cookies before going in, un-does any preset preferences they've set for you.

[richard_stevens1]

Brian Southward wrote:

"Exotic is one word for it. This list reads like a round-up of all the bottom-feeders in the interchangeable lens world of the 1970s-80s. Other than the Rokkor and Tokina that is."

 

As someone who recently (somewhat accidentally) acquired several Tokina MD lenses, I'm interested in why you single out Tokina as better than the rest. Who made the Tokina lenses, and does it vary by model?

[thomas_sullivan]

so, Peter, you think selling by individual items is the way to go...........hmmmm. Yeah KEH gave me a "NO" on buying any of mine, and B&H's offer was ridiculous low.....but it was a package deal. When I asked them to itemize it for me..........heh.......well, that was the end of that email correspondance.

 

By the way.........KEH's new website can be better accessed as the above poster described.....took me awhile to figure that out too. Forget that search thing in the upper left hand corner.......totally useless.