Test shots from a Minolta X-300
I recently picked up a Minolta X-300 in beautiful condition. tested it without film, and everything appeared good. After developing the test roll, I could see every shot was severely underexposed. I was shooting in aperture priority. I quickly loaded some B&W film to do a second test, using a handheld meter to see how off the metering was; it was about 4 stops.
Playing with the ISO dial, I actually found the fault. Although I had set the ISO correctly, the dial was actually rotating past the settings, so while I had set to ISO 200, it was shooting around 3200. Fiddling around, I managed to get the ISO dial aligned properly, so my second roll came out perfect. The camera works perfectly now and it's really nice, light and small when paired with the Rokkor 45mm f/2.
Minolta X-300, test
Marexar-CX Zoom 35-75mm f/3.5-4.8
Kodak Gold 200
Unicolor/Argentix
Pakon F135
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10 rolls of expired film to play with. I had never seen this Fujicolor stock before.
Test shots from a Minolta X-300
I recently picked up a Minolta X-300 in beautiful condition. tested it without film, and everything appeared good. After developing the test roll, I could see every shot was severely underexposed. I was shooting in aperture priority. I quickly loaded some B&W film to do a second test, using a handheld meter to see how off the metering was; it was about 4 stops.
Playing with the ISO dial, I actually found the fault. Although I had set the ISO correctly, the dial was actually rotating past the settings, so while I had set to ISO 200, it was shooting around 3200. Fiddling around, I managed to get the ISO dial aligned properly, so my second roll came out perfect. The camera works perfectly now and it's really nice, light and small when paired with the Rokkor 45mm f/2.
Minolta X-300, test
Marexar-CX Zoom 35-75mm f/3.5-4.8
Kodak Gold 200
Unicolor/Argentix
Pakon F135
Tags: Minolta X-300 Marexar-CX Zoom 35-75mm f/3.5-4.8 Kodak Gold 200 home developed Unicolor Press Kit Argentix.ca C-41 Powder Kit Pakon F135 under exposed camera test first roll film lot expired film
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My initial test roll on the Minolta X-300 was shot on aperture priority mode, but ended being overexposed by four stops. There was a problem with the ISO dial, which got fixed and test roll #2 show exposures are correct.
Minolta X-300, test roll #2
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2
Arista 200
Home developed in Blazinal/Rodinal 1:100, 60 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Pakon F135 scan
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My initial test roll on the Minolta X-300 was shot on aperture priority mode, but ended being overexposed by four stops. There was a problem with the ISO dial, which got fixed and test roll #2 show exposures are correct.
Minolta X-300, test roll #2
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2
Arista 200
Home developed in Blazinal/Rodinal 1:100, 60 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Pakon F135 scan
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Minolta X-300, test roll #2, checking exposures after ISO dial fix
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2
Arista 200
Home developed in Blazinal/Rodinal 1:100, 60 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Pakon F135 scan
Tags: Minolta X-300 Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2 Arista.EDU Ultra 200 Black and White B&W home developed Blazinal Rodinal stand development Pakon F135 camera test test roll
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