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Minolta XE-7. Any reason to buy one?

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xkaes said:
I only meant that the FE is out on a limb by itself -- can't use any Minolta lenses. Not in the family. Adopted, but can't be adapted. I'll agree it's a great camera -- but must feel lonely.

At least a Maxxum 5 would have a brother -- and several half-sisters.
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The Maxxum 5 doesn't light my fire for some reason. I had Chan Tran send me his dead Maxxum 7 to look at. Now that's a camera I could really like if it worked.
 
KerrKid said:
The Maxxum 5 doesn't light my fire for some reason. I had Chan Tran send me his dead Maxxum 7 to look at. Now that's a camera I could really like if it worked.
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The Maxxum 7 was the best Maxxum I had when it was working. The other is the Maxxum 9 (not the xi I gave you) but I don't have it. Perhaps you can sweet talk either Andreas Thaler or kl12202 to fix it for you.
 
KerrKid said:
he biggest problem I have right now is that my wife saw me looking at the XE-7 on the computer and asked if I was buying another camera. She clearly wasn't happy so I said, "no". Well, no matter how much I would like the XE-7 I can't lie to my wife. Rats.
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KerrKid said:
Well, yeh, those are the Minolta's I have unless I'm forgetting one.
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If you can't remember which ones you have, maybe you have to bite the bullet and do the hardest thing of all - admit to your wife she is right!
😄 😉
 
MattKing said:
If you can't remember which ones you have, maybe you have to bite the bullet and do the hardest thing of all - admit to your wife she is right!
😄 😉
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Yeh, I may have a GAS problem. I'm living the camera version of "The Trouble with Tribbles".
 
Chan Tran said:
The Maxxum 7 was the best Maxxum I had when it was working. The other is the Maxxum 9 (not the xi I gave you) but I don't have it. Perhaps you can sweet talk either Andreas Thaler or kl12202 to fix it for you.
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Oh my. Now there's an idea! Would they, could they? I've done some research on the camera and there's a common problem that requires digging in deep and replacing a plastic gear with a metal one. The metal gear is not quite the same but works and is available.

I'd LOVE that camera to work.
 
I have the 7XI, 9XI, 800si, 5. 7 and 9. The 7XI and 9Xi are easy to use, only drawback is having to use the function cards for advanced features like auto bracketing. The 9 is a solid camera, heavy, great features, but here in the low desert the viewfinder readout is hard to see in bright daylight. My goto body is the 800si with battery grip, not as many features as the 9, and menu driven, takes more time to set up. Viewfinder readout is much better, and it is lighter than the 9. Right now I have some of the Artista Pan 100 in the 9XI which I am shooting in manual mode. The 5 and 7 will work my few SSM lens, not sure why but I've not taken a shine to the 7. The A9000 is a one of a kind, the only Pro Level AF body with manual advance or choise of motor drive or auto winder. Fussy camera to use, but the Spot and highlight spot meter exposure modes work really well.
 
Paul Howell said:
I have the 7XI, 9XI, 800si, 5. 7 and 9. The 7XI and 9Xi are easy to use, only drawback is having to use the function cards for advanced features like auto bracketing. The 9 is a solid camera, heavy, great features, but here in the low desert the viewfinder readout is hard to see in bright daylight. My goto body is the 800si with battery grip, not as many features as the 9, and menu driven, takes more time to set up. Viewfinder readout is much better, and it is lighter than the 9. Right now I have some of the Artista Pan 100 in the 9XI which I am shooting in manual mode. The 5 and 7 will work my few SSM lens, not sure why but I've not taken a shine to the 7. The A9000 is a one of a kind, the only Pro Level AF body with manual advance or choise of motor drive or auto winder. Fussy camera to use, but the Spot and highlight spot meter exposure modes work really well.
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I have the 800si. I never used it. I have to get a battery to see how it works.
 
Chan Tran said:
Does it show 2 shutter speed? The recommended shutter speed and the set shutter speed?
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Most POST-X-700 cameras show a blinking LED and a solid LED -- on the same scale to indicate the set speed and the recommended speed in manual-mode. The earlier XG-M did the same.
 
