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Minolta 7000 sdc
Been wanting a non digital SLR, grandparents gave this one to me. Anyone have any experience with them? Was wondering if I'm better off just hunting down a Nikon f80...just having difficulty figuring out the 'auto focus' which doesnt appear to exist...picture related?
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>> Anonymous
Hmm. It should be able to autofocus. According to a quick google search, that's actually the first commercially successful autofocus SLR. A lot of Minolta manuals are available online, so try searching.

As for whether or not you should just hund down a Nikon f80... meh. A film camera is basically just a light-tight box with a hole in it. When I'm shooting film, it's with a Minolta SR-T-SC II manual-focus, almost-completely-mechanical SLR from the late 70s. It's The Photographer Not The Camera.

(Also, given that the Maxxum mount isn't nearly so widespread as the F-mount, my gut instinct is that there would be less demand for Maxxum lenses so used ones will be cheaper. Although that also means less supply of Maxxum lenses, so I could be wrong. And they *are* still usable on the Sony Alpha)
>> sdc
Cheers for the help. I'll try to find a manual. Guess I'm better off saving my money for some DSLR camera. Already sick of getting film developed anyway.
>> Jal
I have a Minolta 5000! :D its very mutch alike that one!
I like it, its really good with black and white :) But in color I think it gives a littlebit pale images, but that might be the film and development thats just regular sucky stuff or me :)
>> Anonymous
I own this camera.
it's great
>> Anonymous
Kind of funny, just saw this post and looked over at my shelf and I've got a Minolta Maxxum 7000 sittin' on it. My father recently got a Minolta SLR so he's able to use the old lenses from it, sadly Minolta has discontinued making their SLR cameras and it's owned by Sony now. Nonetheless, amazing camera, takes great shots :D
>> Anonymous
I own a full manual Minolta X-700 and two (2!) Maxxum 7000s. It is a great camera and a real workhorse. Learn about it and have fun; it's a great gift to recieve!