This is almost everything you’d expect of a camera in this class - curiously, mirror lock up is missing. The 202 also features a hot shoe and a focusing screen with a split-image spot surrounded by a microprism ring. It uses two metering cells to assess contrast, making sure bright areas don’t turn out too bright and dark areas don’t turn out too dark. That meter, Minolta’s “Contrast Light Compensator” (that’s what the CLC on the camera’s face means), is the world’s first matrix metering system. It also features classic match-needle metering, but no autoexposure modes. The 202 features a cloth shutter that operates from 1 to 1/1000 sec. The photographers who shot them didn’t care - they wanted a precise, versatile, and durable machine, and they got it. This heavy brick won’t win any beauty contests. Those were just the model numbers given this camera elsewhere in the world.
If you have any SR-T with a higher model number - say, 303b, 505, or 505s - you actually have a 202. It might be hard to tell, because Minolta offered a dizzying array of SR-T cameras worldwide, some with model numbers higher than this. That’s where Minolta’s SR-T 202 sat upon its 1975 debut: atop Minolta’s hierarchy of SR-T 35mm SLRs. This crank also helps to properly tension the film across the film plane when loading film.Ī look inside the front to see the mirror that lifts out of the way when we push the shutter release.The top of the line. Unfold the rewind crank and turn it in the direction indicated by the arrow on it until you feel tension on the film increase, then you can crank the film back into the canister completely before opening the back. To remove film, push the rewind button underneath. X or FP delay: Through separate PC terminals on 201, adds an X-sync. To remove a lens: While pushing the lens-release button toward the lens, turn the lens counterclockwise as far as it will go and then lift the lens bayonet out of the mount. Insert the lens bayonet into the mount and turn the lens clockwise until it tocks into place with a click. To attach a lens, align the red dot on the lens barrel with the red dot on the camera body. The self-timer is used to delay release of the shutter for about 10 seconds. The stop-down button has two settings, one for full-aperture metering and the other for stop-down metering or depth-of-field preview. Let’s look at the various dials and controls as well as the film loading and film travel methods.
The SR-T 201 and its peers contain more metal and less plastic than modern cameras. When comparing cameras from that time to modern DSLR or mirrorless cameras you might find those old cameras to be small in size but with a heavy feel. The 35mm SLR film consumer camera market in the time this camera was sold new included comparable high-quality models from brands such as Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Ricoh, Nikon, Olympus, Fuji and others.
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