Minolta 35-70 Zoom F3.5 Macro version

Part of my Minolta collection

I'm known for collecting cameras and that results in some kind gifts. In this case my sister saw a Minolta X370 in a church jumble sale and bought it for me. That, unfortunately, must have been sitting in a puddle of water for a while because the shutter was dead. When I took it apart to work on it, I noticed the mechanism rusted. But the lens was fine.

Now, while she was wandering around the jumble sale, a friend noted and said he had something similar. Would I like it? Of course I did.