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As I’ve mentioned in the past, I want to make sure that I track good camera repair people so I list them here.

I have seen many posts referring to the repairs made by John Titterington on Minolta cameras. Though he apparently repairs several brands.

I don’t know him. I haven’t used him, but I haven’t seen anything negative about him. And most importantly, he restores Minolta cameras.

So, if you need a repair to a camera, you might check him out.

Also, here is a link to his auctions of restored cameras on ebay. He usually has some nice looking cameras there.

John Titterington’s Cameras on Ebay

Here’s a copy of his blurb on ebay:

John Titterington has been repairing and selling fine photographic equipment in the Kansas City area since 1976. He specializes in refurbishing older Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and Pentax single lens reflex cameras.

If you are interested in getting your camera repaired you can reach him at J T Camera@aol.com

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As someone who is always out checking out cameras and looking for cool old stuff especially on ebay or craigslist, I keep seeing people selling some nice Pentax film camera systems. Some of these people might have 3 or 4 lenses.

Often, I see someone say. “I’m selling this to go digital” or “This would be a great student camera”

Craziness, I say.

I know, I’ve been guilty of extolling the virtues of some new Nikon or Canon gear, but I can’t imagine people just dumping a perfectly good Pentax system to go digital. But then again, I like film and digital.

I wonder why people don’t take those lenses and use them on a new Pentax digital body if they want a digital body. Pentax has made some really nice glass. Why go spend all the money to switch systems?

Maybe some of them are going to digital point and shoot cameras. I don’t know.

The Pentax K-7 is a very capable camera. Check it out before you go dumping that nice old gear. You might like it.

K-7 Video Samples

K-7 Moving Picture Sample

Being a Minolta lover, I feel compelled to share a site with great technical Minolta information. Here are the categories offered at http://minolta.eazypix.de.

Minolta SR Lens Index
Minolta SR Lens Database
Minolta Coded Lens Shades
Minolta Master Lenses
Minolta SR System Chart
Minolta SR System Guides
Minolta SR Instruction Manual Database
Minolta SR Promotional Literature
Minolta SLR’s of 1980 (german Datasheet)
Minolta SLR’s vs. Canon, Nikon & Pentax
Rokkor BLOG (german)

I really like the Minolta SLR’s vs. Canon, Nikon & Pentax link. It is a great chart showing the different models of SLRs by year from Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Minolta.

The technical Minolta information is very good. This is a site worth reading and bookmarking especially if you are a Minolta fan or collector.

Minolta photography equipment on ebay