Paul Howell said:
Which X models were made in China?
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As far as I know, most of Minolta's SLR production from the X-700 onward were transferred to Seagull in China during their production. Only a few X-700 cameras were made there, but most of the final Minolta cameras (X-370-type) were made there. And after Minolta stopped their SLR production in China, Seagull just kept it going, producing, for example, the Minolta X-370 as the Seagull DF-370 & the Minolta X-9 and the Seagull X-9. They also added new features to several models that Minolta never did, such as models with a "T" exposure, as well as "B", additional manual shutter speeds (1/2,000, and 2 & 4 seconds), vertical, metal non-electrical shutters, multiple-exposure capability, etc., etc.

http://www.subclub.org/minchin/
 
KerrKid said:
My X-570 shows both the aperture and shutter speeds in the viewfinder in manual mode.
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The Rokkorfiles article I linked also states this.

The X-700 has some redeeming qualities. For one, it was given to me by a buddy of mine who was the original owner. And since it's relatively "new", you can get some cool accessories like the IR remote . . .

Minolta IR-1 Set by Les DMess, on Flickr

As well as full intervalometer when used with the motor drive . . .

x-700 Motor1 MFBack by Les DMess, on Flickr
 
KerrKid said:
I wouldn't mind one of those, although I know I don't need it.
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I don't like it much either but it's about the best Maxxum I have. I have the QTsi which is ultra low end and the Maxxum 70 which is also a low end one. The 800si is a high end model but let me put battery in it and see how I like it. From the look of it, it look reasonable not so ugly like the 9xi. I think of all the Maxxum I only want the 7 and 9 but the 7 wasn't made in Japan so I don't like that either. I hope the 9 is made in Japan. But a good condition Maxxum 9 would be more expensive than my pristine F5 which doesn't make sense to me,. Back in 2002 I paid more for my F5 than the Maxxum 9.
Come to think of it. If I were to buy a Minolta now the XE-7 makes a lot of sense. Of course the SRT's are fine but both you and I have them already.
 
Les Sarile said:
you can get some cool accessories like the IR remote . . .
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The IR remote is a nice gadget -- you can control up to THREE cameras with ONE trigger -- but it works on ANY Minolta XG camera, as well as the later Minolta X-xxx cameras (X-700, X-570, X-370, X-9, X-7A...........................) That's nothing special about the X-700.

And the Motor Drive I works on lots of other cameras are well -- X-GM, X-9, X-7A, Safari DF-300, and several more. Again, nothing special about the X-700.
 
I'll add that the X-700 did not include shutter-priority automatic-exposure control, like the earlier XD cameras. All it has is MAP, not MAPS. Why Minolta did not include it will always be a mystery, especially since the camera includes the MD lug -- but some people like S.

Me? I'm not a big fan.
 
xkaes said:
I'll add that the X-700 did not include shutter-priority automatic-exposure control, like the earlier XD cameras. All it has is MAP, not MAPS. Why Minolta did not include it will always be a mystery, especially since the camera includes the MD lug -- but some people like S.

Me? I'm not a big fan.
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Before Minolta introduced the XD-11 there were the great debate of whether Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority automatic exposure is better. So Minolta had the idea offering the XD-11, the best of both worlds. Not to be left behind Canon introduced the A-1 with additional Programmed Mode and it seems this new Programmed Mode got a lot more popular than either the S or A. So there are cameras that offer P and A but not S. Nikon FG is another one. Pentax ME Super Program is yet another one. Of course these are cameras from manufacturers that initially not offer S mode.
 
Like I said, some people like shutter-priority, and I'll add that Minolta included S-mode on their earlier and later film SLRs. Their decision to drop it from the X-700 makes no sense.
 
xkaes said:
Like I said, some people like shutter-priority, and I'll add that Minolta included S-mode on their earlier and later film SLRs. Their decision to drop it from the X-700 makes no sense.
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They didn't want to add the aperture display. In P mode the camera only display the shutter speed chosen by the camera and not the aperture. You don't know what aperture the camera uses. If they include the S mode then you wouldn't know what the camera set at all. Because you set the shutter speed and the camera can't display the aperture it chooses.
 
Minolta could have created a viewfinder display to address this issue -- just like they did with the earlier XD cameras.
 
xkaes said:
The IR remote is a nice gadget -- you can control up to THREE cameras with ONE trigger -- but it works on ANY Minolta XG camera, as well as the later Minolta X-xxx cameras (X-700, X-570, X-370, X-9, X-7A...........................) That's nothing special about the X-700.

And the Motor Drive I works on lots of other cameras are well -- X-GM, X-9, X-7A, Safari DF-300, and several more. Again, nothing special about the X-700.
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Why don't you tell us what you really think . . .

While you're at it, want to complete the trifecta and tell us what other body can use the intervalometer back . . . 🤨
 
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