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| Minolta introduced their first SLR in 1958, the "SR-2." It was innovative for its time and used a bayonet mount. Shortly thereafter they released their SR-T series, which included features such as through the lens metering. Widely regarded for innovation, Minolta cornered the prosumer market, but they had more difficulty acquiring the professional demographic. This was because the cameras, though optically often superb, were less durable than their counterparts from Nikon and Canon, and lacked options essential to the professional photographer such as motor drives, pentaprisms, and backs. Their later AF Maxxum series was somewhat stigmatized by this image, and though their highest end cameras were packed with features, professionals rarely adopted the Minolta system in large numbers. |
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| The MINOLTA SRT101
The SRT series was introduced in 1966 with the SRT101 as its basis and in different variations spanned 1 1/2 decades thru 1981. The basic/introductory model, the SRT-101 lasted 10 years of that. Lat... |
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| Very similar, though not identical, to the SRT 200 stripped down model. Has hot shoe, depth of field preview and shutter speeds through 1/1000th second. Does not have self-timer, mirror lock-up, F-stop display in viewfin... |
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$143.90
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| Introduced in 1981 as the European "Camera of The Year" the X-700 was arguably Minolta's most successful manual focus offering since was a marketing success for 18 years to come. Almost all produced were all black with t... |
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| Regarded by many as the finest Minolta manual focus camera body ever produced, the XD series was introduced in 1977 and was the world's first multi-mode exposure control camera body. It had no program mode(s) but user ha... |
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From $298.72 to $470.45
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| Large heavy, solid and much more mechanically in feel like the SRT's from which it descended than like the very plastic electronic cameras that were to come in the future. Its very complete full information viewfinder sh... |
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| The SR-2 was introduced in during 1958 as Minolta's first SLR offering. It had a quick return mirror, automatic diaphragm, horizontal travel cloth focal plane shutter, Speeds are 1 to 1/1000th second and B. It was most c... |
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| Basically a de-featured 202 or 201 or a 100 but with a hot shoe. No mirror lock up. No aperture read out in the viewfinder. No self-timer. No shutter speed readout in the viewfinder. Only microprism focus aid and "lollyp... |
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| In 1978 Minolta released a second model in the XD Series named the XD5. This camera has identical features to the XD/XD7/XD11 with the exception of multiple aperture/shutter speed readouts in the viewfinder, viewfinder b... |
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| The X-1 was first introduced in Japan as Minolta's serious system candidate entry into the professional market as a very full system. Unlike competing systems from Canon and Nikon the body had no provision for coupling ... |
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