Maxxum 7000i manual

Autofocus can be supported by a built-in support light. Metering is not center-weighted but focused on the image area where one of the AF sensors spots the subject. EV can be measured by the exposure system, which uses a six-zone photo diode and an additional photo diode for flash metering, both for TTL metering.

The camera has a fast focal plane shutter for speeds from 30 sec. The camera offers a choice of programs and modes: Automatic exposure program, shutter priority mode, aperture priority mode, manual mode and "program-shift".

Further programs are availabe as chip cards. They can get a feel for film without diving into the deep end of f stops and shutter speeds. To see more photos from this camera, check out my Minolta Maxxum i gallery.

The Minolta Maxxum i is a good performer and an easy handler. If you are looking for an auto-everything 35mm SLR, this camera should be on your radar. Get more of my photography in your inbox or reader! Click here to subscribe. Not here. The only two ways out of the neighborhood empty out onto the big main road, which is a long shopping strip.

All of us who live here are immersed in commerce. But I wanted to show you this photo from it now. Within my subdivision, a few houses still lurk that predate it.

This old farmhouse is one of them. I gather that this subdivision was built on land owned by the Ottinger family; was this the Ottinger farmhouse? Sign up for my monthly newsletter, Back Roads , and be the first to know what I'm working on! Facebook Instagram Flickr YouTube. Widgets Connect Search. A tree decked in late-autumn red guarding an old farmhouse, on Fujicolor The oil company Exxon considered this a violation of their trademark, as the XX in their logo was linked in a similar fashion.

As a result, Minolta was allowed to distribute cameras already produced, but was forced to change the stylistic XX in Maxxum and implement this as a change in new production. All Maxxum cameras to this day have had regularly scripted 'X'. Unfortunately for Minolta, its autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell, a U. After protracted litigation, Minolta in was ordered to pay Honeywell damages, penalties, trial costs, and other expenses in a final amount of When Pentax and Nikon entered the autofocus segment, both utilized a similar passive array AF system as Minolta, but decided to retain compatibility with their existing manual-focus K and F mounts respectively.

Canon, like Minolta, chose to change their mount completely, introducing the EOS series a few years later, breaking the compatibility with the former FL and FD lens mounts. Like Canon, Minolta's decision to orphan its manual-focus mount cost it the support of some loyal customers, but in so doing, it also gained some new customers. In Minolta presented another pioneering product, the video CCD camera back SB to convert the camera into a The camera back wrote its image data onto special 2" floppy disks.

The camera back worked with a VHS-like analog imaging and recording technology, with a small crop factor 2 video CCD chip. One disk could store 25 or 50 images, depending on the chosen image quality. Camerapedia Explore.