DaveInAZ
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$200 or BRO + shipping - Minolta X-700 35mm Film Camera w/Motor Drive and Lens
The X-700 was introduced in 1981 as Minolta’s top-of-the-line manual focus SLR system camera. Minolta packed everything they could muster into the X-700. It’s sporting all the usual accoutrements; TTL metering, depth of field preview, exposure compensation dial, self-timer, exposure lock, film safe-load indicator, frame counter, film memo holder, hot shoe, PC socket, remote shutter release ports (mechanical and electronic), and the list goes on and on. The camera was an immediate success, being promptly declared the European “Camera of the Year” by EISA.
Want the look of film and the class of an SLR without the learning curve? This is your baby. The little MPS (Minolta Program System) badge on the front is why. MPS is the bread and butter of the X-700’s spec-sheet. Minolta’s Program auto-exposure was, and is, a marvel. With its exceptional light-metering system, intelligent microcomputers, and step-less shutter speeds, shooting in Program mode is about as effortless and effective as with any camera of any era. The MPS is capable of using shutter speeds of finer increments than can be selected manually. Point and shoot, and you’ll be guaranteed to make perfect exposures every time. The MPS makes the X-700 one of the best point-and-shoot cameras in the world. It’s as simple as that.
Want a full-blown professional SLR. This is your baby, too. Along with MPS, the X-700 features full-manual mode and Aperture Priority auto-exposure modes, in which the X-700 automatically sets the shutter speed in step-less increments to achieve a perfect exposure. As with all Minolta cameras, the metering is flawless in even the most challenging of lighting situations.
The X-700 uses Minolta's awesome SR-mount lenses, also known as MC/MD lenses. Minolta offered a phenomenal line of these lenses and their quality is so stellar the you often have to outbid people who want to use them on their digital cameras. This particular camera will come with the MD ROKKOR-X 45mm f/2 lens.
This is one of a handful of cameras that I considered keeping to the bitter end.
$300 or BRO + shipping - RARE! Minolta a7 (Alpha 7) Film Camera w/Vertical Grip and Lens
One of the prizes of my collection - a Minolta alpha-7 35mm film camera in Like New condition. I'm selling it complete with the vertical battery grip, which takes cheap normal batteries!!! and adds functionality, and the 50mm auto-focus lens. If you're looking at this listing, you probably know what you're looking at. If not, to put it briefly, it's one of the finest, most advanced film cameras ever made. By anyone. But, because so few ever knew about it, it's not in huge demand, so it's a killer bargain.
The feature set reads like a digi-cam's feature list. It has modern control dials and thumb wheels. It has an LCD screen on the back (for information-only, it's not a view screen). The way it sits in my hand feels better than any camera I've held except for the Konica-Minolta 7D (which I also own, and need to sell, if you'd like to buy one). It's better balanced than any digicam I've held (I've held most of them). And it has external controls to spare you from diving eight layers deep in menus as some "more modern" cameras force you to do.
It's one downside is that Minolta didn't build it rugged enough. I actually had to buy three of them from Japan to get a fully functional one. This is that one. Last time I put batteries in it, everything worked as it should. However, we are talking about 40 year old electronics, so I cannot guarantee that it will survive shipping. But, this one has barely been handled, and may never have been used in the field. I know I didn't. It's in beautiful condition.
I also have a variety of other lenses to fit this camera, if you're interested. Minolta glass during this era was awesome, and the lens bodies were all metal. Great stuff.
Apologies for the poor photo quality. I think my phone needs cleaning.

The X-700 was introduced in 1981 as Minolta’s top-of-the-line manual focus SLR system camera. Minolta packed everything they could muster into the X-700. It’s sporting all the usual accoutrements; TTL metering, depth of field preview, exposure compensation dial, self-timer, exposure lock, film safe-load indicator, frame counter, film memo holder, hot shoe, PC socket, remote shutter release ports (mechanical and electronic), and the list goes on and on. The camera was an immediate success, being promptly declared the European “Camera of the Year” by EISA.
Want the look of film and the class of an SLR without the learning curve? This is your baby. The little MPS (Minolta Program System) badge on the front is why. MPS is the bread and butter of the X-700’s spec-sheet. Minolta’s Program auto-exposure was, and is, a marvel. With its exceptional light-metering system, intelligent microcomputers, and step-less shutter speeds, shooting in Program mode is about as effortless and effective as with any camera of any era. The MPS is capable of using shutter speeds of finer increments than can be selected manually. Point and shoot, and you’ll be guaranteed to make perfect exposures every time. The MPS makes the X-700 one of the best point-and-shoot cameras in the world. It’s as simple as that.
Want a full-blown professional SLR. This is your baby, too. Along with MPS, the X-700 features full-manual mode and Aperture Priority auto-exposure modes, in which the X-700 automatically sets the shutter speed in step-less increments to achieve a perfect exposure. As with all Minolta cameras, the metering is flawless in even the most challenging of lighting situations.
The X-700 uses Minolta's awesome SR-mount lenses, also known as MC/MD lenses. Minolta offered a phenomenal line of these lenses and their quality is so stellar the you often have to outbid people who want to use them on their digital cameras. This particular camera will come with the MD ROKKOR-X 45mm f/2 lens.
This is one of a handful of cameras that I considered keeping to the bitter end.










$300 or BRO + shipping - RARE! Minolta a7 (Alpha 7) Film Camera w/Vertical Grip and Lens
One of the prizes of my collection - a Minolta alpha-7 35mm film camera in Like New condition. I'm selling it complete with the vertical battery grip, which takes cheap normal batteries!!! and adds functionality, and the 50mm auto-focus lens. If you're looking at this listing, you probably know what you're looking at. If not, to put it briefly, it's one of the finest, most advanced film cameras ever made. By anyone. But, because so few ever knew about it, it's not in huge demand, so it's a killer bargain.
The feature set reads like a digi-cam's feature list. It has modern control dials and thumb wheels. It has an LCD screen on the back (for information-only, it's not a view screen). The way it sits in my hand feels better than any camera I've held except for the Konica-Minolta 7D (which I also own, and need to sell, if you'd like to buy one). It's better balanced than any digicam I've held (I've held most of them). And it has external controls to spare you from diving eight layers deep in menus as some "more modern" cameras force you to do.
It's one downside is that Minolta didn't build it rugged enough. I actually had to buy three of them from Japan to get a fully functional one. This is that one. Last time I put batteries in it, everything worked as it should. However, we are talking about 40 year old electronics, so I cannot guarantee that it will survive shipping. But, this one has barely been handled, and may never have been used in the field. I know I didn't. It's in beautiful condition.
I also have a variety of other lenses to fit this camera, if you're interested. Minolta glass during this era was awesome, and the lens bodies were all metal. Great stuff.
Apologies for the poor photo quality. I think my phone needs cleaning.




