http://basepath.com/Photography/MinoltaSR1.php
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The SR-2 was too expensive at $250, so just a few months later Minolta came out with the SR-1 at only $170, identical except for a slower fastest shutter speed and a slower standard lens. In the ad below, you can see that Minolta said it was "[f]or the professional who won't spend $250 or more for an automatic single lens reflex."
Considering the small differences, the real purpose of the inflated $250 price tag on the SR-2 was to sell more SR-1s—it made $170 for nearly the same camera seem like an incredible bargain. That their first SLR was called the SR-2 was a tip-off that the SR-1 was planned from the start. Minolta knew how to make cameras and lenses, and they knew how to market them, too. (Canon didn't.)
Minolta made five models of the SR-1; mine is the third (sometimes called model C), by which time they had indeed made the diaphragm instantly reopening. (They added that to the SR-2 at the same time.) The next model included a bracket for an external meter to the right of the lens, requiring the move of the "SR-1" lettering to the other side.[/quote]
Diese erste Version mit Aufsteck-Belichtungsmesser wurde von Joe McGloin (MINMAN) "Modell D" getauft, Minolta selbst nannte sie offenbar "New Minolta SR-1", wie man der dritten Anzeige unten entnehmen kann. Die älteren Revisionen ("Modelle A" bis "C" bezeichnete Minolta fortan als "original SR-1" oder "old SR-1".
ZITATI call the Minolta SR-1 one of the first perfected minimalist cameras because it had the essential features of a mechanical SLR and no others: focal-plane shutter, bayonet lens mount, instant return mirror, instant reopen diaphragm, self-timer (maybe not essential), and pentaprism. A wide assortment of lenses, too. But no mirror lock-up or removable finder or depth-of-field preview or motor drive or anything else non-essential (the Nikon F had them)
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Zur SR-2 siehe auch: http://www.mi-fo.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25615
Zum Selbstauslöser siehe auch: http://www.mi-fo.de/forum/index.php?showto...st&p=253787