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The Dynax/Maxxum (Maxxum in North America, Dynax elsewhere) line of Cameras is an Autofocus line of SLR cameras.  The cameras are not compatible with the previous manual focus SLR lenses.
 
The Dynax/Maxxum (Maxxum in North America, Dynax elsewhere) line of Cameras is an Autofocus line of SLR cameras.  The cameras are not compatible with the previous manual focus SLR lenses.
  
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* [[Minolta Dynax 5]]
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* [[Minolta Dynax 5000]]
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* Minolta Dynax 505si
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* Minolta Dynax 60
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* Minolta Dynax 600si
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* [[Minolta Dynax 7]]
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 7000]]
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 7000]]
* [[Minolta Dynax 5000]]
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* [[Minolta Dynax 7000i]]
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* Minolta Dynax 700si
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* Minolta Dynax 7xi
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* Minolta Dynax 8000i
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* Minolta Dynax 800si
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 9000]]
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 9000]]
* [[Minolta Dynax 7000i]]
 
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 9]]
 
* [[Minolta Dynax 9]]
* [[Minolta Dynax 7]]
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* Minolta Dynax 9xi
* [[Minolta Dynax 5]]
 
 
* [[Minolta Dynax XTSi]]
 
* [[Minolta Dynax XTSi]]
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* [[Maxxum 7D]] Digital SLR
 
* [[Maxxum 7D]] Digital SLR
  

Revision as of 01:00, 21 January 2005

Minolta is often thought of as a second rung camera manufacturer in the photography world, one step below Nikon and Canon. However, Minolta has been a pioneer in a number of ways. They were the first to develop the Autofocus SLR with the Maxxum/Dynax 7000. The Maxxum/Dynax 7 had a revolutionary user interface and the Dimage 7 in many ways created the Prosumer Digital catagory of cameras. They also generally have a very competitive price/performance ratio.

Minolta has had a small but dedicated following among some professional photographers.

One critisism of Minolta has been their slowness to get onboard with a digital SLR camera that was compatible with the Maxxum lenses. In late November 2004, Konica Minolta finally released the much anticipated Maxxum 7D DSLR.

In 2004 (?) Minolta merged with Konica to form Konica Minolta. All new camera's after that time were badged as Konica Minolta (see also Konica Minolta).

Minolta Cameras


35mm Rangefinder

35mm SLR (non-AF)

Dynax/Maxxum

The Dynax/Maxxum (Maxxum in North America, Dynax elsewhere) line of Cameras is an Autofocus line of SLR cameras. The cameras are not compatible with the previous manual focus SLR lenses.

Dimage

Minolta and Konica Minolta use the Dimage nameplate on all of the digital cameras.

Medium Format