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<p>I have heard good things about Dwayne's. It's just sad you can no longer take your film to the local drug store or photo lab and get your pictures in a hour. Times are changing and digital has taken over in a lot of ways. Film is not dead though and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In my case I would like to buy a kit that processes B&W film. I believe in the near future their is going to be a bigger popularity in B&W film that people develop on their own.</p>

<p>Today I went to Walgreens to get my 35mm film put on CDs. The girl at the counter told me all Walgreens nation wide would stop film processing on April 16th of this year. This puts me in a bind living in a small town. It seems like they are trying to kill 35mm film. I need a place I can trust to process the film. I also would like to learn how to develop 35mm B&W film.</p>

<p>Thank you, it is good to hear about other recommended places. I can do the foam my self(-:</p>

<p>All of my Minolta SRT's work great over all even my Pentax K1000. They all need minor repairs and new foam. I have heard about Garry's Camera and Mike the Pentax Guy. Repair cost seem OK at Garry's camera. Is there any one better recommended? I don't want to send a good working camera and have a repair man break it. </p>

<p>Daniel Muller: I am no expert and some others can give you better answers. Of coarse you lose auto focus. Some say you might lose a little image quality. I will tell the old Minolta Rokkors are good lenses. It is a popular thing to adapt these old Rokkors and other SR mount lenses to Sony Cameras. I have seen Rokkors for sale on EBay already adapted for the Alpha and the E mount Sony's. As you know Minolta joined Konica and in 2006 they stopped camera production. KonicaMinolta is still in business doing other things. I am glad Sony bought the camera rights and has carried on the tradition. My favorite is the Sony A7 but I can't afford it.</p>

<p>JDM von Weinberg: I agree that camera collecting should be for fun and not profit. Though it is nice sometimes to find one worth a little bit.</p>

<p>Craig Sherman: I guess you would call it the poor mans collectables in a way. Most of mine are Minolta's. Also I have other brands. It's what ever I get cheap and captures my eye. My collection with photos is in Classic Manual Camera forum under (My Small Camera Collection). I sure would like to ad some Leica's to that collection one day(-:</p>

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<p>Steve Lewis: The Agfa Ambi Silette and the Minolta X9 do not work. All the others work great. The Ambi cost me a $5.00 shipping charge and the X9 was $3.00 at a thrift store. The only cameras I paid any money for that do work is the Minolta SRT 101 $12.00 shipping included. I paid $18.10 for the Minolta SR 101 (SRT 201) shipping included. These are all my free ones and they all work great. Minolta SRT-SCII with original case a Rokkor 50mm f2.0 lens and a Celtic 35mm f2.8. Minolta SR-1 with a Rokkor 55mm f1.8. Pentax K1000 with SMC 50mm 2.0 and a Albinar 80-200 zoom lens. Ansco Memar with original case. Graflex Century 35A with original case.</p>

<p>I just wanted to list the cameras in my collection. This is a list of the SLR and viewfinder cameras. Any questions I'll try to answer. Commits positive or negative are also welcome. Total investment $38.10. When collecting cameras we collect whatever captures our eye(-:<br> SLR's<br> 1963 Minolta SR-1, 1968 Minolta SRT 101 (black knob), 1975 Minolta SR 101 (SRT-201) 1977 Minolta SRT-SCII, 80's or 90's Minolta X9, and late 70s Pentax K1000.<br> Viewfinders<br> 1961 Agfa Ambi Silette, 1954 Ansco Memar (Agfa Silette type 1), and 1959 Graflex Century 35A.</p>

<p>I bought this from a store called Robert's on EBay. They seem to have good deals on Minolta SRT's. They had a nice SRT Super, body only for $25.00 in great condition.</p>

<p>The dent in the focus ring is nice battle damage. A guy had this on EBay $10.00 and could not sell it. I got this on a survey site for credits. One just sold on EBay for $30.00 and was for parts. It had a lot of dents and looked bad. </p>

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<p>I really don't have a question about this camera. It has a certain look I like. The Graflex Century came out in 1959. Made in Japan and build like a tank. You advance the shutter with that lever below the lens. It has to be cocked twice. It said in one ad fast action, if you believe that. So here it is and works perfect(-:</p><div></div>

<p>I have seen a SR 101 that is black. That has to be a lot more uncommon than the chrome. If you type SR 505 or SRT Super and go to images you find several. You type SR 101 maybe three show up. Plus the computer thinks your an idiot and shows you a bunch of SRT 101's.</p><div></div>

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