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Originally Posted by ithinkimissyou
Yeah, it's sad what happened to Minolta - and unfortunately the same thing may be on the cards for Pentax. They have been bought out by another Japanese company called Hoya, that deals in optics for medical devices, contact lenses and the like. Even before that, pentax were trying to shift further into that market themselves.
So it remains to be seen whether they'll do a Konica on Pentax or not.
What sort of Minolta were you looking at? The Srt-101/201? I've never held one, but they look a nice camera.
The MX is cheap, I picked up a body in perfect condition for €100 here, and seen MX+Lens for $150 on some US sites.
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Gawd, it seems like every camera company besides the 'big' ones are starting to just give up or be bought out.
Yeah, I was looking at the SRT 101. I've shot with one a few times and they're just excellent cameras. I like my current film camera but it's super noisy and bulky, so I'd like a smaller one.