Hi guys-
I have been lurking here lately and I noticed that the Minolta Autopak-8 D 12 with Zoom Rokkor 1:1,8 / 6,5-78mm seems to be a missing and rare high quality camera. Well I have one through a friend of a friend and have been using it with great success for the last 4 years.
Now I am an editor by trade and the only camera I use still, motion, video or otherwise, really is this one. Therefore my knowledge is limited when it comes to things of lenses and optics and focus and things of the nature, but I LOVE the look of Super 8 so when I got the camera I was stoked. After shooting a couple of test rolls I knew it was out of focus. A DP friend of mine explained to me how to pont the lens into bright light and turn the eye piece to readjust the focus (sorry for my lack of technical language here). It worked!
Now somehow the thing is back out of focus and trying the same trick does not seem to be working. Could anybody here explain to me how to fix the focus. I would be happy to repay the favor by lending this unit for high-end testing if it were needed so it could be added to those top-30 lists.
Also, having never bought a cam on eBay before, does anyone have any recommended seller. I see the user "camera$" has a lot of different cameras, but they seem a little bit pricey. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Joseph Krings
