Minolta SRT 102 Camera - Reskinned in Green Leatherette
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One year - used equipment that has been refurbished
In 1973 Minolta took a good thing and made it even better by releasing the SR-T 102. The 102 model, also known as the SR-T Super in Asia and the Pacific as well as the SR-T 303 in Europe, is essentially the same as the flagship SR-T 101 camera with small but noteworthy improvements. Minolta added selected aperture display to the camera's viewfinder so the photographer could now see both selected shutter and aperture, as well as metering, without ever taking their eye away from the finder. Speaking of the viewfinder, the SR-T 102 added a split prism focusing screen for even easier manual focus confirmation. The "cold" accessory flash shoe of the SR-T 101 was replaced with a hot shoe so a secondary PC-sync flash cord was no longer needed to trigger the firing of the flash with the shutter. The last improvement was an easier method of doing multiple exposures. A photographer could do multiple exposures with the SR-T 101 but it required them depressing the film rewind button and holding the rewind knob in place lest the film partially advanced when the shutter was reset between exposures. With the SR-T 102 all a would-be double exposure photographer had to do was depress the rewind button and no film advancement occurred when the shutter was reset.
Apart from those improvements, the SR-T 102 kept all the good stuff from the SR-T 101. The camera is just as solid and just as reliable. It is still a tank, which means it will take lots of wear and tear and keep working for decades or lifetimes. It does make the camera big and heavy, but we have known photographers with larger hands who prefer the camera's larger size as it fits their grip better. The SR-T 102 also kept the self-timer and depth of field preview mechanisms. Early production of the 102 had a mirror lock-up feature but this was eliminated in later models. This is something to keep an eye out for when shopping for an SR-T 102 if mirror lock-up is an important feature.
Other technical specifications include:
- Shutter speeds ranging from 1s to 1/1000
- Top flash sync speed of 1/60
- ISO range of 6-6400
- Self-returning mirror that does not cut off image even with super telephoto lenses
- CLC (contrast light compensator) light meter coupled to both shutter speed and ISO selections
- Meter sensitivity ranging from EV 3 to EV 17 (at ASA 100)
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