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| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_a/minolta_a.htm Minolta A user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160610184448/http://silverbased.org/1955-minolta-a/ Minolta A] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160606121142/http://silverbased.org/ Silverbased] (archived) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160610184448/http://silverbased.org/1955-minolta-a/ Minolta A] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160606121142/http://silverbased.org/ Silverbased] (archived) | ||
* [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=minoltaa Minolta A repair notes] at [http://pheugo.com/cameras/ Dan Mitchell's camera site] | * [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=minoltaa Minolta A repair notes] at [http://pheugo.com/cameras/ Dan Mitchell's camera site] | ||
In French: | In French: | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11538 Minolta A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11538 Minolta A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand | ||
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Revision as of 07:04, 2 February 2022
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The Minolta A was launched by Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō in April 1955[1] as the first of their new series of rangefinder cameras. It has an optical viewfinder with superimposed coupled rangefinder, a shutter speed thumb wheel on top of the camera and a rapid wind advance lever. The first version has a two-blade Konan Flicker shutter with speeds B and 1/2 to 1/200 second. The second version has an Optiper MX shutter with B and 1 - 1/300 second, and the third version, released in 1956, has a Citizen MX shutter with B and 1 to 1/300 second.[2] All were M and X flash-synchronized. Its coupled 45mm f/3.5-22 'Chiyoko Rokkor' lens, with 4 elements in 3 groups, was the first in a Japanese camera to use an equally-spaced linear aperture scale[3].
It was an entry level camera for advanced 35mm photography that was ahead of more expensive popular American rangefinder camera models. The Minolta 'A' series was developed through the model A-2, A-3, A-5, and then into the AL series that were marketed alongside the Hi-Matics.
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Notes
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| Column in the October 1955 special issue of Photo Art. Scan by rebollo_fr (Image rights) |
Links
In English:
- Minolta A user manual at Butkus.org
- Minolta A at Silverbased (archived)
- Minolta A repair notes at Dan Mitchell's camera site
In French:
- Minolta A on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
