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by Celloboy
Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:34 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Scotland golf trip
Replies: 9
Views: 2556

Re: Scotland golf trip

Thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures. I went to St Andrews University in the '90s..... see that big grand orange-red building overlooking the 18th green, beside the clubhouse (second picture, of Swilken bridge looking up towards the 18th? Well it was called Hamilton Hall (of residence) and I l...
by Celloboy
Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:09 am
Forum: History of Minolta
Topic: Minolta ads
Replies: 9
Views: 10535

Re: Minolta ads

Nice.. . i like how old ads go for the *detailed blurb* approach, in contrast to nowadays where there seems to be more emphasis on visuals. I think some of these old ads, especially posters, can be quite collectable. Something like that could look nice if carefully removed (not torn!, lol) and frame...
by Celloboy
Sat May 16, 2009 6:50 pm
Forum: Welcome and well met!
Topic: Welcome to our Forums
Replies: 59
Views: 46489

Re: Welcome to our Forums

oh, i remember why i got the F90x now... i was impressed by the platitudes about it in the major camera magazines at the time... that was before i realized that camera reviewers in those magazines seem to have a bias for certain manufacturers (with names beginning N and C...) after i bought it I was...
by Celloboy
Sat May 16, 2009 2:37 am
Forum: History of Minolta
Topic: Minolta ads
Replies: 9
Views: 10535

Minolta ads

here is my scan of an old magazine ad for the Minolta 7000 from the mid-80s. :) it was a ground-breaking SLR and i think i had a childhood fantasy over it :oops: I am pretty sure i photocopied the form and sent away to Minolta for a copy of that brochure ... which i don't know whether i still have....
by Celloboy
Sat May 16, 2009 2:18 am
Forum: Welcome and well met!
Topic: Welcome to our Forums
Replies: 59
Views: 46489

Re: Welcome to our Forums

hello :) glad to be joining the forum... am a bit of a novice really but i've always been interested in cameras/photography always had a soft spot for Minolta as a brand... i still have a Minolta AFE2 compact which my mother bought me in the late 80s... I got a Nikon F90x in the mid-90s (i was going...