steven_staton

I have an X-700 with a Sunpak 333D and the MX-2D adapter. The flash

unit is behaving rather badly, and upon disassembly, I discovered one

(pale blue green) wire had come unsoldered. The flash can be coaxed

into working by opening the battery door slightly, which enables

charging for some odd reason. Once charged, the unit seems to work

ok. I'd really like to get a copy of the repair manual for this flash

and see if I can fix it -- it's been a real treat to have all these

last twenty years.

A spry 16 yr. old with a 1 1/2 yr. old Minolta SR-T 201, I was busy taking photos for my yearbook, and of the exhilirating weather we get in North Texas (Dallas). With only the 50mm f/1.7 Rokkor-X that came with the camera (a gift from a well-to-do uncle), I had to use my wits and good eye (plus lots of moving around) to frame interesting shots, but the workhorse SR-T was a brick. It already sported a dented corner from a fall onto a concrete street the year before, yet worked flawlessly. The one shot that eluded me then was of a model rocket just clearing the launch pad. Manually synchronizing that shot was just impossible.