Originally posted by LesDMess I've seen a lot of capacitors dying stories on the Minolta X-700. Apparently it is tied to a serial number batch where they must have used the wrong type of capacitor. I have one given to me by a buddy bought by him early 80's in Las Vegas. The desert is unforgivingly dry and I repaired countless electronic devices with failed capacitors but apparently my copy is not from that batch as it is still completely functional.
With Motor Drive 1 and Multifunction Back which is a full intervalomerter.
Lots of the electronic Minoltas suffer from capacitor failures but I understand they can be quite easily replaced.
Many EOS film cameras eat through batteries even when turned off and I'm lead to believe that's also a capacitor problem, though there's much less information on it online than there is about the Minolta problems. It's a shame as I've bought a few and would love to know which capacitors to replace in order to fix them.
I currently have my eye on an EOS 300X with grip that's not far from where I live but I'm isolating as I have covid so can't get there to check it out.