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== Minolta XG-A == | == Minolta XG-A == | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 15 September 2006
The Minolta XG is a series of 35mm SLR cameras that was sold from 1977 to 1984. It started with the XG-E, called XG-7 in the USA and XG-2 in Europe.
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Minolta XG-1
The XG-1 was the second to appear in the XG series. It is a somewhat scaled-down XG-7.
Body and features
The XG-1 has a metal body that feels light when compared to a body of the Srt series. A red dot lights up when using the selftimer. On the back of the camera body there's a DIN/ASA conversion table. On the (earlier) Srt series, this table had been circular. Contrary to the XG-M, the XG-1 has no film memo holder on the back. Next to the transport handle there's a "film loaded" indicator. The accessory shoe is a hotshoe, but a separate X flash connector is present near the lens barrel. Next to it you'll find the cable release connector.
Aperture priority and Manual mode
The Minolta XG-1 was a dual mode camera. It had an aperture priority mode "A" which obviously is metered. Metering is done by half depressing the shutter button. The shutterspeed then selected by the camera is shown in the viewfinder by a red LED. In the "A" mode you can "force" the camera to under- or overexpose your pictures by up to two stops. In situations requiring to fast a shutterspeed, faster than 1/1000s, the camera will not fire to prevent overexposure. This is indicated by a red triangle in the viewfinder. Stop down the lens untill a shutterspeed is shown and you're ready to shoot again.
Curiously, the manual mode is non-metered. Reviews on the web suggest Minolta wanted to avoid confusion. The XG-M, a later model in the XG series, had a metered manual mode with a little red "M" warning the user he was not in the "A" mode.
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Minolta XG-9
Minolta XG-A
The Minolta XG-A was the simplest of the XG series. It is a manual focus SLR camera body with automatic control of shutter speed. Its predecessor, the XG-1, had a full scale manual mode; the XG-A had only a selector for under- or over-exposure (seen in the photograph).
Minolta XG-M
Minolta XG-M Controls
