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The '''Minolta X-300''' is a [[35mm]] manual focus [[SLR]] based on the MD mount produced between 1984 and 1990. The X-300 is also known as X-370.
 
The '''Minolta X-300''' is a [[35mm]] manual focus [[SLR]] based on the MD mount produced between 1984 and 1990. The X-300 is also known as X-370.
  
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A year after [[Minolta]] released the X-570, they introduced the X-300 to the photographic market.  It was a less-expensive alternative to the X-570 thanks to fewer features.  The body of the X-300 is nearly identical to that of the X-570.  The only change, other than the nameplate, is that the shutter speed dial is now covered, only showing one speed at a time.  In addition, the camera features are minimized. Perhaps the biggest feature change from the X-570 is that the X-300 lacks the OTF (off-the-film) flash mode -- which many find very useful.  In addition, the X-300 lacks the [[depth-of-field|DOF preview]] button, the PC connection, and the interchangeable screens of the X-570.  Together, these changes reduced the price tag of the X-300 significantly.
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A year after [[Minolta]] released the [[Minolta X-500|X-570]], they introduced the X-300 to the photographic market.  It was a less-expensive alternative to the X-570 thanks to fewer features.  The body of the X-300 is nearly identical to that of the X-570.  The only change, other than the nameplate, is that the shutter speed dial is now covered, only showing one speed at a time.  In addition, the camera features are minimized. Perhaps the biggest feature change from the X-570 is that the X-300 lacks the OTF (off-the-film) flash mode -- which many find very useful.  In addition, the X-300 lacks the [[depth-of-field|DOF preview]] button, the PC connection, and the interchangeable screens of the X-570.  Together, these changes reduced the price tag of the X-300 significantly.
 
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black X-300
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The Minolta X-300 is a 35mm manual focus SLR based on the MD mount produced between 1984 and 1990. The X-300 is also known as X-370.

A year after Minolta released the X-570, they introduced the X-300 to the photographic market. It was a less-expensive alternative to the X-570 thanks to fewer features. The body of the X-300 is nearly identical to that of the X-570. The only change, other than the nameplate, is that the shutter speed dial is now covered, only showing one speed at a time. In addition, the camera features are minimized. Perhaps the biggest feature change from the X-570 is that the X-300 lacks the OTF (off-the-film) flash mode -- which many find very useful. In addition, the X-300 lacks the DOF preview button, the PC connection, and the interchangeable screens of the X-570. Together, these changes reduced the price tag of the X-300 significantly.

Legacy

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Minolta X-300
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The X-300, in its many forms, became the basis of Minolta's manual-focus SLR cameras after the introduction of the auto-focus Maxxum line. The various X-370's were less expensive than the new, auto-focus cameras, but still had all the features that a new or experienced photographer needed. Production was moved from Japan to China around 1990, and the X-370n was and continues to be used as the basis for many others cameras from China, sold by Seagull (as the Seagull DF-300) and several other firms. One thing seems certain - the X-300 will live on, in one form or another, for many years to come.


Camera Specifications

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Links

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