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The Minolta X-700: A History
The Minolta X-700 is a 35mm SLR introduced in 1981 and represents the last manual focus SLR by Minolta before the release of the Maxxum 7000 in 1985. Minolta’s brochure called it a “state of the art quartz-control electronic 35mm SLR” They boasted a first ever “shutter weighted system” meaning the camera is programmed to… Continue Reading
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The History of Minolta: 1989
1989 was an exciting year in photography. Autofocus SLRs were exploding. Canon and Nikon were staking their claim with their respective systems, but one company was already working on their second generation of these revolutionary automated wonders: Minolta. They changed everything with their Maxxum system in 1985 and would hope to do it again with… Continue Reading
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