Minolta MF FAQ: Introduction

PREFACE

This is a list of frequently asked questions and answers about Minolta MD 35mm photographic equipment.

Comments, submissions and corrections are to be directed to Chris Valentine, email c.p.valentine@open.ac.uk

Contributions which specifically address single issues and those which could be directly incorporated into the FAQ by simple cut and paste are most appreciated. I occasionally add my own comments to contributions and I mark such as [CPV].

This document is not, and cannot, be protected by copyright laws. This document may be copied and distributed, in its entirety, freely, except for direct commercial advantage.

The maintainer and all contributors make their best efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information in this FAQ. However, neither the maintainer nor any contributors assume any responsibility for losses and damages resulting from the use of the information in this FAQ. Use the information at your own risk.

NOTE

This document is broadcasted to Minolta mailing list asking people who are using MD equipment to contribute.

Also, once this document will achieve a stable level it can be incorporated in Minolta's FAQ maintained by Eric Loyd.

Lastly, English is my second language so any corrections will be surely appreciated.

Thank you, Pompiliu Donescu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This FAQ has been organized starting from Bo-Ming Tong's Nikon FAQ.

Also a lot of information has its origin in the discussions in the Minolta Mailing List.

Some information has been borrowed from other sources like the MUG (http://dyson.brisnet.org.au/~craig/mug.html). These sources are specifically aknowledged in the text.

Contributors:

Andrew Hately
John Vernon
Craig Huxley
Chris Valentine http://met.open.ac.uk/group/cpv/chris_photography.html
Stephen D'Arcy-Evans
Christopher G Mullin
Jerry Lewis
Mike Nobbs

HISTORY

Version 1.0 August 3, 1996 ---- First proposed version of the FAQ.
The original document has been under discussion in Minolta mailing list.

Version 1.1, began August, 1998. Transfer into the MUG pages on three servers throughout the world.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Where could I get this FAQ ?

This FAQ is sometimes under discussion in the Minolta mailing list hosted by Yahoo.

The HTML version resides in different locations around the world, on the servers used by the Minolta Users' Group web pages.

1.2 How to find Minolta in the US

Minolta Corporation 101 Williams Drive Ramsey, New Jersey 07446
The phone number is (201)236-4223. [Jerry Lewis]

1.3 Other Sources of Information

Minolta related issues are discussed in the Minolta Mailing List. The other FAQs associated with rec.photo.* are in the following sites:

ftp://moink.nmsu.edu/rec.photo
ftp://relay.cs.toronto.edu/pub/acs/rec.photo
ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/people/bmtong/photo
http://math.liu.se/~behal/photo/

1.4 History of Minolta manual focus equipment

An interesting piece of historical info about Minolta is that they are still one of the only camera makers to make their own glass. [Chris Valentine]

1.5 Bibliography

1.6 Is there a Minolta mailing list ?

There are several, most hosted on Yahoo message groups (was egroups).