A Guide to the Best of Minolta’s Camera Systems - Casual …
WEBJul 20, 2018 · Shooting Minolta’s autofocus line of lenses can do double duty for some shooters, as they’re compatible with all Sony A-mount DSLRs. While they get less street cred than their manual focus Rokkor siblings, these are excellent lenses in their own right.
Minolta 7000 - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia
WEBJul 26, 2023 · Minolta burst onto the scene in 1985 with their own in-body auto-focus camera system and changed the SLR camera market forever by having made the technology affordable for photography amateurs. Minolta took the decision to make a new lens mount, replacing the venerable SR/MC/MD mount.
Minolta Maxxum 7000 - Wikipedia
WEBThe Minolta MAXXUM 7000 (7000 AF in Europe and α-7000 in Japan) 35 mm SLR camera was introduced in February 1985. It was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus (AF) and motorised film advance, the standard configuration for later amateur and professional single lens reflex cameras.
Minolta - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia
WEBMar 18, 2024 · The Minolta 7000 AF SLR camera was introduced in 1985. It was the world's first "in-body" autofocus SLR. Before this time manufacturers had dabbled with lenses that focused themselves but that fitted their existing, manual-focus SLR cameras.
The first autofocus SLR: Minolta 7000 - Vintage-photo
WEBSep 19, 2021 · The Minolta (Maxxum) 7000 AF, the first autofocus SLR with the 35-105mm AF zoomlens. With the 7000, after the MC and MD series, came the famous A-series lenses that for decades were counted among the best in the world.
Minolta Maxxum 7000: An Underrated 35mm Film ... - Shoot It …
WEBMay 12, 2023 · The Minolta Maxxum 7000 was released in 1985 and marketed for its autofocus capabilities. While not necessarily the first camera to have autofocus (that was technically the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar (find on eBay) released in 1978), it was the first SLR camera to have autofocus built into the camera body. …
Minolta Maxxum 7000i - Down the Road
WEBJan 4, 2021 · A review of the 1988 Minolta Maxxum 7000i. It's a well-featured auto-everything 35mm SLR that handles well and returns good results.
Minolta Maxxum 7000 Review - KenRockwell.com
WEBThe MAXXUM 7000 is an autofocus SLR that does what we need, and nothing we don't. The only thing missing is a frame counter in the finder. It's better than newer SLRs and DSLRs because it has a bigger, brighter finder and it's much faster and easier to set.
Minolta XD-5 35mm SLR Film Camera Review - ImagingPixel
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Camera-wise, the Minolta XD-5 is a manual focus auto-exposure 35mm SLR film camera with an electronically controlled vertical-travel metal-plate focal-plane shutter with a (stepless in automatic mode, stepped in manual mode) speed range from 1 second to 1/1000th second, plus 'X' (1/100 sec.), and 'B' …
Minolta Maxxum 7000 - Aperture Preview
WEBThen in 1985 Minolta released the first fully integrated auto focus SLR to the market and the first in the long line of Maxxum cameras. The Minolta Maxxum 7000 debuted with critical acclaim and was the first camera to really usher in the auto focus era.