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Agree with everything you say, I prefer photographs with a "feel" to them. I have an a700 and an a77, I even have a lumix compact, and they all give incredibly good results. But it's somehow too clinical. Film definitely does, to me at least, have a warmth to it that digital doesn't. I'll...

Hi All, In the last couple of weeks I managed to get a replacement capacitor for my X300 and thought I'd take a stab at a repair. All went well but it didn't work, so obviously this wasn't the problem. In the meantime I got hold of a pretty grotty SRT 201, body only, which appeared to have...

Wow! Thanks everybody for your contributions to the thread. To follow on from some of the points raised: The replacing of the capacitor was interesting, and appeals to my "let's take it apart and see how it works" nature, so I might give it a go. If I think about it I am probably more...

My Minolta X300 finally gave up the ghost on Sunday, intermittent electronic fault, probably the capacitor, probably terminal. A new addition to my camera museum. Anyway, I took the dog for a walk this afternoon and took my Sony a700. Just a few shots of railway arches, dilapidated structures...

Hello everybody, my name is Phil, I'm 55 and live in Liverpool. I've always had an interest in photography, but only on a point and shoot basis, and I would like to progress further. My first ever camera, bought for me on my 21st birthday, was a Minolta 110, I loved and for this reason I've...