Minolta (Chiyoda Kogaku) camera company
What is it? This is a Minolta SR-7 Single Lens Reflex camera made by Minolta Co., Ltd. between the years 1962 and 1966. It was the last in Minolta’s original SR-series of SLR cameras which started with the SR-2 in 1958. The SR-7 is a historically significant camera as it…
This is a Minolta X-570 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera which first went on sale in April, 1983. It was called the X-500 in Europe in Asia. The X-500 was available in both chrome and black, but the X-570 was black only. The X-570 was considered to be a “step down”…
This is a Minolta A5-1000 35mm rangefinder camera equipped with a 4 element Rokkor-TD 45mm f/2.8 lens and a Citizen leaf shutter capable of speeds as fast as 1/1000th of a second. This was an uncommon speed for a leaf shutter and meant that this relatively simple camera could shoot…
What is it? This is a Minolta Hi-Matic 7s rangefinder camera built by Minolta Camera K.K around 1966. The Hi-Matic 7s is an evolution of the original Hi-Matic from 1962 which was one of the very first Japanese cameras with full auto exposure. The 7s added several important features like full…
What is it? This is a Minolta XG7 (Minolta refers to it as an XG-7 on paper, but the camera’s name plate says XG7) which is a manual focus 35mm SLR camera introduced in 1977. The name XG7 refers to a model sold in the United States only. Minolta sold…
