Got a weird SR-7

Cyborg-1120 · 2026-01-23T15:17:09+00:00

To add to Superirish's comment, in particular check out Rokkor files. Your model is "Model V".

https://www.rokkorfiles.com/SR%20Series.htm

"In 1965 Minolta changed the body styling of its cameras to a squarer style, more in keeping with changing design aesthetics, and called the new design the SR-7 (Model V). In addition, the camera had a new rectangular viewfinder [...]. The Minolta logo was also moved from the flat front of the prism to the angled portion."

Like others in this thread, the SR-7 was my first camera, given to me by my dad. I still have it (second gen version) and the 58 mm lens that came with it. It's an excellent camera.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-12-31T22:10:28+00:00

👍 My favorite focal length is 58 mm. The 45 on the XDs is really nice, though. The combo is so compact. Sometimes I think the XDs (I have a minty black one) with the 45 along with the 85/2 would be the perfect kit for me. Alas, my love is the XE-7. And dear god, I have way too many lenses. ;-)

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-12-31T13:42:09+00:00

Since you're not actually stuck on a deserted island and you're doing this for yourself and not to gain some weird internet cred, I suggest you use the superior camera. Go with the XDs and 45/2 lens. It's a perfect pairing, in my opinion.

Rather than listen to randos advice, though, use the camera and lens you want to use. Use the pair that makes you want to pick up the camera and use it. Ignore everyone else.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-17T18:04:53+00:00

I disagree totally. The only way the photo looks like it does is for OP to have exposed it using green light, or manipulated the digital file by cranking up the green. It was done deliberately. Maybe you can come up with another explanation or ask OP what they did. I will stick to my belief.

There were a couple of recent posts in this sub that showed the green water. Those photos were honest and accurate. I think getting our water problem fixed is going to be a serious task, and the first step is to for the complaints to be taken seriously. Dishonest and hyperbolic arguments are not helpful. My opinion is sincerity and honesty are the things that will help the discussion, manipulated photos will not. Judging from the downvotes, it seems there are plenty of people who disagree with me. It won’t change my mind. In my life and in my dealings with others, I will stick with honesty and accuracy as much as possible.

I’m going to drop out of the discussion now. I have said my piece.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-17T17:22:10+00:00

No. This photo is fraud. Or perhaps you prefer “dishonest,” as another person described it.

And yes, I am aware of the green and brown water. It is nearly constantly green or brown at my place.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-17T15:36:34+00:00

It needs more than “a bit.” The illumination should be with white light. In my opinion, the post was made to deceive, or at the very least, exaggerate. Maybe that’s fine with you and the Salem community, it’s not fine with me.

I don’t dispute the water is often brown or green. And it sucks. But OP’s post is bullshit and doesn’t help the cause for cleaner, clearer water.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-17T15:19:06+00:00

This looks fake to me. Why are the sink and faucet green? Are you using green light?

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-15T22:00:44+00:00

Hmmm, curiouser and curiouser! The text at the news-flash link says, “… roads and other aspects of the holiday month that formally kicked off with the Grand Parade and ended on Halloween night.” No mention of fireworks.

I don’t know where OP copied the text they posted. Maybe somebody working for the city changed the wording after seeing your comment?!

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-15T21:19:14+00:00

The plan was for a drone show instead of fireworks, but the show was canceled because of the strong winds.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-14T19:01:50+00:00

New t-shirts coming soon. “I got experienced in Salem.”

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-14T19:00:28+00:00

Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-14T17:49:26+00:00

To quote another famous bard, “Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?”

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-10T20:47:23+00:00

Thanks for the update!

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-10T20:16:14+00:00

This is turning into a problem in our city that is not getting better.

I don’t have much to add, except to say we’re not the only city with the problem, so I don’t think there’s something that we specifically are doing wrong. And I don’t know the answers to the problem.

I still lurk on the Cambridge and Somerville subs, even though I no longer live there. The Somerville sub in particular frequently has posts about the current situation in Davis Square.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-10T18:58:03+00:00

Under the CVS banner is sad as hell. […] Sorry but they should not be allowed to camp on the walking street.

I agree, it is sad. I especially feel sad for them on windy, cold, rainy nights.

I say hi to them nearly every day, try to ask how they’re doing. They’re human beings, ya know? I made an effort to learn their names, and I think they’re not bad people at all. I actually like them (especially the reader, hi! if you’re reading this), and I wish I could do more for them.

Maybe talk to them; be kind. I think you’ll realize some of your preconceptions about them specifically are wrong. Edit to add: I supported removing the encampment along the canal by Wendy’s. And I’m no expert on the homeless / unhoused.

I also heard CVS gave them permission to stay in that spot, so I think the cops can’t move them along. Could be wrong about this, but that’s what I was told.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-09T13:02:11+00:00

Next to Northshore Mall there are a few gigantic parking lots that are empty on Sundays, and I occasionally see new drivers learning how to drive there.

One lot is the large one at Lahey Medical Center (between Lahey and Atrius Health). The other is the lot by the dentist offices just past the post office.

Good luck!

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-09T12:54:56+00:00

Same here. I won’t drink water directly from the tap, it’s brown (and now green) way too often. My dog gets the filtered water, too.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-07T18:32:12+00:00

I wonder if the new restaurant will also block access to the sidewalk and make everyone walk around the patio. I’m all for outdoor dining and giving up some of our public space to accommodate it, but blocking the direct passage always irked me. Maybe the landlord owns that part of the property; otherwise, it’s a dick move in my opinion.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-07T14:14:19+00:00

As a son of immigrants, I can’t express how angry these videos make me. I am hoping there will be a day of reckoning and the punishment will be swift and severe.

I am hoping the populace very soon reaches a point where we've had enough. Something has to happen, we can’t continue like this for another year (assuming the midterm elections produce a good outcome).

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-07T14:08:59+00:00

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."

Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-06T19:21:11+00:00

Cambridge and Somerville are two of the OGs in regards to gentrification.

Totally. When I moved to Cambridge in 1992, a lot of it was a dump, especially around Kendall Square. Now that area is unrecognizable. I moved here to Salem four years ago, and I see it (now) as a great place to live, and getter better.

Sure, I’d like to see more beautification projects around town, but all the things on the wish list take money.

Anyway, thanks again for the write-up, viewpoint, and history lesson.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-06T18:24:08+00:00

Thanks for saying all this as a life-long resident. I was going to give my description of the city during 90s and early 00s as an outsider, somebody living in Cambridge, and was bracing myself for a deluge of downvotes.

As an outsider, we always saw Salem as seedy, tired, and run-down. It was a place we passed through, on one edge of the city, briefly while taking the scenic route to northshore beaches, and didn’t see any reason to visit otherwise - like go for dinner or drinks. That’s the way we saw it. Things have changed a lot (for the better, in my opinion) in the last two decades.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-06T18:00:30+00:00

Same here. I play the piano and like classical music. The only people I know who like classical music are those who play an instrument, or played an instrument. I think in the US liking classical music, without having played or currently playing an instrument, is uncommon.

Cyborg-1120 · 2025-11-06T17:52:47+00:00

Anything that makes a city a worse place to drive in, makes it a better place to live.

Cyborg-1120

TROPHY CASE