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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

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/




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