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Good ergonomics. Surprisingly tough and reliable. Really nice lenses. AE lock really easy to use. Bright viewfinder. Depth of field preview. Been using this for a few years by Carlsbad Concrete Contractor

Over exposure not shown in viewfinder in metered manual mode.

I didn't know a lot about cameras back when I got this for Christmas in 1985 it was a great camera the Minolta x-700 came with 35-70mm lense &80-200mm lense zoom together as a kit came with bag and accesserires filters etc

I wasn't very good with this camera so I cant rate it.

overall ill have to say this camera was great il want to get something like but in the digital format same accessory but with a canon DSLR

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Just a perfect film camera

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It was a perfect camera until digital photography came along.
Minolta lenses are still far better than most lenses you can buy today!
If I could buy a digital back a would consider it.

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Well made,bright viewfinder,good value now,quality prime lenses,easy to use,positive feel to controls,long production run,so they must have got something right!

Reputation for poor low light metering and shutter release capacitor failures,the latter more likely on later models,it has been suggested. Perhaps a metal focal plane shutter would have been better? Probably cheaper and easier to buy two decent bodies,than hope to repair one broken one! Not always easy to obtain Minolta MD w/a and tele lenses,in UK anyway,especially in good clean condition.

Best manual SLR produced by Minolta. Get a good one(essential),stick a Fuji color negative film in it - and get back to some classic photography!

Good ergonomics. Surprisingly tough and reliable. Really nice lenses. AE lock really easy to use. Bright viewfinder. Depth of field preview. Good range of accessaries. Currently cheap s/h

Under/Over exposure not shown in viewfinder in metered manual mode. Maximum shutter speed s/1000. 80's styling!

A great film camera. Better than the sum of its parts. Cheap now and accessaries also very reasonably priced. Good for beginners and those with medium to large hands.

I bought my first X700 in Janaury 1985 new with a 35mm 2.8 lens, using a Minolta XG1 as PX (a camera I did not get on with). The X700 was my only camera for several years until finances allowed me to indulge a passion for collecting all those models I could not afford in my youth. I used it regulary for all manner of subjects and climates for 15 years until it was vandalised. When the insurance money came through I tried various newer cameras, which were very good but just did not feel right for me. So after a few years I got another X700 s/h together with the excellent motor drive. This set up lasted me another few years until I sold the system in a rash act of generosity to a colleague who wanted to try film.

There are a wide variety of lenses which will fit this camera, not as easily available as nikon or pentax but still not too hard to find. I recommend getting Minolta's 50mm f1.4 or 1.7 lens then a tamron 24mm or 28mm f2.5 together with a Tamron 70 - 210mm with adaptable 2 mount. If you can get one Tamrons sp2 90mm lens is a cracking macro/portait lens. With the macro or zoom lense use the motorwinder. This is an excellent accessary. It provides good grip and balance with heavy lenses and provides a shutter release for portrait format shot.

In a couple respects the X700 seems a bit backward even by the standards of the time it was introduced. The lack of fully metered manual mode together with its s/1000 top shutter speed and cloth shutter. However, I found that if I wanted to use manual, a separate light meter was the best way to go, as it offered a more considered approach to picture taking. When just out for a stroll the brilliant AE lock was all that was needed. Put the camera in aperture priority, meter,hold down AE lock and adjust aperture ring at the same time, to over or under expose your shot.

There are a number of good accessaries available other than the motor drive such as ttl flash guns, ring flash, extention tubes and belows, eyepiece dioptre adjustment lenses, anglefinder and even interchangable viewfinder screens, but you had to get the camera sent away to Minolta uk for the alternative screens to be fitted. I don't know if there is any one who will do this nowadays.

If you can track them down Minolta's MD lenses are great and feel really nice. They are also reasonably priced s/h as they don't fit any digital cameras to my knowledge.

Where the X700 really scores in my opinion is in its handling. Despite is frankly dated 80's look (I loved this in 1985, thinking it looked cool!), It fits medium and large hands beautifully. The shutter release is really nice, even though it does not have the feel of a mechanical one and the film advance is super smooth. As mentioned before the motor drive improves the feel with heavy lenses attached. If a camera feels right, you are far more likley to use it than one that does not. The viewfinder is nice and bright.

Would I buy one again? I am going to, if only because I am still in love with the X. Would I recommend one to someone else? Definitely. However, if you have small hands I would look at a Pentax ME Super or MX, or Olympus OM1n first.

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