The Wallet comes out again. What will make me a better photographer?

Vivitar MC 28mm f2.8, Canon A-1, Ilford Pan-F, at Wallington Hall.

[northstar]

More really nice images, exposure is spot on.

[swannmannbaggywaggy]

Love the pictures. Very nice Minolta camera too! I have a 7000i, bit more ergonomic and also very good.

[MarcoReviewsCameras]

Nice shots. The older Vivitar lenses are fine.

[photonfantastic]

Nice photos! Happy to see you’re taking up the Minolta. Look forward to the next video.

[mjpmediagroup]

I have the same lens and I use it on my Canon EF DSLR. You can buy an adapter for it and the lens is manual settings all the way. The glass in the lens is awesome! That's a film camera. I had one 35 years ago...📷📸

[AndrewWaltonPhotography]

Hang on Keith, I thought you were selling cameras 😆 Can't keep a photography addict down. I thought the Vivitar did very well, I only really noticed the loss of edge sharpness on the photo of the two hands and I presume that was one of the shots when the lens was wide open.
Colour film processing eh, you'll be opening your own labs soon! Sounds like an interesting project. Looking forward to the Minolta vid. Great stuff Keith.

[jimgraves]

Vivitar lenses have some diamonds amongst them, but it depends on which factory made it.

[iainmc]

I think I have the same carbon copy Sous Vide. There is a snag with it, which no photography channel I have seen online has pointed out ... its minimum temperature is 25 degrees. I'm finding that if you put the chems in to a bowl with the sous vide and turn it off as soon as it hits 25 and leave it in the bowl the chems inside the bottle are actually at or close to 20 with the lid off and the thermometer in. Don't presume any liquids in a bottle are the same temperature as the water in the bowl.
There's a problem with the Minolta 7000 (I think you said 5000, slip of the tongue) which is very frustrating. It seriously eats batteries. If the batteries are in they are being used, even if the camera is OFF, it can mean that even new batteries are exhausted by the end of a couple of hours shooting. I only discovered this half way up a mountain, not impressed. The only solution is as soon as you've finished taking any shots before you put the camera in a bag physically remove the batteries, otherwise ALL the electronics act like a spoilt brat at another child's birthday party. Don't be put off, its a great camera that produces great photo's, as all Minoltas do (once you get used to all the fiddly buttons) but don't leave the batteries in for absolutely any longer than necessary to take the actual shots.