The Minolta SR-T 100X is a 35mm SLR film camera introduced in the 1970s, mainly for the European market. It’s a simplified version of the SR-T 101, featuring manual exposure control and a built-in light meter using Minolta’s CLC (Contrast Light Compensator) metering system. It’s fully mechanical, so it operates without batteries except for the light meter. I own several copies of this camera, in most of them the light meter is not working anymore (probably not due to some failure of the metering system, but it appears the needle showing the exposure in the viewfinder is simply stuck – this tends to happen as the light seals and other stuff that is bit glue-like start disintegrating and getting into parts of the camera where they should not be).

I have no need for a light meter, this is a gorgeous, fully mechanical, robust camera, what’s not to like!