Minolta XG-7
Camera type: Single Lens Reflex (SLR)
Approx. dates of manufacture: 1977-1984
Lens Mount: Minolta MD
Approx. original price: $334.95
Approx. street value:$75
Approx. dates of manufacture: 1977-1984
Lens Mount: Minolta MD
Approx. original price: $334.95
Approx. street value:$75
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Minolta's answer to the Canon AE-1, the
XG-7 was a mid-tier body offering aperture-priority automatic exposure, use of the full Minolta
line of Rokkor lenses, an autowinder, and other goodies.
Around 1980 when I was looking for my first serious camera, I had it pretty-much narrowed down to this, the Canon AE-1 and the Olympus OM-1 (among those that were actually affordable). They were all very similar and had their individual pros and cons. And by then Miranda and Topcon were out of business, Mamiya was nearly out of 35mm, and for some reason, Nikons and Pentaxes just never did it for me.
I found a nice website on this camera series, The Rokkor Files.
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