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Konica Minolta Maxxum 7000 35mm SLR Film Camera Body only
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i bought this as a gift for my husband who has been experimenting with film as a medium for his photographs. Buying a Minolta was an informed choice as he has recently unearthed my old second hand model bought some 30 years ago (and in full working order). This camera lives up to the Minolta name and is in really good condition. Even better the lens fittings are similar and interchangeable with my current model. The quality of the photos taken is very good an reminds us of how film camreas like this still have a place in our digital world.
After some fiddling I got the camera more or less working, but not yet film tested. I have hopes and the camera is exactly as described.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The original autofocus SLR now hugely underrated. Solid build and quality feel. Comfortable to handle and easy to understand controls even without a guide book. Controls fall easily to hand, viewfinder is clear, bright, and information display is easy to read and unfussy. A huge range of accessories for this and later cameras) are available on Ebay at ridiculously low prices. One huge advantage is that just about every AF lens made for Minolta Autofocus SLRs and DSLRs (and subsequent Sony Alpha cameras), will fit and work with this body; making it an ideal and cheap 35mm companion to the new Sony Alpha DSLRs.
This camera was the first of Minolta's cameras introduced to the market alongside its range of interchangeable lenses. It was a superb camera and had an optional data back for imprinting date, time, etc., information on the negative if required. I am not quite sure of the exact date of introduction, but I bought one around 1987 in Switzerland, along with a couple of lenses. I part-exchanged my 7000 a few years ago for a 7xi. I have worked through the Minoltas going digital then a Sony after Sony took over the Minolta camera division. The lenses I bought back in 1987 for the 7000 work on my Sony Alpha 900. That is absolutely excellent forwards and backwards compatibility between lenses and cameras, both film and digital. The only exception in the range of lenses for such compatibility is the DT lenses. I bought this camera because I wanted to complete my range of Minola cameras with two generations of film and two generations of digital and replace what I had part-exchanged several years back. There are still several ways in which a film camera will produce better results than digital, even compared with recent digital cameras. The bottom has fallen out of the market for older cameras which means there are now some excellent bargains available. The 7000 camera is an excellent film camera.Read full review
At this time it looks brilliant but its for a xmas present so i will put it away until then. As i don't know anything about cameras.
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