![]() ![]() While production did switch from Japan to China during the 1990’s the camera was still available new from Minolta as late as 1999 (albeit with a significantly reduced range of lenses and accessories available). Undoubtedly the most successful Minolta camera since the SRT era, the X-700 was awarded “European Camera of the Year” in 1981. Beginning in 1981, the X-700 was launched as a state of the art SLR camera, boasting an enormous array of accessories which together comprised the “Minolta Program System”. Only use a dedicated Minolta flash gun with these for safety.The Minolta X-700 was the last high specification manual focus body manufactured by the company before the introduction of its revolutionary autofocus body the 7000. The very high trigger voltages (over 300volts ) in some off brand guns like the Vivitar 273/283 is high enough to destroy the electronics in these cameras. WARNING – like all Minolta electronic cameras and many other electronic cameras of this period you should NEVER use off brand flashguns. ![]() The camera is powered from two SR44 button cells which are readily available. Many of the X series sold on eBay will suffer failure from blown capacitors and various other ills related to poor storage or lack of servicing we always take great care with our X series for sale that they are fully A1 condition. The X-700 was in production for almost 18 years. Minolta sold more of these than any other camera they produced exceeding even the spectacularly successful SRT series. The X-700 was very much Minoltas response to the Canon AE-1 and is in our opinion a much nicer camera to work with being slicker in all regards. This program mode was referred to as “MPS” or Minolta Program System. The X-700 used the basic body of the XG-M (the top range camera from the XG series with electronically controlled stepless shutter speeds, but added full program auto exposure in addition to the XG-M’s aperture priority and metered manual modes. The top of the range model from the Minolta X-x00 series – the last manual focus cameras manufactured by Minolta before the debut of the revolutionary Maxxum 7000 series auto focus camera. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |