Minolta X-9

I picked up this great old Minolta X-9 last year, but only got it photographed a couple weeks ago. It's almost the identical same camera as the Minolta X-370N, but with the addition of a depth-of-field preview button. It works great and uses all my Minolta MD and MC-mount lenses.

The old swing set that sits in my back yard. And this is the very first shot I've taken with this Minolta camera. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 @70mm 1:6 macro Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 06/2015) Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Date: February 8th, 2020, 2.05 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 20 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand Ilford Hypam Fixer, 12 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta X-9 Fuji Acros 100 2020 01ef

The sun setting behind my Fall tree. The year was 2020. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a sec. Date: October 21st, 2020, 5.140 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 28ef

Sunset at my local reservoir. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a second Date: October 21st, 2020, 5.32 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 31df

My first camera, a Kodak 35 RF. I got it in 1976. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @ 28mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb), 5 seconds Date: October 24th, 2020, 1.10 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 36ff