I submitted this to the
Mirror Project, and it's also my first photograph from my "new"
Minolta Maxxum 9000:
"Last week I was out doing some night shooting with my friend Rannie, and we stopped for a bite to eat at Quiznos. I'd never had a Quiznos sub before, so Rannie suggested I take a shot of the bread going through the toaster to document the experience. I didn't end up catching the bread as it went by, but I did catch myself -- reflected in the glass of the oven.
I think I enjoyed taking this photograph more than I did the sandwich."
This will mark my
third Maxxum SLR. First was a 5000, then a 7000, and now I finally own the model I drooled over as a kid -- the 9000. It was pre-ordained I do thinks. I'll put the full story of their lineage up on the category page when I get the chance. My brand loyalty to vintage Minoltas is more built on sentimentality than any performance metrics -- although there's no denying that the original Maxxums were revolutionary cameras for the time they came out.
