A Dodge for the XD-11

[royall_berndt]

My timing was always thrown off by the shutter lag of the Minolta XD-11. The shutter went Ka-chunk, not just

chunk. I have discovered a solution. Use the Winder D. The shutter becomes a hair-trigger with no Ka before

the chunk. It's not even chunck anymore: it is CRUNCH like a bear trap. It becomes really sensitive to touch,

so watch out: you'll be wasting film

 

I took my XD-11 out today mounting the 70-210mm f4 MD. I missed autofocus, to tell the truth. My vision has

gone down more than I thought. I'll put a 24mm on it tomorrow. Then focus become a breeze.<div></div>

[simon_platt1]

<p>If you have a noticeable lag on an XD camera you need to get it serviced and ask them to clean the internal mirror damper, it's an easy job and shouldn't cost too much to do. Its a dashpot sliding up and down inside a tube and its gets gungy after a while and slows up the shutter action Once you have done that your XD should operate quickly reagardless of whether its on a winder or not.</p>