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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 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.










Ref: Photoalphaclub.http://www.photoclubalpha.com/minolta-history-seven-decades/6/

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