Hjalti Vignis
Minolta X-700 MPS
My father bought this Minolta when we visited the UK in 1987, I was only 3 years old at that time. Around this Christmas he dug it up out of some boxes and gave it to me. After 15 years in those boxes the battery still worked and it works just like new. I now have 35-85 f/2.8mm lens attached to it, 200mm f/3.5 and 28-85mm f/2.5-4.5 all Vivitar lenses.
Can´t wait for the weather to clear up here in Iceland so I can start shooting pics with this baby. I have always thought that there is something about SLR cameras that D-SLR cameras don´t have, a soul and a character.
From wikipedia:
The Minolta X-700 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera introduced by Minolta in 1981. It was the top model of their final manual-focus SLR series before the introduction of the auto-focus Minolta Maxxum 7000. The X-700 was awarded the European "Camera of the Year" award in 1981, and its competitive pricing resulted in its becoming the most successful Minolta camera since the SRT line.
Minolta X-700 MPS
My father bought this Minolta when we visited the UK in 1987, I was only 3 years old at that time. Around this Christmas he dug it up out of some boxes and gave it to me. After 15 years in those boxes the battery still worked and it works just like new. I now have 35-85 f/2.8mm lens attached to it, 200mm f/3.5 and 28-85mm f/2.5-4.5 all Vivitar lenses.
Can´t wait for the weather to clear up here in Iceland so I can start shooting pics with this baby. I have always thought that there is something about SLR cameras that D-SLR cameras don´t have, a soul and a character.
From wikipedia:
The Minolta X-700 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera introduced by Minolta in 1981. It was the top model of their final manual-focus SLR series before the introduction of the auto-focus Minolta Maxxum 7000. The X-700 was awarded the European "Camera of the Year" award in 1981, and its competitive pricing resulted in its becoming the most successful Minolta camera since the SRT line.