Doll and SR-1

Wonderful you still have both !

Thank you, Isabel.

Absolument magnifique et bien rendue et admirablement partagée.
Bonne et agréable fin de semaine salutaire.

Merci bien, Malik.

Very interesting and a very nice photo. I had both and SR-1 and an SR-2. They were good cameras.

Thank you, Ron. Yes, Minolta made some great camera gear.

a gorgeous image for the World Photography Day!!!

Thank you very much, Gabi.

belle idée pour promouvoir cet appareil

Merci bien, Simone.

This is lovely George.
Have a good weekend.

Thank you, June.

Excellent contribution for World Photography Day George!

Thank you very much, Stephan.

Beautiful (nostalgic) capture George.

Thank you very much, Jaap.

So well done... A real pleasure.

Thank you very much, Eric.

Exceptional shot! Stay well!

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Thank you very much, William.

How unusual and interesting, a great memento.

Thank you very much, Gillian.

Une belle contribution à cette journée !! J'adore cette geisha

Merci bien, Dan.

merveilleuse contribution très symbolique de la photographie,

Merci bien.

You have kept the geisha doll and the camera in excellent condition George. I'm afraid I cannot help with the translation! A beautiful and well taken picture.

Thank you very much, Rosa. Sadly, I suspect ipernity has a lack of Japanese members.

A wonderful contribution to the World Photography Day, George!

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A wonderful image for WPD, I Googled the dolls the first result was you Fame at last !!!!! there is also a photo from Flickr someone has four of them all different to yours, do you still use it ? film is making a comeback in the UK what I would describe as everyday colour film is in short supply they can't keep up with the demand
Back again I have the Photographic Blue Bool 1965/66 the catalogue of Wallace Heaton London the price was £87 4s 3d I bought a Mamiya in 1966 £39 19s 0d plus £3 4s 6d for the case I still have ir it's a fixed lens SLR

Thank you very much, Peter. No, I must admit I don't use it now, though the idea is sometimes there. I'd heard that film is (like vinyl records) again becoming popular, but there is no camera store nearby and I must admit the immediacy and low cost per shot of digital tends to be the decider for me. I've since checked and I bought this in late 1964, when it certainly stretched my limited budget at the time.

Well done...

Thank you very much, Udo.

This is a very beautiful combination, George, and sounds like it's very special too.

Thank you very much, Karen. Yes, they're prized memory links.

Viva Minolta!

Thank you very much, Berny. Absolutely!

perfect for the Photography World Day !

Thank you very much, Nora.

A great contribution for this special day, George.

Thank you very much, Christa.

Beautifully captured image for World Photography Day, George; both the camera and the doll are very special, and excellent subjects for your contribution!

Thank you very much, Valfal, they are indeed very special to me.

I was 1 year old when you got your first camera, George! That gives me a measure of how much I have to learn from you and other photographers here on Ipernity. Both the camera and the doll look lovingly preserved and make a great subject for WPD.

Thank you very much, Annalia. They are indeed lovingly preserved.

I have that camera! (But no doll, sadly.) My mother purchased it for me used when I went to high school. I learned photography on her Rolleiflex, but this camera was my constant companion. I still think it's a great camera, though it feels heavy to me now.

It's very special that you took this photo of your camera (and doll) for World Photography Day. It shows our devotion to what we do and the tools we use. You obviously know about lighting because you've lit this just right so we can see all the details easily.

Thank you for sharing this and your story about it. Do you use it anymore?

Thank you very much, Raingirl. Minolta did indeed make great cameras and I finished up with several - and compared to my current full-frame Pentax it isn't heavy. :-) Sadly I haven't taken film for some years, since digital kept improving and a local camera shop made a hash of developing and printing some colour film. Now I have no nearby camera store, so no readily available film, plus the sheer convenience of digital.... But it (and my other old cameras) are prized memoirs.