The Minolta Legacy 1990 - 1999.

The Minolta Legacy continues 1990 - 1999.

1990. Minolta Dynax/Maxxum8000i.
White model was chosen to board in the Soviet "Mir" space station.

1990. Minolta Riva or Freedom Zoom 105i.
Nicknamed the brick, it has program zoom that automatically set shooting magnifiction.

1990. Minolta Prod 20′s.
It has a 1920 design. It is a leaf shutter AF 35mm camera too.

1991. Minolta Riva Panorama or Freedom Vista.
World's first 35mm panorama camera.

1991. Dynax/Maxxum 7xi.
Winner of the 1991 "European Camera of the year" award.







1991. Minolta Dynax or Maxxum 3xi.
A light and compact 35mm SLR with built in flash.






1992. Minolta Dynax or Maxxum 5xi.
A light weight Minolta with built-in zoom flash.

1992. Dynax/Maxxum 9xi.
Winner of the 1992 "European Camera of the year" award. featuring 1/12,000 sec shutter speed.

1993. Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 700si.
Winner of the 1994-95 "European Camera of the year", TIPA "Best European Camera of the year" and "Camera Grand Prix 1995" awards.

1994.  Minolta Dynax 500si, Maxxum 400si or Alpha 303si.
Minolta's 35mm SLR with subject program.

1994.  Minolta Riva Zoom 135EX/Freedom Zoom 135EX.
A leaf shutter 35mm camera with 38 - 135mm zoom.

1995. Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 600si Classic
. Winner of the TIPA "Best SLR camera in Europe" award.





1995.  Minolta Riva Zoom 70W/Freedom Zoom Explorer.
A capsule type 35mm camera with built in 28 - 70mm zoom lens.

1996.  Minolta TC-1.
A titanium high end 35mm camera with a lens comparable to the G lens of Minolta. This world's smallest camera won the "Camera grand prix award" during it time.

1996.  Minolta Vectis 25.
An APS system capsule design leaf shutter camera.

1996.  Minolta Vectis S-1 Advanced Photo System SLR Camera.
The world's first APS AF SLR. Its lenses are said to have resolution twice that of ordinary 35mm models.





1997.  Minolta Vectis GX-4.
A water resistance APS leaf shutter camera.





1997.  Minolta Dynax or Maxxum 800si (Alpha 807si).
The world's first 35mm AF SLR with a 20 guide number built in flash.







1997.  Minolta Vectis Weathermatic.
World's first under water APS leaf shutter AF and zoom camera.

1998.  Minolta Vectis 300.
A Minolta innovation of stainless steel forming, now widely used, was used to built this camera. An APS leaf shutter compact camera with 3X zoom.





1998.  Minolta Dynax 505si Super, Maxxum XTsi, or Alpha Sweet.
When launched it was the world's smallest SLR with built in flash.

1998. Minolta Dynax/Maxxum/Alpha 9.
Stainless steel body and the world's last truly new professional film SLR design from any maker.










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The Minolta Legacy 1980 - 1989.

The  Minolta Legacy continues 1980 - 1989.

1980. Minolta X-7.
A Minolta auto exposure aperture priority 35mm SLR.

1980. Minolta Weathermatic A 110 Camera.
Minolta's first water-resistant (under-water in swimming pools by today's standard) 110 camera.

1981. Minolta CLE 35mm Rangefinder Camera System.
The world's first interchangable lens, aperture priority, rangefinder camera.






1981. Minolta X700.
Winner of the first "European Camera Of The Year" award.

1982. Minolta Hi-Matic AF-2 MD.
An AF 35mm electronic leaf shutter with built-in motor wind camera.

1983. Minolta AF-C.
An extremely compact 35mm leaf shutter camera. It had sliding cover.

1983. Minolta Disc 7.
Minolta's first Disc (Kodak's 1982 Disc film format) camera

1983. Minolta X-600 35mm SLR.
Minolta's first 35mm SLR with electronic focus detector (very rare).

1983. Minolta X-500/X-570 35mm SLR.
A 35mm aperture priority TTL flash metering SLR camera.

1983. Minolta Courreges ac301 Disc camera
Designed by Andres Courreges.

1984. Minolta AF-E/Freedom II.
35mm AF leaf-shutter camera.

1984. Minolta AF-Sv/Talker/Talkman.
A 35mm with voice warning camera.

1985. Minolta 7000/Maxxum 7000.
The worl'd first 35mm SLR with integrated autofocus. Winner of
"Inter-camera International", "Camera Grand Prix 1985" and the 1985 "European Camera Of The Year" awards.

