Minolta XE
Appearance
Minolta SR mount | |
Focusing | |
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Focus | manual |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure | Aperture priority or manual |
Flash | |
Flash | hot shoe |
General | |
Made in | Japan |
The Minolta XE, known as the XE-1 in Europe and the XE-7 in North America, is a
single-lens reflex camera produced by Minolta of Japan between 1974 and 1977.[1] It was developed in collaboration with Leica Camera and has many similarities to the Leica R3
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The XE uses a
focal plane shutter supporting exposure times of 1/1000 of a second to four seconds, plus bulb setting. In aperture priority auto-exposure mode, the shutter speed is varied steplessly; in manual mode, the shutter speeds are selected in whole stop increments. The camera has a very short shutter lag
of about 38ms, among the best for an SLR regardless of manufacturer.
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Detail
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XE-7 with covers removed, exposing the electronics
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