Contributions of the group Minolta Manual Focus

White Blossoms In Spring

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:32:43 +0000

The ornamental pear tree in my front yard.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Vivitar MC 28mm, f/2.8
Tele-Converter: Soligor Auto Tele Converter 2X
Film: Fuji Fujicolor 200
Shooting Program: Shutter Priority
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Date: April 11th, 2018, 1.55 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 minutes and 45 seconds at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 minutes and 40 seconds at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Minolta XD11 Fuji 200 2018 18hf

A Horse Is A Horse (Of Course)

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:26:26 +0000

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A friendly horse that didn't mind getting his picture taken.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7
Filter: Hoya HMC 55mm Skylight (1B)
Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100 black and white 35mm film
Shooting program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec.
Date: July 4th, 2010, 9:33 a.m.
Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing info (chemicals at 75 degrees):
Kodak D-76 developer: 6 mins.
Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min.
Kodak fixer: 10 mins.
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.
Final water rinse: 1 min.

Minolta XD11 ORATW 2010 Acros 21gf

Nature Fights Back

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:53:29 +0000

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Nature fights back to reclaim the land amidst an urban jungle.

Camera: Zenit DF-300x
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 (shot @ 40mm)
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (expired on 06/01)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/500 of a second
Date: March 19th, 2025, 4.21 p.m.
Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 1 minute
Developer: Adox Rodinal 1:25 for 8 minutes (500ml of water, 4 tsps. of Rodinal)
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Zenit DF-300x HP5 Plus 2025 29ef

The Flame

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:58:25 +0000

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The flame from a wooden kitchen match. I took it for a college photography assignment back in 1979. I most likely developed this in Kodak D-76.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W
Shooting Program: Aperture Priority
Date: circa November 1979
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta Tri-X College 39ff

Water Post

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:54:04 +0000

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Some sort of marker for boats, located in our local reservoir.

Camera: Centon DF-300 (Minolta X-300 clone)
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W 35mm
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a sec.
Date: August 26th, 2016, 5.36 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals:
Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins.
Water Rinse: 1 min.
Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min.
Water Rinse: 1 min.
Ilford Hypam Fixer: 7 1/2 mins.
Water Rinse: 4 mins.
Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min.

Centon Fuji Neopan 100 2016 21ef

Turret

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:48:59 +0000

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One of the turrets on a historical home located in Carmi, Illinois. The home is known as The Castle because it's so big and, as you can see, resembles a castle.

Camera: Minolta X-370
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W
Filter: Hoya HMC Skylight (1B)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec.
Date: September 22nd, 2016, 2.07 p.m.
Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals:
2 minute presoak
Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 13 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F
15 second initial agitation, then 5 second gentle (wine glass swirl) agitation each minute
1 minute water rinse
Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand
1 minute water rinse
Ilford Hypam Fixer, 10 minutes, 3 inversions every minute
5 minutes rinse in running water.
3 drops Photo-Flo final rinse for 60 seconds

X-370 Tri-X 2016 09hf

It Came Out Of The Sky

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:54:30 +0000

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A double exposure. One taken of the terrain outside and the other exposure inside the house, in a darkened room, of part of a coffee percolator, which was lit from the inside.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W
Shooting Program: Aperture Priority/Manual
Date: April 1979
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta Tri-X April 1979 17ef

Wallpaper Store

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:03:47 +0000

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This used to be a wallpaper store. The roof has caved in, but at least the walls are still standing. I bought an old camera and this film, along with four other rolls, were part of the package. I don't think the film was stored correctly because it turned out real grainy.

Camera: Zenit DF-300x
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 (shot @ 70mm)
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (expired on 06/01)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a sec.
Date: February 27th, 2025, 3.30 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 1 minute
Developer: Adox Rodinal 1:25 for 8 minutes (500ml of water, 4 tsps. of Rodinal)
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Zenit DF-300x HP5 Plus 2025 03ff

Kodak Instamatic 104

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:40:44 +0000

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One of my Instamatic cameras photographed on black velvet.