1985. Minolta AF-T.
A 35mm leaf shutter camera with a built in telephoto and standard lens.

1985. Minolta 9000/Maxxum 9000.
A 5 frames per second professional AF camera.

1986. Minolta AF-Z.
A 35mm leaf shutter AF camera with very large view finder.

1986. Minolta 5000 or Maxxum 5000.
A more economical version of the Minolta 7000.

1987. Minolta AF-DL or Freedom Dual.
A 35mm leaf shutter camera with a built in standard and telephoto lens with up to 52mm close up capability.

1987. Minolta Weathermatic 35DL or Dual.
Minolta's first all weather (can be used underwater) 35mm camera.

1988. Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7000i.
A 35mm AF with predictive focus control and intelligent cards. Winner of 1988 "European Camera of the year" award.

1989. Minolta AF-Zoom 90 or Freedom Zoom 90.
A program leaf shutter camera.






1989. Minolta Dynax 3000i or Maxxum 3000i.
At its launch, it was touted as the world's lightest SLR.

1989. Minolta Dynax 5000i or Maxxum 5000i.
Minolta's first SLR with built in flash.




Ref: photoclubalpha. http://www.photoclubalpha.com/minolta-history-seven-decades/5

The Minolta Legacy 1970 - 1979.

The Minolta Legacy continues 1970 - 1979.

1970. Minolta SR M.
35mm SLR with built on non removable motor drive.

1970. Minolta 16MG-S 16mm camera.
A shutter priority 16 mm submaniature with Cds exposure meter controlled autoexposure.

1971. Minolta Hi-Matic.
An automatic parallax corrected view finder coupled to the rangefinder auto exposure camera.

1972. Minolta 16 QT 16mm camera.
The last of the Minolta submaniature camera with match-needle auto exposure.

1972. Minolta Hi-Matic F.
A 35mm leaf shutter auto exposure camera.

1973. Minolta SRT-303/102.
A 35mm SLR with full view finder information showing, aperture (through Judas window), shutter speed and metering.

1973. Minolta XM/XK 35mm SLR System.
The world's first 35mm SLR with
combined automatic electronic shutter,
aperture priority exposure with
interchangable finder.

1981. Minolta CLE.
The world's first interchangable lens rangefinder camera with aperture priority auto exposure.

1974. Minolta Pocket Autopak 50.
Minolta's first 110 instamatic camera using 110 film.

1974. Minolta XE-1/XE-7 35mm SLR Camera.
Jointly developed with Leitz of Germany. Minolta's first autoexposure 35mm SLR. It is the forerunner to the Leica R3.

1976. Minolta XM/XK Motor.
The world's first TTL AE exposure motor driven camera.

1976. Minolta 110 Zoom.
A 110 film format with a fixed zoom lens.





1976. Minolta Pocket Autopak 450 E.
Minolta's first 110 cameara with built in flash.




1977. Minolta XD 7/XD 11.
The world's first 35mm SLR with multiple exposure.







1977. Minolta XG E.
The world's first 35mm SLR with touch sensor meter switch (A Minolta patent copied by many other cameras).

1978. Minolta Hi-Matic SD 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
A 35mm camera with pop up flash. A Minolta first.

1979. Minolta Hi-Matic AF Autofocus 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
 Minolta's first 35mm AF leaf shutter camera.

1979. Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mk II.
A 2nd generation 110 SLR with true TTL metering. Has a very good close up facility.




Ref:Photoclubalpha.http://www.photoclubalpha.com/minolta-history-seven-decades/4/