The Minolta Legacy 1940 - 1969.

The Minolta Legacy continues. 1940  to 1969.

1946.  Semi Minolta IIIA Folding Camera
A 45 X 60mm on 120 film. The first with a Rokkor lens and was the first to be exported after WWII.

1947.  Minolta 35.
Minolta's first focal plane shutter camera with coupled rangefinder and self-timer. It used the standard Leica lens.

1949.  Minolta Memo 45mm leaf shutter camera.
First 35mm leaf shutter camera with lever wind built in Japan.







1960.  Minolta Uniomat.
First Japanese leaf-shutter with program shutter controlled by the light meter.




1960.  Minolta SR-3.
A SLR (35mm) that can coupled on a Cds meter.

1960.  Minolta 16 II.
A submaniature camera using 16mm film.

1962.  Minolta Hi-Matic.
The famous Minolta that flew into space.

1962.  Minolta 16 EE 16mm Camera.
The first Japanese 16mm submaniature camera, with buit-in exposure meter.





1962.  Minolta SR-7 35mm SLR Camera.
The world's first 35mm SLR with built-in Cds exposure meter.





1962.  Minolta Sonocon.
The first 16mm camera with built in radio.

1962. Minolta ER.
The 35mm SLR with in lens shutter.

1963.  Minolta Hi-Matic 7.
The world's first 35mm leaf shutter camera with Cds photocell
in the lens barrel.

1964. Minolta 16PS 16mm camera.
This submaniature camera introduced symbols for exposure settings.

1964. Minoltina P 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
The first 35mm camera to use the 38mm 2.8 lens, which became the industry standard for the next 30 years.

1964. Minolta Repo-S 35mm Half Frame Leaf-Shutter Camera.
A built-in match needle half-frame 18 X 24mm camera.







1964. Minoltina S 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
The world's most compact camera with cuopled exposure meter in its days.

1965. Minolta Electro Shot 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
Minolta's first electronically controlled autoexposure camera with built in Cds meter.

1965. Minolta 24 Rapid Leaf-Shutter Camera.
A 35mm rapid system with built-in Cds exposure meter.

1965. Minolta Autocord CdS.
A 120 film TLR camera with built-in Cds exposure meter.










1966. Minolta SRT-101.
Minolta's first 35mm SLR with TTL full aperture metering.

1966. Minolta Autopak 500 126 Cartridge Camera.
This camera with auto switch to auto flash was launched together with Kodak's 126 instamatic, but is considered better built.

1967. Minolta SR-1s 35mm SLR.
A 35mm with clipped on Cds meter.

1968. Minolta AL-E 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
A shutter priority compact.

1969. Minolta Autopak 800 126 Cartridge Camera.
An instamatic catridge with automatic film wind-on camera.

1969. Minolta Hi-Matic C 35mm Leaf-Shutter Camera.
A collapsible lens compact camera.





Ref:Photoclubalpha.http://www.photoclubalpha.com/minolta-history-seven-decades/2/ http://www.photoclubalpha.com/minolta-history-seven-decades/3/