Minolta SR-T 202

The Minolta SR-T 202 is an SLR camera for the 35mm format. It was manufactured in a period from 1975 to 1977. The production took place in a factory in Japan. It was offered to potential buyers in North America.

In Minolta’s home country, the SLR was sold to photographers with as SR505. In Europe, it was available as the Minolta SR-T 303b.

The lenses of the 35mm camera are interchangeable. For this purpose, a Minolta SR bayonet was installed. The standard lens for the 35mm camera is the MC Rokkor-X 58mm f/1.2, but many other lenses can also be used with the camera. There is no autofocus system on this model.

For correctly exposed images, the 35mm photo camera has a light meter. It can be used with films from ISO 6 to ISO 6400. There is a needle in the viewfinder that indicates when the correct settings have been selected. The aperture and shutter speed are also displayed.

Aperture and shutter speed cannot be selected automatically by the camera, but must be set manually. This gives you full control over your images. For the shutter speed, you can choose between values from 1/1000 second to 1 second. There is also a Bulb mode for long exposures.

To avoid camera shake or to take self-portraits, there is a thread for a tripod on the bottom. In addition, a cable release can also be connected. There is also a self-timer with a lead time of up to ten seconds.

A flash can be connected in two ways. Either by cable to the PC flash socket or directly via the hot shoe. This also allows the use of modern hot shoe flashes.

According to the instruction manual, the camera housing weighs 700 grams and measures 14.5 x 9.5 x 4.75 cm. Power is supplied by a 1.35 V mercury battery. Unfortunately, these are no longer manufactured today. The batteries are needed for the light meter. The rest of the camera works mechanically.

Films for the Minolta SR-T 202

Produced are the films for the SLR camera still. According to the manual, the Minolta SR-T 202 is designed for 35mm format. The film transport is manual and mechanical. After each frame, the film has to be transported to the next free area with a lever. Then the counter for the photos taken also changes.

A great film choice for color pictures is the Kodak Portra 400* and for B&W pictures the Kodak T-Max 100*. Of course, there are a variety of other 35mm films for this camera. Of course also from other manufacturers. Actually all 35mm films can be used with the Minolta.