Camera: Minolta SRT-101
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 lens
Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm black and white
Aperture: f/16
Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 30 secs.
Date: April 5th, 2014, 12.19 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals at 68 degrees:
Developer: Ilford ID-11 - 10 minutes
Stop Bath: Ilford Ilfostop - 1 minute
Rinse: Water - 1 minute
Fixer: Ilford Hypam - 7 minutes
Rinse: Water - 5 minutes

Minolta SRT101 Acros 33hf

Camp

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:42:01 +0000

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A buddy of mine and myself went on a hunting/camping trip back in 1984. This was our campsite on the morning of our third and final day - Sunday morning. You can even see breakfast cooking over an open fire. Everything we had was packed into camp in our backpacks.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Plus-X, 125 ASA black and white film
Date: June 1984
Location: Saline County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta Plus-X Camping 1984 13ef

Vicki

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:22:51 +0000

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Vicki was a friend of mine who posed for me on International Film Buying Day in 2009.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD 70-210mm zoom
Film: Kodak BW400CN, black and white 35mm
Exposure mode: Manual (O)
Aperture: f/8
Shutter speed: 1/100
Date: October 1st, 2009
Location: Leo French Park, Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta XD11 BW400CN IFBD 2009 17ef

P.O.W. - M.I.A.

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:03:30 +0000

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In the military section of a local cemetery, this monument is for all the prisoners of war and missing in action soldiers who never came back. You DO NOT sit in these chairs.

Camera: Carena DF-300 (Minolta X-300 clone)
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @35mm
Film: Arista.EDU 100 B&W 35mm
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/250 of a sec.
Date: September 12th, 2021, 2.26 p.m.
Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Caffenol CM-RS (all liquids @68 degrees)
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Developer: 11minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 9 minutes
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Carena DF-300 Arista 100 2021 14hf

Cave-In-Rock Quarry

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:30:57 +0000

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An old quarry near Cave-In-Rock, Illinois.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA
Date: September 24th, 1984
Location: Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta Kodak VR 100 Dairy Days 1984 25gf

A Beach On The Atlantic

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:30:51 +0000

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A beach on the Atlantic Ocean.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm
Date: May 26th, 1987
Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 23hf

The Big Arch

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:25:21 +0000

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Looking up at the Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA
Date: April 1985
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Minolta St. Louis 1985 Kodacolor VR 100 14ef

Arizona

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:16:52 +0000

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This is a metal souvenir ashtray depicting Arizona. It belonged to my late Mother, and since we lived in Arizona for about 10 years, she collected things from there that had a Western theme.

This was a test shot for my newly-acquired Minolta XG-A.

Camera: Minolta XG-A
Lens: Minolta MD 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 6 seconds
Date: November 15th, 2025, 3.37 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-A Fuji Acros 100 Test One 2025 17gf

Small House

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:35:06 +0000

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A tiny house in the midst of some farm equipment and cows. A wonder what it was used for?

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 3
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/250th of a second
Date: November 14th, 2025, 1.12 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-3 Fuji Acros 100 First Frame 2025 13hf

It's Better To Light A Single Candle

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:58:13 +0000

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It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

A candle sconce located in my living room; taken with no lights on, just the candle burning. This was taken as a test with my second Minolta XG-9, which came in the mail on Wednesday evening.

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 2
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 @110mm
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1 second
Date: November 14th, 2025, 3.38 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-2 Fuji Acros 100 First Shots 2025 15df

That Faraway Look

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:55:10 +0000

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One of the kittens that has claimed my front porch as their home. I was trying out my new camera - which I've had for less than 24 hours. It works and I only paid $9.95 for it.

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 1
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a second
Date: November 13th, 2020, 1.23 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-1 Fuji Acros 100 1st Shots 2025 11hf

Maria

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:14:24 +0000

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How do you solve a problem like Maria? A screen capture from the movie "Metropolis."

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Kodak Gold 100
Date: November 1984
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Minolta Kodak VR100 Pottorff-2 1984 22ef