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Minolta XD 7 With the XD 7 Minolta got it all right in 1977. In those days this was a very futuristiccamera, because it possessedautomatic exposure with aperture and shutter priority as well as
fully meteredmanual exposure. In fact the later models with the green 's' (shutter priority mode) and the green '125' (1/125th shutter speed) were early programautomats. Put everything on green and the camera starts with 1/125th shutter speedandchooses the aperture. But if it's not possible toachieve the correct exposure it changes shutterspeed until exposure is right. In this case the camerachooses aperture and shutterspeed: programmed exposure. Besides this the XD 7's got more exposure tricks on its sleeves. It's called the 'final check'. After stopping the lens down the camera performs a final check to ensure that the exposure will be correct. This means exposure is very, very good. Even compared to todays computer steeredmeasure-it-all fully automaticmachines. But not only electronics tickedall the right boxes, alsomechanically this is an extraordinary camera. With its 'full metal jacket' Minoltawithstood the tendency to use the cheaper plastics of for example the XG 9. In fact it's so good that again Leica took the XD 7 to be the base of a Leicacamera, the R4. So this is a solidmetal camera, with a nice lookand feel. It's right in every way, heavy but not too heavy, large but smaller andmore comfortable than the XE-1. This is the MinoltacameraI usedmost. I bought this in 1981 and for years Ionly used this beauty. Today this still is a very usable camera. If you don't mindmanual focus anyway. With autowinder D (see the pictures) it's still a fast camera. One of Minolta's best! You can find the manual here (by the way XD 11 is the American ტელ: 551 90-93-89