Minolta XL401 and 64T?

Post by **mwkurt** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:33 pm

Hello,

As a followup to a question I asked here a few days ago, Will a Minolta XL401 readily accept the new 64T film from kodak and expose it properly on it's own? I looked at the WIKI site that someone was nice enough to give me and it mentions that "all minolta autopaks" will handle the new film correctly. I do not know if this camera falls under that designation. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Mark

Post by **sooper8fan** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:18 am

Hi Mark,
I have a Minolta XL-601 which is basically the same thing as the XL-401. I don't think it falls under the "Autopak" category, but I could be wrong. Off the top of my head I don't recall seeing "autopak" anywhere in the manual, but that doesn't mean it's not there.
I tried a cart of Ektachrome 7240 in my XL-601 and it came out kind of purple. There's also a slight chance I had the wrong filter set, but I'm pretty sure I had it set correctly.
I'm curious to see how the 64T will look with the Minolta.

Post by **greenplastic79** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:20 am

Your minolta isn't an autopak. See what it says in the cartridge chamber and also look to see how many notches it has by the film gate. My Minolta xl400 only does kodacrhome 40 and ektachrome 160, but the exposure pot switch wasn't too hard to find.

Post by **CHAS** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:16 pm

sooper8fan wrote:Hi Mark,

I tried a cart of Ektachrome 7240 in my XL-601 and it came out kind of purple. There's also a slight chance I had the wrong filter set, but I'm pretty sure I had it set correctly.
I'm curious to see how the 64T will look with the Minolta.

Hey, that's really weird. I have an XL-401 and I've used it for the past few years with 7240 and I've never had a problem -- the exposures came out perfect. You must have used the wrong filter.

I'm curious about the new Ektachrome as well. But at least with these Minoltas you can manually adjust the f-stops so there should be a way to compensate regardless.

Post by **reedsturtevant** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:49 pm

The Minolta XL-401 and XL-601 have one notch sensing pin and the manual states they understand ASA Tungsten 40, 160, Daylight 25, 200

The pin location makes it look like an 0.7 inch notch (E64T) will register as 40 ASA:

Just cracked mine open and Greenplastic is right, it's easy to adjust the meter:

Turn the arm clockwise slightly to reduce exposure. Probably want to mount the camera securely and have a steady light source. Mark the arm in case you want to return it to the factory position.

Nice little cameras, mine have been very reliable.

Post by **CHAS** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:53 pm

Fucking A! Can't wait to try this out. Thanks for experimenting on your camera...

reedsturtevant wrote:The Minolta XL-401 and XL-601 have one notch sensing pin and the manual states they understand ASA Tungsten 40, 160, Daylight 25, 200

The pin location makes it look like an 0.7 inch notch (E64T) will register as 40 ASA:

Just cracked mine open and Greenplastic is right, it's easy to adjust the meter:

Turn the arm clockwise slightly to reduce exposure. Probably want to mount the camera securely and have a steady light source. Mark the arm in case you want to return it to the factory position.

Nice little cameras, mine have been very reliable.