Geaux
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Visited my Dad this afternoon and while talking about my photography, he offered to give me his old equipment he purchased 10 years ago from a Pawn Shop (He's old, loves those places lol). Anyways, I thought there wouldn't be anything of use to me until he showed it to me. First off, all the equipment is old Minolta film camera. He had an old Minolta brand flash (5200i). I was wondering if I'd be able to use it as a second OCF along with my sb600, camera is d3000. I know I'd need wireless triggers, but how would I get them to work together?? I know the ttl wouldn't work, and I'd have to set it up manually, but I'd need to do that with my sb600 considering the camera I have. Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.
On a side note, along with the lenses he had with the group was a 50mm f/1.4. It had me salivating, until I found out that there are not reliable adapters to make them work. Seems like there are some adapters out there, but the loss of quality is pretty significant. Funny though, my dad paid 60 bucks for the Camera, bag, 50mm 1.4, 70-210mm, and 30-70mm lense. The 50mm 1.4 is selling for 300-500 bucks by itself. I'm thinking of just selling the equipment (He said I could), since I'm not really into doing film. Think there is much 'want' for Minolta equipment these days?
On a side note, along with the lenses he had with the group was a 50mm f/1.4. It had me salivating, until I found out that there are not reliable adapters to make them work. Seems like there are some adapters out there, but the loss of quality is pretty significant. Funny though, my dad paid 60 bucks for the Camera, bag, 50mm 1.4, 70-210mm, and 30-70mm lense. The 50mm 1.4 is selling for 300-500 bucks by itself. I'm thinking of just selling the equipment (He said I could), since I'm not really into doing film. Think there is much 'want' for Minolta equipment these days?