First manufactured in 1983, the Minolta X-700 was a single lens reflex camera. It featured manual, aperture priority and programmed automatic exposure modes when used with MD lenses. MC lens could be used in aperture priority and manual modes.
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| X-700 by Nicolaroch |
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| image by Raúl Sá Dantas |
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| image by Angela Kleis |
The body was made with a plastic frame and encased in metal. The shutter was a horizontally-travelling cloth shutter with a top speed of 1/1000 sec.
The camera was considered the last Minolta manual focus camera body with specifications geared toward professional and avid amateur users.
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- Review at Modern Classics
- image at ukcamera
- Minolta X-700 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- English User Manual, French User Manual on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Minolta X-700 at The Camera Site by Reijo Lauro
