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In this video, Jason Brunner explains, in his usual offbeat manner, how he uses his super friggin cool bellows factor compensator thingie to calculate bellows extension compensation. Here are the resources on Jason’s website if you’d like to download the pdf.

As a bacon lover, I had to watch it and pass it on.

I don’t have any Minolta SRTs, just XD-11 and X700, so I haven’t tried this for myself. But this link is to the article on Rokkorfiles so it’s probably good.

So anyway, if you find that your metering is inaccurate on your SRT, it might be that you’re using a modern 1.5V battery in a camera designed for 1.35V. This is a simple looking electronic conversion inside the camera body.

How to convert a Minolta SRT from Mercury Cells to modern Silver Cells

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Here is a video of how to light shiney metal or reflective objects. This is another video by Thomas Christopher Moore.